USGS 17366: Late/Upper Campanian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) kaufmanensis Stephenson 1941
Pecten (Camptonectes) kaufmanensis Stephenson
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae
Solenoceras texanum (Shumard 1861)
Solenoceras texanum (Shumard)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
Turrilites splendidus Shumard 1861
recombined as Nostoceras splendidum
Turrilites splendidus Shumard
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites claviformis Stephenson 1941
Baculites claviformis Stephenson
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Parapachydiscus sp. Hyatt 1900
synonym of Pachydiscus
Parapachydiscus sp.
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Nonacteonina deflexa
original and current combination Nonactaeonina
Nonacteonina deflexa Stephenson
? Nonacteonina triticea
original and current combination Nonactaeonina
Nonacteonina? triticea Stephenson
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula pulchella Shumard 1861
recombined as Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella
Ringicula pulchella Shumard
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae
Ellipsoscapha striatella Shumard 1861
Ellipsoscapha striatella (Shumard)
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Haminoeidae
? Haminaea simpsonensis
original and current combination Haminoea
Haminea? simpsonensis Stephenson
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Gyrodes rotundus
Gyrodes rotundus Stephenson
Euspira rectilabrum texanus
Polinices rectilabrum texanus Stephenson
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Anomalofusus bellulus
Anomalofusus bellusus Stephenson
Drilluta crassicostata
Drilluta crassicostata Stephenson
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Ornopsis pulchra
Ornopsis pulchra Stephenson
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Beretra ornatula
Beretra ornatula Stephenson
Amuletum boylei
Amuletum boylei Stephenson
Remnita biacuminata Wade 1926
Remnita biacuminata (Wade)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pholidotomidae
Morea marylandica languida
Morea marylandica languida Stephenson
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
? Parvivoluta sp. Wade 1926
Parvivoluta? spp.
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana corbetensis
Nuculana corbetensis Stephenson
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula nacatochana
Nucula nacatochana Stephenson
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Volsella uddeni
Volsella uddeni Stephenson
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
? Syncyclonema (Syncyclonema) archeri
Pecten (Syncyclonema?) archeri Stephenson
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Linter acutata
Linter acutata Stephenson
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina munda
Tellina munda Stephenson
? Tellina patula Stephenson 1941
Tellina? patula Stephenson
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae
Glossus bulbosa
Isocardia bulbosa Stephenson
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Legumen ellipticum
Legumen ellipticum Conrad
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora subtilis
Cymbophora subtilis Stephenson
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Tenea parilis
Tenea parilis Conrad
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula linteroidea
Corbula linteroidea Stephenson
Corbula subradiata texana
Corbula subradiata texana Stephenson
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Laternulidae
? Laternula bartoni
Laternula? bartoni Stephenson
? Laternula sublevis
Laternula? sublevis Stephenson
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Periplomatidae
? Periploma edwardsi
Periploma? edwardsi Stephenson
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina oleodorsum
Lucina oleodorsum Stephenson
Lucina seminolis
Lucina seminolis Stephenson
Phacoides mattiformis
Lucina mattiformis Stephenson
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Navarro
Coordinates: 32.1° North, 96.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.9° North, 68.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
*Period:Late/Upper Cretaceous *Epoch:Senonian
*International age/stage:Maastrichtian
Key time interval:Late/Upper Campanian Ammonoid zone: Nostoceras hyatti
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Nacatoch Sand
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Stephenson (1941) had this unit as Maastrichtian, Cobban and Kennedy (1995) have updated it to uppermost Campanian via ammonite zonation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:concretionary argillaceous,calcareous sandstone
Lithology description: 10 feet of dark argillaceous sand and sandy clay with a layer of calcareous fossiliferous concretions at base, estimated to lie less than 50 feet above the base of the formation.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USGS
Collection method comments: USGS 17366: L. W. Stephenson 1936TxBureau 17304: Gene Ross 1932
Metadata
Also known as:Borrow pit east of U.S. Highway 75 at foot of northward-facing slope of Chambers Creek valley, 0.5 mile northwest of Oil Ridge School, 4 miles north of the courthouse at Corsicana, Navarro County;
Database number:7579
Authorizer:M. Kosnik Enterer:M. Kosnik
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2000-07-18 12:00:01 Last modified:2010-10-14 18:55:24
Access level:the public Released:2000-07-18 12:00:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
444. L. W. Stephenson. 1941. The larger invertebrate fossils of the Navarro group of Texas. The University of Texas Publication 4101:1-625 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]

Secondary references:

29915 J. A. Sessa, T. J. Bralower, M. E. Patzkowsky, J. C. Handley, and L. C. Ivany. 2012. Environmental and biological controls on the diversity and ecology of Late Cretaceous through early Paleogene marine ecosystems in the US Gulf Coastal Plain. Paleobiology 38(2):218-239 [M. Patzkowsky/J. Sessa/J. Sessa]