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
Echinoidea
- Cassiduloida
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Hardouinia mortonis
(Michelin 1850)
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Hardouinea mortoni (Michelin) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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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 | ||||||||||
Trobus corona
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Trobus corona (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Turritella hilgardi
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Turritella hilgardi Sohl | ||||||||||
Turritella tippana
Conrad 1858
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Turritella tippana Conrad | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Volutomorpha aspera
Dall 1907
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
'Volutomorpha' aspera Dall | ||||||||||
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) | ||||||||||
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) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Graciliala calcaris
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Graciliala calcaris (Wade) | ||||||||||
Pugnellus (Pugnellus) abnormalis
Wade 1926
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
recombined as Bizarrus abnormalis | ||||||||||
Pugnellus (Pugnellus) abnormalis Wa | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana whitfieldi
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner) | ||||||||||
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" | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Poromyidae
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Liopistha protexta
Conrad 1853
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Liopistha protexta Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Veniella conradi
Morton 1833
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Veniella conradi (Morton) | ||||||||||
Tenea parilis
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Tenea parilis Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Cyclorisma parva
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | |||||||||
Cyclorisma parva (Gardner) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Protocardia (Pachycardium) spillmani
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | |||||||||
Protocardium (Pachycardium) spillm - originally entered as "Protocardium spillmani" | ||||||||||
Granocardium (Granocardium) kummeli
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
synonym of Trachycardium | ||||||||||
Granocardium (Granocardium) kummel | ||||||||||
Trachycardium eufaulensis
(Conrad 1860)
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Aenona eufaulensis
Conrad 1860
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Aenona eufaulensis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiolus sedesclaris
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Modiolus sedesclaris Gardner | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris rotundata
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Glycymeris rotundata (Gabb) | ||||||||||
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." | ||||||||||
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. | ||||||||||
Tenuipteria argenteus
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Tenuiptereus argenteus (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Flemingostreidae
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Cubitostrea tecticosta
(Gabb 1860)
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 43 specimens | ||||||||
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb) | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Sphenodiscidae
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Sphenodiscus pleurisepta
(Conrad 1857)
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | |||||||||
Sphenodiscus pleurisepta (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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] |