Sohl and Koch OFR # 67: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Mississippi

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Fish parts
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Shark parts
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites tippahensis
11 specimens
Baculites tippahensis Conrad
Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus Morton 1834
19 specimens
recombined as Eubaculites carinatus
Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Discoscaphites conradi (Morton 1834)
1 specimen
Discoscaphites conradi (Morton) va
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Margaritella sp. Meek and Hayden 1860
1 specimen
Margaritella sp.
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae
Ellipsoscapha sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Ellipsoscapha ? sp.
Ellipsoscapha mortoni Forbes 1845
1 specimen
Ellipsoscapha mortoni (Forbes)
Gastropoda - Neritidae
? Neritina sp. Lamarck 1816
1 specimen
Neritina ? sp. - originally entered as "Neritina ? sp."
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Ampullellinae indet.
3 specimens
Ampullellinae indeterminate
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Gyrodes abyssinus
1 specimen
Gyrodes abyssinus (Morton)
Euspira cf. rectilabrum (Conrad 1858)
1 specimen
Euspira cf. Euspira rectilabrum (C - originally entered as "Euspira cf. rectilabrum"
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
? Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941
5 specimens
Bellifusus ? sp. - originally entered as "Bellifusus ? sp."
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis sp. (Conrad 1860)
1 specimen
Pyropsis spp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Napulus sp. Stephenson 1941
3 specimens
Napulus sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutomorpha sp. Gabb 1877
1 specimen
Volutomorpha sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Lowenstamia cf. subplanus
3 specimens
Lowenstamia cf. L. subplanus (Gabb - originally entered as "Lowenstamia cf. subplanus"
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Pugnellus sp. Conrad 1860
1 specimen
originally entered as "Pugnellus "
Anchura ? noakensis
1 specimen
Anchura noakensis? Stephenson - originally entered as "Anchura noakensis ?"
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora leprosa (Morton 1834)
11 specimens
recombined as Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa
Xenophora leprosa (Morton)
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula percrassa
1 specimen
Nucula percrassa Conrad
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys (Radiopecten) mississippensis
1 specimen
Chlamys (Radiopecten) mississippen
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (Stephenson 1941)
1 specimen
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae
Neithea (Neitheops) sp. (Stewart 1930)
3 specimens
original and current combination Neitheops
Neithea (Neitheops) sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad 1858
1 specimen
recombined as Limatula acutilineata
Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna (Pinna) laqueata Conrad 1858
1 specimen
Pinna (Pinna) laqueata Conrad
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra costata (Say 1820)
7 specimens
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
Exogyra costata Say
Gryphaeostrea vomer (Morton 1828)
25 specimens
Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton
Pycnodonte vesicularis (Lamarck 1806)
2 specimens
recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad 1858
15 specimens
recombined as Idonearca capax
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758
12 specimens
Cardium sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
1 specimen
Veniella conradi (Morton)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Unicardium sp. d'Orbigny 1850
1 specimen
Unicardium sp.
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) sp. (Dietrich 1933)
3 specimens
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Mississippi County:Chickasaw
Coordinates: 33.9° North, 89.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.5° North, 66.5° West
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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 lithified lime mudstone
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
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:USGS
Collection method comments: others collection
Metadata
Also known as:E Houston; USGS # 8306
Database number:4143
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 19:23:59
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]