Sohl and Koch OFR # 80: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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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
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax
Conrad 1858
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13 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Idonearca capax | ||||||||||
| Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Exogyra costata
(Say 1820)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata | ||||||||||
| Exogyra costata Say | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Cardium sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Veniella conradi
Morton 1833
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Veniella conradi (Morton) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Cymbophora sp.
Gabb 1869
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Cymbophora sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) thoracica
(Morton 1834)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) tho | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana whitfieldi
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| Turritella sp. | ||||||||||
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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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Gyrodes abyssinus
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Gyrodes abyssinus (Morton) | ||||||||||
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Gyrodes petrosus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Gyrodes petrosus (Morton) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turbinellidae
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Napulus sp.
Stephenson 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Napulus sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Pyropsidae
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Pyropsis sp.
(Conrad 1860)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Pyropsis spp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Buccinopsis sp.
Conrad 1857
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Buccinopsis sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Pyrifusus sp.
Conrad 1858
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Pyrifusus sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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? Bellifusus sp.
Stephenson 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Bellifusus ? sp. - originally entered as "Bellifusus ? sp." | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Longoconcha sp.
Stephenson 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Longoconcha spp. | ||||||||||
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Volutomorpha sp.
Gabb 1877
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Volutomorpha sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Anchura ? noakensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Anchura noakensis? Stephenson - originally entered as "Anchura noakensis ?" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Xenophoridae
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Xenophora leprosa
(Morton 1834)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa | ||||||||||
| Xenophora leprosa (Morton) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Trichotropidae
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Turbinopsis cf. curta
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| "? cf. curta" Turbinopsis ? cf. T. curta Whitfie - originally entered as "Turbinopsis ? cf. curta" | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Okitibbeha |
| Coordinates: | 33.5° North, 88.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.1° North, 66.5° 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 | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Haustator bilira assemblage zone | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray lithified silty 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 |
| Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
| Collection method comments: Sohl collection | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | NW Starkville; USGS # 25434 | ||
| Database number: | 4154 | ||
| 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 19:11:01 |
| 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] |