Kosnik dissertation sample H: Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian, Mississippi

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Tympanotonus (Exechocirsus) trilirus Dockery 1993
2 specimens
mak taxon_no=2614; mak name=Tympanotonus (Exechocirsus) trilirus Dockery
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae
Micrabacia indet. Milne-Edwards 1849
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=4022; mak name=Micrabacia
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
7 specimens
mak taxon_no=2856; mak name=Vertebrata
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
7 specimens
mak taxon_no=3133; mak name=Teeth
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
6 specimens
mak taxon_no=6220; mak name=Vertebrate pieces
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
23 specimens
mak taxon_no=6302; mak name=Gastropoda
Gastropoda - Skeneidae
Solariorbis clara (Sohl 1960)
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=2624; mak name=Solariorbis clara (Sohl)
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) paucispirilus Sohl 1964
2 specimens
mak taxon_no=1805; mak name=Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) paucispirilus Sohl
Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) tuberculosus Sohl 1964
11 specimens
mak taxon_no=2120; mak name=Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) tuberculosus Sohl
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Eulima indet. Risso 1826
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=4782; mak name=Eulima
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Trichotropidae
Cerithioderma nodosa Dockery 1993
4 specimens
mak taxon_no=2636; mak name=Cerithioderma nodosa Dockery
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella indet. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=4773; mak name=Turritella
Turritella quadrilira Johnson 1898
14 specimens
mak taxon_no=2605; mak name=Turritella quadrilira Johnson
Laxispira lumbricalis Gabb 1877
34 specimens
mak taxon_no=2571; mak name=Laxispira lumbricalis Gabb
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Tympanotonus (Exechocirsus) cowickeensis (Sohl 1964)
25 specimens
mak taxon_no=2613; mak name=Tympanotonus (Exechocirsus) cowickeensis (Sohl)
Gastropoda - Pickworthiidae
Urceolabrum mantachieensis (Sohl 1964)
72 specimens
mak taxon_no=2121; mak name=Urceolabrum mantachieensis Sohl
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Epitonium faearium Dockery 1993
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=2656; mak name=Epitonium faearium Dockery
Gastropoda - Capulidae
Trichotropis squamosa Gabb 1876
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=2635; mak name=Trichotropis squamosa Gabb
Gastropoda - Triforidae
Variseila meeki (Wade 1926)
3 specimens
mak taxon_no=2650; mak name=Variseila meeki (Wade)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
? Neogastropoda informal sp. 2 Thiele 1929
3 specimens
mak taxon_no=6336; mak name=Coffee (Neo?)gastropod sp. 2
Neogastropoda informal sp. 5 Thiele 1929
7 specimens
mak taxon_no=6365; mak name=Coffee (Neo)gastropod sp. 5
Neogastropoda informal sp. 10 Thiele 1929
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=6450; mak name=Coffee (Neo)gastropod sp. 10
Neogastropoda informal sp. 11 Thiele 1929
2 specimens
mak taxon_no=6451; mak name=Coffee (Neo)gastropod sp. 11
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis interstriatus Wade 1926
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=3032; mak name=Pyropsis interstriatus (Wade)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Longoconcha tennesseensis Wade 1926
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=3042; mak name=Longoconcha tennesseensis (Wade)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Sargana stantoni Weller 1907
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=1431; mak name=Sargana stantoni (Weller)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cantharus (Cantharulus) lemniscatus
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=2137; mak name=Cantharus (Cantharulus) lemniscatus Sohl
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Bellifusus informal sp. Stephenson 1941
2 specimens
mak taxon_no=6452; mak name=Bellifusus sp. Sohl 1964 331C
Bellifusus curvicostatus Wade 1926
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=1317; mak name=Bellifusus curvicostatus (Wade)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Napulus cf. fragilis Sohl 1964
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=2147; mak name=Napulus cf. N. fragilis Sohl Sohl 1964 331C
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Caveola acuta Wade 1926
2 specimens
mak taxon_no=6335; mak name=Coffee Gastropod sp. 1 (Caveola acuta)
Caveola acuta Wade 1926
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=6429; mak name=Caveola acuta (Wade)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=1263; mak name=Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Amuletum fasciolatum Wade 1926
2 specimens
mak taxon_no=3061; mak name=Amuletum fasciolatum (Wade)
Amuletum ? costatum Sohl 1964
5 specimens
mak taxon_no=2155; mak name=Amuletum ? costatum Sohl
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora (Xenophora) leprosa Morton 1834
1 specimen
recombined as Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa
