USGS 714, Lander's mill on Cane Creek: 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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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Sphenodiscidae
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Sphenodiscus pleurisepta
(Conrad 1857)
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | |||||||||
| Sphenodiscus pleurisepta (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Trobus corona
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Trobus corona (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira
(Stephenson 1941)
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| recombined as Haustator bilira | ||||||||||
| Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St | ||||||||||
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Turritella hilgardi
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Turritella hilgardi Sohl | ||||||||||
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Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira
(Conrad 1860)
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| original and current combination Turritella trilira | ||||||||||
| Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C | ||||||||||
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Turritella tippana
Conrad 1858
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| Turritella tippana Conrad | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Stantonella interupta
Conrad 1858
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| corrected as Stantonella interrupta | ||||||||||
| Stantonella interupta (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Volutomorpha aspera
Dall 1907
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| 'Volutomorpha' aspera Dall | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Lowenstamia liratus
(Wade 1926)
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| recombined as Sohliina liratus | ||||||||||
| Lowenstamia liratus (Wade) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Pugnellus (Pugnellus) abnormalis
Wade 1926
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| recombined as Bizarrus abnormalis | ||||||||||
| Pugnellus (Pugnellus) abnormalis Wa | ||||||||||
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Graciliala calcaris
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| Graciliala calcaris (Wade) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana whitfieldi
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner) | ||||||||||
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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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Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp.
Sowerby 1814
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
| Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp. | ||||||||||
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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
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia (Anomia) ornata
Gabb 1876
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 10 specimens | ||||||||
| Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb | ||||||||||
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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 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata | ||||||||||
| Exogyra costata Say | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca sp. n. sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Arca n. sp. (A. rostellata Weller) - originally entered as "Arca n. sp." | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris rotundata
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| Glycymeris rotundata (Gabb) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Granocardium (Granocardium) kummeli
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
| synonym of Trachycardium | ||||||||||
| Granocardium (Granocardium) kummel | ||||||||||
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Protocardia (Pachycardium) spillmani
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | |||||||||
| Protocardium (Pachycardium) spillm - originally entered as "Protocardium spillmani" | ||||||||||
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Trachycardium eufaulensis
(Conrad 1860)
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
| Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Aenona eufaulensis
Conrad 1860
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Aenona eufaulensis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Cyclorisma parva
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | |||||||||
| Cyclorisma parva (Gardner) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Veniella conradi
Morton 1833
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| Veniella conradi (Morton) | ||||||||||
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Tenea parilis
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Tenea parilis Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Poromyidae
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Liopistha protexta
Conrad 1853
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| Liopistha protexta Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) thoracica
(Morton 1834)
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
| Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) tho | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Myoida
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Eufistulina ripleyana
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| original and current combination Eufistulana | ||||||||||
| Eufistulana ripleyana (Stephenson) - originally entered as "Eufistulana ripleyana" | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Tippah |
| Coordinates: | 34.6° North, 88.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.2° North, 66.2° 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: | gray lithified calcareous sandstone | ||
| Environment: | marine indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite,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 # 9 | ||
| Database number: | 4100 | ||
| 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 22:27:01 |
| 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] |