Black Hills [Timber Lake Mbr, Fox Hills Fm]: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, South Dakota

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites larsoni
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Jeletzkytes nebrascensis (Owen 1852)
Discoscaphites sp. Meek 1870
Discoscaphites conradi (Morton 1834)
Discoscaphites gulosus (Morton 1834)
Discoscaphites rossi Landman and Waage 1993
Hoploscaphites comprimus (Owen 1852)
Hoploscaphites nicolletii (Morton 1842)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Sphenodiscus sp. Meek 1871
Sphenodiscus ? beecheri Hyatt 1903
Sphenodiscus lenticularis (Owen 1852)
replaced by Sphenodiscus lobatus
Cephalopoda - Octobrachia - Actinosepiidae
Actinosepia canadensis Whiteaves 1897
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnitellidae
Belemnitella bulbosa Meek and Hayden 1856
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Nonacteonina sp. (Stephenson 1941)
original and current combination Nonactaeonina
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae
Ellipsoscapha sp. Stephenson 1941
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Graphidula culbertsoni
Rhombopsis subturritus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Serrifusus dakotaensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Semitriton buccinoides
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Drepanochilus evansi
Gastropoda - Vanikoridae
Vanikoropsis nebrascensis
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana (Nuculana) grandensis
Nuculana (Jupiteria) scitula
original and current combination Jupiteria
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Malletia evansi
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia rectangularis
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula planomarginata
Nucula cancellata Meek and Hayden 1857
Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae
Solemya subplicata
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella elegantula Meek and Hayden 1862
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus aff. attenuatus
Modiolus galpinianus
Modiolus meeki
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Tenuipteria fibrosa
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes hallii
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Oxytoma (Hypoxytoma) nebrascana (Evans and Shumard 1857)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema halli
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Pseudoptera subtortuosa
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Phelopteria linguaeformis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea translucida
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon (Cosmetodon) sulcatinus (Evans and Shumard 1857)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea nebrascensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Galeommatidae
Spaniorinus nicolleti
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium (Ethmocardium) whitei (Dall 1901)
Protocardia subquadrata (Evans and Shumard 1857)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinimera scitula
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Tancredia americana (Meek and Hayden 1857)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosiniopsis deweyi
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora warrenana
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Varicorbula crassimarginata
spelled with current rank as Corbula (Varicorbula)
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria ventricosa
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Goniomya americana
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Periplomatidae
Periploma subgracile
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Clisocolus moreauensis (Meerk and Hayden 1861)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Nymphalucina occidentalis
Malacostraca - Decapoda
Brachyura indet. (Latreille 1802)
original and current combination Brachyuri
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Nephropidae
Hoploparia sp. M'Coy 1849
unclassified
Ophiomorpha nodosa
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:South Dakota
Coordinates: 45.1° North, 100.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:50.8° North, 74.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
Key time interval:Late/Upper Maastrichtian Ammonoid zone: Hoploscaphites nicolletii
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Fox Hills Member:Timber Lake
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Timber Lake Mbr of the Fox Hills Fm, which overlies the Pierre Shale, and is overlain by the Hell Creek Fm. AGE: Late Maastrichtian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy; Hoploscaphites nicolletii-Jeletzkytes nebrascensis zone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within the member.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Marine siliciclastic.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:YPM
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Multiple collectors. REPOSITORY: Many repositories, including YPM.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to scaphitid ammonoids, and other taxa from secondary publications. NOMENCLATURE: An authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:88511
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-04-13 17:24:27 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2009-04-13 17:24:27
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
29676. N. H. Landman and K. M. Waage. 1993. Scaphitid ammonites of the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Fox Hills Formation in South Dakota and Wyoming. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 215:1-257 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]