Sohl and Koch OFR # 85: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Amaurellina stephensoni
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Amaurellina stephensoni (Wade) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Graphidula sp.
Stephenson 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Graphidula sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Veniella conradi
Morton 1833
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Veniella conradi (Morton) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Paranomia scabra
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8 specimens | |||||||||
Paranomia scabra (Morton) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Flemingostreidae
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Cubitostrea tecticosta
(Gabb 1860)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Pycnodonte vesicularis
(Lamarck 1806)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis | ||||||||||
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck | ||||||||||
Exogyra costata
(Say 1820)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata | ||||||||||
Exogyra costata Say | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax
Conrad 1858
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Idonearca capax | ||||||||||
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad | ||||||||||
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/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 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: | bulk,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Museum repositories: | USGS |
Collection method comments: Sohl collection |
Metadata
Also known as: | N Starkville; USGS # 25437 | ||
Database number: | 4159 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Kosnik | Enterer: | M. Kosnik |
Modifier: | U. Smith | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
Created: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 | Last modified: | 2010-10-14 05:27:33 |
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] |