Sohl and Koch OFR # 91: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Mississippi

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp.
Clione sp.
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Dasmosmilia sp. Pourtalès 1880
Dasmosmilia sp.
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras perlata (Morton 1834)
1 specimen
recombined as Eutrephoceras perlatus
Eutrephoceras perlata Morton
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnitellidae
Belemnitella americana
8 specimens
Belemnitella americana (Morton)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Pachydiscus sp. Zittel 1884
1 specimen
Pachydiscus sp.
Parapachydiscus sp. Hyatt 1900
2 specimens
synonym of Pachydiscus
Parapachydiscus sp.
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Sphenodiscus pleurisepta (Conrad 1857)
1 specimen
Sphenodiscus pleurisepta (Conrad)
Sphenodiscus lenticularis (Owen 1852)
1 specimen
replaced by Sphenodiscus lobatus
Sphenodiscus lenticularis mississi
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites columna Morton 1834
1 specimen
recombined as Trachybaculites columna
Baculites columna Morton
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae
Diplomoceras trabeatus
1 specimen
Diplomoceras trabeatus (Morton)
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Weeksia deplanata
1 specimen
Weeksia deplanata (Johnson)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834
1 specimen
Turritella vertebroides Morton
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Anchura ? noakensis
2 specimens
Anchura noakensis? Stephenson - originally entered as "Anchura noakensis ?"
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
? Pyropsis sp. (Conrad 1860)
1 specimen
Pyropsis ? sp. - originally entered as "Pyropsis ? sp."
Pyropsis sp. (Conrad 1860)
2 specimens
Pyropsis spp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Stantonella sp. Wade 1926
2 specimens
Stantonella ? sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
? Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941
5 specimens
Bellifusus ? sp. - originally entered as "Bellifusus ? sp."
Graphidula sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Graphidula sp.
? Drilluta sp. Wade 1916
1 specimen
Drilluta ? sp. - originally entered as "Drilluta ? sp."
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Pyrifusus sp. Conrad 1858
3 specimens
Pyrifusus sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Napulus sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Napulus sp.
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora leprosa (Morton 1834)
1 specimen
recombined as Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa
Xenophora leprosa (Morton)
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Gyrodes abyssinus
Gyrodes abyssinus (Morton)
Gyrodes petrosus
16 specimens
Gyrodes petrosus (Morton)
Gastropoda - Acteoninidae
Eoacteon sp. Stephenson 1955
1 specimen
Ecoacteon sp. - originally entered as "Ecoacteon sp."
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae
Ellipsoscapha sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Ellipsoscapha ? sp.
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad 1858
19 specimens
recombined as Idonearca capax
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp. Sowerby 1814
4 specimens
Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Dimyidae
Atreta melleni
6 specimens
Atreta melleni (Stephenson)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
11 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Paranomia scabra
50 specimens
Paranomia scabra (Morton)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) reticulata Forbes 1845
5 specimens
recombined as Lima reticulata
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For
Lima (Lima) pelagica (Morton 1833)
1 specimen
Lima (Lima) pelagica (Morton)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten (Pecten) venustus
1 specimen
Pecten (Pecten?) venustus Morton
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb 1860)
8 specimens
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte vesicularis (Lamarck 1806)
2 specimens
recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck
Gryphaeostrea vomer (Morton 1828)
2 specimens
Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton
Exogyra costata (Say 1820)
20 specimens
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
Exogyra costata Say
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea plumosa Morton 1833
22 specimens
Ostrea plumosa Morton
Ostrea mesenterica Morton 1834
21 specimens
recombined as Lopha mesenterica
Ostrea mesenterica Morton
Arctostrea falacata
69 specimens
Arctostrea falacata (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) cf. jerseyensis
1 specimen
Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) cf. jersey - originally entered as "Cuspidaria cf. jerseyensis"
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853
4 specimens
Liopistha protexta Conrad
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Laternulidae
Laternula ? robusta
Laternula ? robusta Stephenson - originally entered as "Laternula ? robusta"
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Etea cf. carolinensis Conrad 1875
2 specimens
Etea cf. Etea carolinensis Conrad - originally entered as "Etea cf. carolinensis"
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
4 specimens
Veniella conradi (Morton)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyprimeria alta
2 specimens
Cyprimeria alta Conrad
Legumen ellipticum
2 specimens
Legumen ellipticum Conrad
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora sp. Gabb 1869
1 specimen
Cymbophora sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anatinellidae
Anatina cf. jerseyensis
2 specimens
Anatina cf. jerseyensis Weller - originally entered as "Anatina cf. jerseyensis"
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758
8 specimens
Cardium sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinimera buboana
1 specimen
Tellinimeria buboana Stephenson - originally entered as "Tellinimeria buboana"
Tellinimera sp. Conrad 1860
1 specimen
Tellinimeria sp. - originally entered as "Tellinimeria sp."
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834
4 specimens
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula percrassa
3 specimens
Nucula percrassa Conrad
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Bone material
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Mississippi County:Noxubee
Coordinates: 33.0° North, 88.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.6° North, 66.3° 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:70.60000 - 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:glauconitic,gray lithified silty,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 excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:USGS
Collection method comments: others collection
Metadata
Also known as:S Noxubee RR Br; USGS # 17210 : 6497
Database number:4164
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 19:26:57
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]