Sohl and Koch OFR # 14: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Demospongiae
- Clavulina
- Clionaidae
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Cliona sp.
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| Clione sp. | ||||||||||
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Malacostraca
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Malacostraca indet.
(Latreille 1802)
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| Crab parts | ||||||||||
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Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpula sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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| Serpula sp. | ||||||||||
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Polychaeta
- Serpulimorpha
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Hamulus onyx
Morton 1834
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| Hamulus onyx Morton | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella serica
Conrad 1860
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10 specimens | |||||||||
| Crenella serica Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia (Anomia) argentaria
Morton 1833
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima (Lima) acutilineata
Conrad 1858
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Limatula acutilineata | ||||||||||
| Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad | ||||||||||
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Lima (Lima) reticulata
Forbes 1845
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9 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Pseudolimea reticulata | ||||||||||
| Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Syncyclonema simplicius
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis
(Stephenson 1941)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis ( | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Neitheidae
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Neithea (Neitheops) bexarensis
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Neitheops | ||||||||||
| Neithea (Neitheops) bexarensis (St | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Gryphaeostrea vomer
(Morton 1828)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton | ||||||||||
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Pycnodonte vesicularis
(Lamarck 1806)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis | ||||||||||
| Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck | ||||||||||
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Exogyra costata
(Say 1820)
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21 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata | ||||||||||
| Exogyra costata Say | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pteriidae
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Pteria sp.
Scopoli 1777
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Pteria sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris sp.
Da Costa 1778
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Glycymeris sp. | ||||||||||
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Postligata wordeni
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Postligata wordeni Gardner | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea (Idonearca) sp.
(Conrad 1862)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Cucullaea (Idonearca) sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Solenida
- Pharidae
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Leptosolen biplicata
(Conrad 1858)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Leptosolen biplicata (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Poromyidae
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Liopistha protexta
Conrad 1853
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Liopistha protexta Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula monmouthensis
Gardner 1916
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Corbula monmouthensis Gardner | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Cymbophora appressa
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Cymbophora appressa (Gabb) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Aphrodina (Aphrodina) tippana
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Aphrodina (Aphrodina) tippana (Con | ||||||||||
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Cyprimeria alta
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9 specimens | |||||||||
| Cyprimeria alta Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Granocardium (Granocardium) kummeli
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Trachycardium | ||||||||||
| Granocardium (Granocardium) kummel | ||||||||||
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Protocardia (Pachycardium) spillmani
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Protocardium (Pachycardium) spillm - originally entered as "Protocardium spillmani" | ||||||||||
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Trachycardium eufaulensis
(Conrad 1860)
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19 specimens | |||||||||
| Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Hippuritida
- Antillocaprinidae
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Antillocaprina sp.
Trechmann 1924
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Antillocaprina sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Vetericardiella crenalirata
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Vetericardiella crenalirata (Conra | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte culebrensis
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Astarte? culebrensis (Stephenson) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella vadosa
Morton 1834
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis
(Gabb 1860)
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35 specimens | |||||||||
| Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf | ||||||||||
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Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) angulicostata
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) ang | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
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Neogastropoda indet.
Thiele 1929
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Neogastropods indeterminate | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Paladmetidae
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Paladmete cancellaria
Conrad 1858
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Liopeplum sp.
Dall 1890
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Liopeplum sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Striaticostatum sillimani
(Morton 1834)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Epitonium sillimani | ||||||||||
| Striaticostatum sillimani (Morton) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Turritella sp. | ||||||||||
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Turritella tippana
Conrad 1858
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Turritella tippana Conrad | ||||||||||
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Laxispira monilifera
Sohl 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Laxispira monilifera Sohl | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ataphridae
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Ataphrus sp. n. sp.
Gabb 1869
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| Ataphrus n. sp. - originally entered as "Ataphrus n. sp." | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Sphenodiscidae
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Sphenodiscus lenticularis
(Owen 1852)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| replaced by Sphenodiscus lobatus | ||||||||||
| Sphenodiscus lenticularis (Owen) | ||||||||||
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Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
(Leske 1778)
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| Echinoid sp. - originally entered as "Echinoidea sp." | ||||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Cassiduloida
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Hardouinia aequorea
(Morton 1834)
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| Hardouinea aequorea (Morton) | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Union |
| Coordinates: | 34.5° North, 88.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.0° North, 66.2° West | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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 | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| 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: | glauconitic lithified 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 |
| Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
| Collection method comments: Sohl collection | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Mound City; USGS # 32310 | ||
| Database number: | 4105 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Kosnik | Enterer: | M. Kosnik |
| Modifier: | M. Manojlovic | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 | Last modified: | 2016-07-25 19:00:55 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 281. | N. F. Sohl and C. F. Koch. 1987. Upper Cretaceous (Maestrichtian) larger invertebrates from the Haustator bilira Assemblage Zone in the Atlantic Coastal Plain with further data for the East Gulf. USGS Open File Report 87-194:1-172 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik] |
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] |