Sohl and Koch OFR # 54: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Euomphalidae
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Weeksia deplanata
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Weeksia deplanata (Johnson) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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16 specimens | |||||||||
| Turritella sp. | ||||||||||
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Turritella vertebroides
Morton 1834
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| Turritella vertebroides Morton | ||||||||||
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Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira
(Conrad 1860)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Turritella trilira | ||||||||||
| Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Striaticostatum sparsum
Sohl 1964
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Striaticostatum sparsum Sohl | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Euspira cf. rectilabrum
(Conrad 1858)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Euspira cf. Euspira rectilabrum (C - originally entered as "Euspira cf. rectilabrum" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Lowenstamia cf. subplanus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Lowenstamia cf. L. subplanus (Gabb - originally entered as "Lowenstamia cf. subplanus" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Deussenia bellalirata
Conrad 1858
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| Deussenia bellalirata (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Exogyra costata
(Say 1820)
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23 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata | ||||||||||
| Exogyra costata Say | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Union |
| Coordinates: | 34.5° North, 88.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.1° 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: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Ammonoid zone: | Discoscaphites conradi |
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 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 calcareous 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: | E Bakers X-Roads; USGS # 25516 | ||
| Database number: | 4135 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Kosnik | Enterer: | M. Kosnik |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 | Last modified: | 2017-07-04 19:09:35 |
| 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] |