Sohl and Koch OFR # 47: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Mississippi

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (Stephenson 1941)
1 specimen
recombined as Haustator bilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Hercorhynchus (Hercorhyncus) pagodaformis Sohl 1964
1 specimen
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) pagoda - originally entered as "Hercorhyncus pagodaformis"
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858
1 specimen
Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad 1858)
3 specimens
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bullopsis cretacea Conrad 1858
2 specimens
Bullopsis cretacea (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon eufaulensis
1 specimen
Nemodon eufaulensis (Gabb) [entered as Nemodon eufaulensis]
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Postligata wordeni
19 specimens
Postligata wordeni Gardner
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778
1 specimen
Glycymeris sp.
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Tenuipteria argenteus
1 specimen
Tenuiptereus argenteus (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
50 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) reticulata Forbes 1845
2 specimens
recombined as Lima reticulata
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius
6 specimens
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillia ensiformis Conrad 1858
1 specimen
recombined as Gervilliopsis ensiformis
Gervillia ensiformis (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb 1860)
17 specimens
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra costata (Say 1820)
3 specimens
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
Exogyra costata Say
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Botula carolinensis
2 specimens
Botula carolinensis (Conrad)
Lycettia tippanus
1 specimen
Lycettia tippanus (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) suffalciata
9 specimens
Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) suffa - originally entered as "Caesticorbula suffalciata"
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910
1 specimen
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"
Corbula torta
1 specimen
Corbula torta Stephenson
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
1 specimen
Veniella conradi (Morton)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Aphrodina (Aphrodina) tippana
1 specimen
Aphrodina (Aphrodina) tippana (Con
Cyprimeria alta
1 specimen
Cyprimeria alta Conrad
Legumen ellipticum
1 specimen
Legumen ellipticum Conrad
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora ? lintea
1 specimen
Cymbophora lintea Conrad? - originally entered as "Cymbophora lintea ?"
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Aenona eufaulensis Conrad 1860
4 specimens
Aenona eufaulensis (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834
11 specimens
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Uddenia sp. Stephenson 1941
2 specimens
Uddenia sp.
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) angulicostata
16 specimens
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) ang
Bivalvia - Myoida
Eufistulina ripleyana
1 specimen
original and current combination Eufistulana
Eufistulana ripleyana (Stephenson) - originally entered as "Eufistulana ripleyana"
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula percrassa
8 specimens
Nucula percrassa Conrad
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Longitubus sp.
Longitubus sp.
Malacostraca
Malacostraca indet. (Latreille 1802)
Crab parts
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Mississippi County:Tippah
Coordinates: 34.6° North, 88.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.2° North, 66.1° 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:Late/Upper Maastrichtian Ammonoid zone: Discoscaphites iris
Age range of interval:70.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Owl Creek Member:lower
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Haustator bilira assemblage zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic,gray silty,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
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:USGS
Collection method comments: Sohl collection
Metadata
Also known as:S Dumas; USGS # 25424
Database number:4128
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 19:16:44
Access level:the public Released:1999-08-14 13:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]

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]