Sohl and Koch OFR # 53: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Nautilidae
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Eutrephoceras perlata
(Morton 1834)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Eutrephoceras perlatus | ||||||||||
Eutrephoceras perlata Morton | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Scaphitidae
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Discoscaphites iris
Conrad 1858
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23 specimens | |||||||||
Discoscaphites iris Conrad | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Baculitidae
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Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus
Morton 1834
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48 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Eubaculites carinatus | ||||||||||
Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella vertebroides
Morton 1834
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Turritella vertebroides Morton | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turbinellidae
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Napulus sp.
Stephenson 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Napulus sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Volutomorpha sp.
Gabb 1877
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Volutomorpha sp. | ||||||||||
Liopeplum rugosum
Stephenson 1955
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Liopeplum rugosum Stephenson | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Gyrodes petrosus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gyrodes petrosus (Morton) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Nemodon eufaulensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Nemodon eufaulensis (Gabb) [entered as Nemodon eufaulensis] | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Bakevelliidae
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Gervillia ensiformis
Conrad 1858
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8 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Gervilliopsis ensiformis | ||||||||||
Gervillia ensiformis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Pinna (Pinna) laqueata
Conrad 1858
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Pinna (Pinna) laqueata Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Lycettia tippanus
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Lycettia tippanus (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Veniella conradi
Morton 1833
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Veniella conradi (Morton) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Aphrodina (Aphrodina) tippana
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Aphrodina (Aphrodina) tippana (Con | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Cymbophora sp.
Gabb 1869
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cymbophora sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Granocardium (Granocardium) sp.
(Gabb 1869)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
synonym of Trachycardium | ||||||||||
Granocardium (Granocardium) sp. | ||||||||||
Granocardium (Granocardium) tippananum
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3 specimens | |||||||||
synonym of Trachycardium | ||||||||||
Granocardium (Granocardium) tippan | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Linearia pectinis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
original and current combination Linearis | ||||||||||
Linearia pectinis Stephenson | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella vadosa
Morton 1834
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula percrassa
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Nucula percrassa Conrad | ||||||||||
Malacostraca
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Malacostraca indet.
(Latreille 1802)
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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 conradi |
Age range of interval: | 70.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Prairie Bluff | Member: | lower | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Haustator bilira assemblage zone |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray,yellow 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: | S Dumas; USGS # 25488 | ||
Database number: | 4134 | ||
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 19:22:01 |
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] |