Sohl and Koch OFR # 19: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Schizasteridae
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Linthia variabilis
Slocom 1909
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| Linthia variabilis Slocum | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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| Shark parts | ||||||||||
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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 squamosus
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| Hamulus squamosus Gabb | ||||||||||
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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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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Nautilidae
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Eutrephoceras dekayi
(Morton 1834)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Laxispira monilifera
Sohl 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Laxispira monilifera Sohl | ||||||||||
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Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira
(Conrad 1860)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Turritella trilira | ||||||||||
| Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C | ||||||||||
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Turritella tippana
Conrad 1858
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Turritella tippana Conrad | ||||||||||
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Turritella vertebroides
Morton 1834
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Turritella vertebroides Morton | ||||||||||
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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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Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) cf. microstriata
Wade 1917
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) cf. microstr - originally entered as "Acirsa cf. microstriata" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Euspira rectilabrum
(Conrad 1858)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
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Neogastropoda indet.
Thiele 1929
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Neogastropods indeterminate | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Bellifusus sp.
Stephenson 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Bellifusus sp. | ||||||||||
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Bellifusus curvicostatus
Wade 1926
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Bellifusus curvicostatus (Wade) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Stantonella sp.
Wade 1926
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Stantonella sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Deussenia sp.
Stephenson 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Deussenia sp. | ||||||||||
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Pyrifusus sp.
Conrad 1858
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Pyrifusus sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Beretra ripleyana
Conrad 1858
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Beretra ripleyana (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula percrassa
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| Nucula percrassa Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella serica
Conrad 1860
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| Crenella serica Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima (Lima) pelagica
(Morton 1833)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Lima (Lima) pelagica (Morton) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia (Anomia) argentaria
Morton 1833
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Syncyclonema simplicius
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea plumosa
Morton 1833
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Ostrea plumosa Morton | ||||||||||
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Ostrea mesenterica
Morton 1834
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3 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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28 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata | ||||||||||
| Exogyra costata Say | ||||||||||
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Gryphaeostrea vomer
(Morton 1828)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax
Conrad 1858
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Idonearca capax | ||||||||||
| Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris sp.
Da Costa 1778
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Glycymeris sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trachycardium eufaulensis
(Conrad 1860)
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19 specimens | |||||||||
| Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Aenona sp.
Conrad 1870
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Aenona sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Cyprimeria alta
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Cyprimeria alta Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella vadosa
Morton 1834
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14 specimens | |||||||||
| Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Condylocardiidae
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Uddenia texana
Stephenson 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Cuna texana | ||||||||||
| Uddenia texana Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Demospongiae
- Clavulina
- Clionaidae
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Cliona sp.
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| Clione sp. | ||||||||||
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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 silty 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 # 32324 | ||
| Database number: | 4110 | ||
| 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 19:01:29 |
| 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] |