USGS 07572 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Calcareous, argillaceous sandstone in public road, 0.6 to 0.8 mile north-east of Chatfield, Navarro County; from upper part of formation., 14117: "Concretions in ditches and in field near road, 0.6 and 0.8 mile northeast of Chatfield, Navarro County. (See 7572)"

Where: Navarro County, Texas (32.1° N, 96.5° W: paleocoordinates 36.9° N, 68.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nostoceras hyatti ammonoid zone, Nacatoch Sand Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• Stephenson (1941) had this unit as Maastrichtian, Cobban and Kennedy (1995) have updated it to uppermost Campanian via ammonite zonation.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; concretionary, argillaceous, calcareous sandstone

• Calcareous, argillaceous sandstone in public road

Size class: mesofossils

Reposited in the USGS

• 7572: L. W. Stephenson 1911, 14117: L. W. Stephenson 1928

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 7503: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 18.07.2000, edited by Uta Merkel and Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
"Nostoceras helicinum" = Nostoceras (Nostoceras) helicinum Shumard 1861 ammonite
Nostoceras helicinum (Shumard)
"Nostoceras stantoni" = Nostoceras (Nostoceras) approximans Conrad 1855 ammonite
Nostoceras stantoni Hyatt and Nostoceras stantoni aberrans Hyatt and Nostoceras stantoni prematurum Hyatt
Nostoceras hyatti Stephenson 1941 ammonite
Nostoceras hyatti Stephenson
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites claviformis Stephenson 1941 ammonite
Baculites claviformis Stephenson
Baculites undatus Stephenson 1941 ammonite
Baculites undatus Stephenson
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras planoventer Stephenson 1941 nautiloid
Eutrephoceras planoventer Stephenson
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella anstini turret shell
Turritella anstini Stephenson
Turritella houstonia turret shell
Turritella houstoni Stephenson
Turritella winchelli turret shell
Turritella winchelli Shumard
"Haustator trilira" = Turritella trilira Conrad 1860 turret shell
Turritella trilira Conrad
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"? Cypraea gracilis" = Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) corsicanana Stephenson 1941 cowry
Cypraea gracilis Stephenson
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
? Drepanochilus davidsi snail
Drepanochilus? davidsi Stephenson
Anchura spp. Conrad 1860 snail
Anchura spp.
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Napulus tuberculatus snail
Napulus tubereulatus Stephenson
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Drilluta crassicostata snail
Drilluta crassicostata Stephenson
Drilluta paucicostata snail
Drilluta paucicostata Stephenson
 Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae
Ellipsoscapha striatella Shumard 1861 snail
Ellipsoscapha striatella (Shumard)
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
"Nonacteonina graphoides" = Nonactaeonina
"Nonacteonina graphoides" = Nonactaeonina snail
Nonacteonina graphoides Stephenson
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana "sp. B Stephenson 1941" Link 1807 pointed nut clam
Nuculana sp. b Stephenson 1941
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula chatfieldensis nut clam
Nucula chatfieldensis Stephenson
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella chatfieldensis1 clam
Crassatella vadosa chatfieldensis Stephenson
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853 clam
Liopistha protexta (Conrad)
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora simpsonensis clam
Cymbophora simpsonensis Stephenson
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Legumen ellipticum venus clam
Legumen ellipticum Conrad
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
? Tellina munda tellin clam
Tellina munda Stephenson
? Tellina patula Stephenson 1941 tellin clam
Tellina? patula Stephenson
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium (Granocardium) sp. Gabb 1869 cockle
Cardium (Granocardium) spp.
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula crassaplica Vincent 1910 clam
Corbula crassiplica Gabb
Corbula inflata clam
Corbula inflata Stephenson
 Solenida - Pharidae
? Leptosolen levis clam
Leptosolen? levis Stephenson
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina chatfieldana clam
Lucina chatfieldana Stephenson
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
"Caryophyllia stephensoni" = Caryophyllia konincki2
"Caryophyllia stephensoni" = Caryophyllia konincki2 Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral