Sohl and Koch OFR # 18: 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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Gastropoda
- Eucyclidae
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Calliomphalus (Planolateralis) microcancelli
Stephenson 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Calliomphalus (Planolateralis) mic | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Laxispira monilifera
Sohl 1964
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Laxispira monilifera Sohl | ||||||||||
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Turritella tippana
Conrad 1858
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| Turritella tippana Conrad | ||||||||||
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Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira
(Conrad 1860)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Turritella trilira | ||||||||||
| Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C | ||||||||||
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Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira
(Stephenson 1941)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Haustator bilira | ||||||||||
| Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Striaticostatum harbisoni
Sohl 1963
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Striaticostatum harbisoni Sohl | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ringiculidae
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Ringicula (Ringicula) sp.
Deshayes 1838
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Ringicula (Ringicula) sp. | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Nautilidae
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Eutrephoceras dekayi
(Morton 1834)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton) | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Sphenodiscidae
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Sphenodiscus sp.
Meek 1871
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Sphenodiscus sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis
(Gabb 1860)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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? Vetericardiella sp.
Chavan 1969
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Vetericardiella ? sp. - originally entered as "Vetericardiella ? sp." | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte culebrensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| 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
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trachycardium eufaulensis
(Conrad 1860)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea mesenterica
Morton 1834
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15 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Lopha mesenterica | ||||||||||
| Ostrea mesenterica Morton | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Exogyra costata
(Say 1820)
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112 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata | ||||||||||
| Exogyra costata Say | ||||||||||
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Gryphaeostrea vomer
(Morton 1828)
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10 specimens | |||||||||
| Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton | ||||||||||
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Pycnodonte vesicularis
(Lamarck 1806)
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9 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis | ||||||||||
| Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Flemingostreidae
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Cubitostrea tecticosta
(Gabb 1860)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb) | ||||||||||
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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) reticulata
Forbes 1845
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Pseudolimea reticulata | ||||||||||
| Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis
(Stephenson 1941)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis ( | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Lithophaga sp.
Röding 1798
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Lithophaga sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella serica
Conrad 1860
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| Crenella serica Conrad | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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| Bryozoa (encrusting) | ||||||||||
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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| Bryozoa (branching) | ||||||||||
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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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Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpula sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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| Serpula sp. | ||||||||||
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Malacostraca
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Malacostraca indet.
(Latreille 1802)
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| Crab parts | ||||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Schizasteridae
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Linthia variabilis
Slocom 1909
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| Linthia variabilis Slocum | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Pontotoc |
| Coordinates: | 34.4° North, 88.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.9° North, 66.3° 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 sandstone | ||
| Environment: | marine indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original calcite,replaced with 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: | Center Hill Church; USGS # 32323 | ||
| Database number: | 4109 | ||
| 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 19:01:23 |
| 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] |