mak taxon_no=2637; mak name=Xenophora (Xenophora) leprosa (Morton)
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Sassia carlea Dockery 1993
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=2644; mak name=Sassia carlea Dockery
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad 1858)
12 specimens
mak taxon_no=1575; mak name=Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
? Cylichna informal sp. Lovén 1846
2 specimens
mak taxon_no=6370; mak name=Cylichna? sp. Sohl 1964 331C
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Granosolarium coffea (Sohl 1964)
4 specimens
mak taxon_no=2679; mak name=Granosolarium coffea Sohl
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Lacrimiforma secunda Wade 1926
2 specimens
mak taxon_no=1242; mak name=Lacrimiforma secunda (Wade)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Gegania mississippiensis Dockery 1993
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=2676; mak name=Gegania mississippiensis Dockery
Mathilda pentalira Dockery 1993
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=2670; mak name=Mathilda pentalira Dockery
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
7 specimens
mak taxon_no=6301; mak name=Bivalvia
Bivalvia - Nuculida
Nuculoida indet. Dall 1889
11 specimens
corrected as Nuculida
mak taxon_no=6209; mak name=Nuculoida
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula stantoni Stephenson 1923
8 specimens
mak taxon_no=2790; mak name=Nucula stantoni Stephenson
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana informal sp. 1 Link 1807
2 specimens
mak taxon_no=6343; mak name=Coffee Nuculana sp. 1
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia indet. Bruguière 1789
2 specimens
mak taxon_no=4244; mak name=Trigonia
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Scambula perplana Conrad 1869
5 specimens
mak taxon_no=832; mak name=Scambula perplana Conrad
    = Crassatellidae indet. Férussac 1822
Guardado et al. 2021
Crassatella hodgei (Stephenson 1923)
27 specimens
mak taxon_no=2764; mak name=Crassatella hodgei (Stephenson)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Condylocardiidae
Uddenia texana Stephenson 1941
2 specimens
recombined as Cuna texana
mak taxon_no=836; mak name=Uddenia texana Stephenson
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina parva Stephenson 1923
21 specimens
mak taxon_no=1946; mak name=Lucina parva Stephenson
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Clavagellidae
Ascaulocardium armatum Morton 1833
0 specimens
mak taxon_no=3137; mak name=Ascaulocardium armatum (Morton)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulidae indet. Lamarck 1818
17 specimens
mak taxon_no=5037; mak name=Corbulidae
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner 1916
40 specimens
mak taxon_no=6340; mak name=Coffee Corbulid sp. 1 (cf. C. monmouthensis)
Corbula crassiplica Gabb 1860
60 specimens
mak taxon_no=6342; mak name=Coffee Corbulid sp. 2 (cf. C. crassiplica)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
2 specimens
mak taxon_no=749; mak name=Veniella conradi (Morton)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815
35 specimens
mak taxon_no=5208; mak name=Veneridae
Aphrodina informal sp. 1 Conrad 1869
74 specimens
mak taxon_no=6361; mak name=Coffee Venerid (Aphrodina) sp. 1
Cyprimeria informal sp. 1 Conrad 1864
21 specimens
mak taxon_no=6362; mak name=Coffee Venerid (Cyprimeria) sp. 2
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardiidae informal sp. 1 Lamarck 1809
4 specimens
mak taxon_no=6384; mak name=Coffee Cardiidae sp. 1
Cardiidae informal sp. 2 Lamarck 1809
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=6453; mak name=Coffee Cardiidae sp. 2
Cardium (Criocardium) dumosum Conrad 1870
48 specimens
mak taxon_no=6355; mak name=Cardium (Criocardium) dumosum Conrad
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Solyma levis
12 specimens
mak taxon_no=2805; mak name=Solyma levis Stephenson
Linearia magnoliensis
25 specimens
original and current combination Linearis
mak taxon_no=911; mak name=Linearia magnoliensis Stephenson
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris informal sp. 1 Da Costa 1778
7 specimens
mak taxon_no=6356; mak name=Coffee Glycymeris sp. 1
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea carolinensis Gabb 1876
58 specimens
recombined as Idonearca carolinensis
mak taxon_no=3173; mak name=Cucullaea carolinensis (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca (Barbatia) carolinensis (Conrad 1849)
1 specimen
recombined as Barbatia carolinensis
mak taxon_no=6357; mak name=Arca (Barbatia) carolinensis (Conrad)
Striarca umbonata Conrad 1875
116 specimens
mak taxon_no=3170; mak name=Striarca umbonata (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus informal sp. 1 Sowerby 1814
12 specimens
mak taxon_no=6359; mak name=Coffee Inoceramus sp. 1
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna indet. Linnaeus 1758
0 specimens
mak taxon_no=4103; mak name=Pinna
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra indet. Say 1820
49 specimens
mak taxon_no=4163; mak name=Exogyra
Exogyra upatoiensis Stephenson 1914
17 specimens
mak taxon_no=6353; mak name=Exogyra upatoiensis Stephenson
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea informal indet. 2 Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
mak taxon_no=6352; mak name=Coffee Ostrea 2 indet.
