USGS 710, Naber's farm at Dumas: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Mississippi
collected by T.W. Stanton
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Cassiduloida
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Hardouinia mortonis
(Michelin 1850)
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| Hardouinea mortoni (Michelin) | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | |||||||||
| Bryozoa (encrusting) | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Sphenodiscidae
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Sphenodiscus pleurisepta
(Conrad 1857)
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| Sphenodiscus pleurisepta (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira
(Conrad 1860)
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| original and current combination Turritella trilira | ||||||||||
| Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C | ||||||||||
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Turritella vertebroides
Morton 1834
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| Turritella vertebroides Morton | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Lowenstamia cucullata
Sohl 1964
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| recombined as Sohliina cucullata | ||||||||||
| Lowenstamia cucullata Sohl | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiolus sedesclaris
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Modiolus sedesclaris Gardner | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Tenuipteria argenteus
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Tenuiptereus argenteus (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima (Lima) reticulata
Forbes 1845
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| recombined as Lima reticulata | ||||||||||
| Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Pinna (Pinna) laqueata
Conrad 1858
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Pinna (Pinna) laqueata Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Flemingostreidae
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Cubitostrea tecticosta
(Gabb 1860)
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 43 specimens | ||||||||
| Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Exogyra costata
(Say 1820)
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 12 specimens | ||||||||
| original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata | ||||||||||
| Exogyra costata Say | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Poromyidae
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Liopistha protexta
Conrad 1853
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Liopistha protexta Conrad | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Tippah |
| Coordinates: | 34.6° North, 88.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.2° North, 66.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | *Epoch: | Late/Upper Senonian |
| *International age/stage: | Middle - Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Foram zone: | Gansserina gansseri |
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Chiwapa | Member: | upper | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: No forams have been recovered from this unit, it is assigned to the Gansserina gansseri zone by Mancini et al. (1996) by sequence stratigraphy and the biostratigraphy of surrounding units. Haustator bilira assemblage zone. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified calcareous sandstone | ||
| Environment: | marine indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original calcite |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
| Collectors: | T.W. Stanton |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Sohl and Koch OFR # 8 | ||
| Database number: | 4099 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Kosnik | Enterer: | M. Kosnik |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 | Last modified: | 2018-10-23 22:05:16 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26335. | 1% 20600 | C. W. Cooke. 1953. American Upper Cretaceous Echinoidea. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 254-A:1-44 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/M. Clapham] |
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] | |
| 283 | N. F. Sohl and C. F. Koch. 1983. Upper Cretaceous (Maestrichtian) Mollusca from the Haustator bilira Assemblage Zone in the East Gulf Coastal Plain. USGS Open File Report 83-451:1-239 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/M. Uhen] |