Sohl and Koch OFR # 84: Late Maastrichtian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Turritella sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Pyropsidae
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Pyropsis sp.
(Conrad 1860)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Pyropsis spp. | ||||||||||
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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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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Ornopsis (Pornosis) sp.
Wade 1916
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Ornopsis (Pornosis?) s. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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? Drilluta sp.
Wade 1916
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Drilluta ? sp. - originally entered as "Drilluta ? sp." | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Deussenia sp.
Stephenson 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Deussenia sp. | ||||||||||
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Pyrifusus sp.
Conrad 1858
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Pyrifusus sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Pugnellus sp.
Conrad 1860
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Pugnellus sp. | ||||||||||
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Anchura sp.
Conrad 1860
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Anchura 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
- Epitoniidae
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Striaticostatum asperum
Sohl 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Striaticostatum asperum Sohl | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Margaritella sp.
Meek and Hayden 1860
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Margaritella sp. | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Belemnitida
- Belemnitellidae
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Belemnitella americana
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Belemnitella americana (Morton) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula (Plicatula) tetrica
Conrad 1860
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Plicatula (Plicatula) tetrica Conr | ||||||||||
| 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, 66.4° West | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late 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 Maastrichtian | Ammonoid zone: | Discoscaphites conradi |
| Age range of interval: | 72.1 - 66 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 sandy 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 methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
| Collection method comments: Stephenson collection | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | NE Starkville; USGS # 6846 | ||
| Database number: | 4158 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Kosnik | Enterer: | M. Kosnik |
| Modifier: | J. Sessa | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 | Last modified: | 2010-07-26 16:12:03 |
| 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] |