informal Ostrea type 2
2 specimens
mak taxon_no=6348; mak name=Coffee oyster type 2
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Agerostrea falcata (Morton 1827)
19 specimens
mak taxon_no=2747; mak name=Agerostrea falcata (Morton)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima reticulata (Forbes 1845)
7 specimens
mak taxon_no=6385; mak name=Coffee Lima sp. 1 (L. reticulata)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia argentaria Morton 1833
5 specimens
mak taxon_no=1850; mak name=Anomia argentaria Morton
Paranomia scabra
12 specimens
mak taxon_no=509; mak name=Paranomia scabra (Morton)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes indet. Meek 1864
11 specimens
mak taxon_no=4185; mak name=Camptonectes
Camptonectes informal sp. 1 Meek 1864
29 specimens
mak taxon_no=6344; mak name=Coffee Camptonectes sp. 1 (inflated)
Camptonectes informal sp. 2 Meek 1864
4 specimens
mak taxon_no=6345; mak name=Coffee Camptonectes sp. 2 (flat)
Camptonectes informal sp. 3 Meek 1864
9 specimens
mak taxon_no=6425; mak name=Coffee Camptonectes sp. 3 (wing junction canal)
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus indet. Philippi 1844
11 specimens
mak taxon_no=4915; mak name=Cadulus
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium indet. Linnaeus 1758
20 specimens
mak taxon_no=4911; mak name=Dentalium
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus indet.
44 specimens
mak taxon_no=4001; mak name=Hamulus
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Mississippi
Coordinates: 34.4° North, 88.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.3° North, 60.0° West
Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
*Period:Late/Upper Cretaceous - Late/Upper Cretaceous
*International age/stage:Early/Lower - Middle Campanian - Early/Lower - Middle Campanian
Key time interval:Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian Foram zone: Globotruncanita elevata
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Selma Formation:Coffee Sand Member:Chapelville
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Coffee Sand ranges from the Globotruncanita elevata to Globotruncana ventricosa zone according to Mancini et al. (1996).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic unlithified sandstone
Secondary lithology: unlithified siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:transition zone/lower shoreface Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Articulated whole bodies:some
Fragmentation:frequent
Bioerosion:occasional
Encrustation:occasional
Feeding/predation traces:drill holes,repair scars
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Minimum sieve size:1.000 Maximum sieve size:1.000
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:FMNH
Taxonomic list comments:The author has more current taxonomy with authorities, but this data was not added due to structural limitations.
Metadata
Also known as:MGS 129
Database number:32139
Authorizer:M. Kosnik, P. Wagner Enterer:M. Kosnik, P. Wagner
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2003-06-06 07:17:54 Last modified:2022-10-07 16:28:33
Access level:the public Released:2003-06-06 07:17:54
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
8646. M. A. Kosnik. 2005. Changes in Late Cretaceous - early Tertiary benthic marine assemblages: analyses from the North American coastal plain shallow-shelf. Paleobiology 31(3):459-479 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]

Secondary references:

83571 R. Guardado, R. Lockwood, L. Wingard and P. Wagner. 2021. Phylogenetics of Crassattella. [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
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]