Sohl and Koch OFR # 538: Maastrichtian, Arkansas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Syncyclonema ? travisanus (Stephenson 1941)
1 specimen
Syncylonema ? travisanus (Stephens - originally entered as "Syncylonema ? travisanus"
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Otolith, Fish parts
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799
2 specimens
Baculites sp.
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Discoscaphites conradi (Morton 1834)
2 specimens
Discoscaphites conradi (Morton) va
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Sphenodiscus sp. Meek 1871
1 specimen
Sphenodiscus sp.
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
Dentalium sp. (ribbed)
Dentalium leve Stephenson 1923
12 specimens
Dentalium leve Stephenson
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus obnutus
1 specimen
Cadulus obnutus (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Mathilda aff. ripleyana Wade 1926
1 specimen
Mathilda aff. M. ripleyana Wade - originally entered as "Mathilda aff. ripleyana"
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846
1 specimen
Cylichna sp.
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (Stephenson 1941)
1 specimen
recombined as Haustator bilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (Conrad 1860)
3 specimens
original and current combination Turritella trilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Striaticostatum sp. Sohl 1963
1 specimen
Striaticostatum sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929
2 specimens
Neogastropods indeterminate
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Bellifusus spinosus Sohl 1964
2 specimens
Bellifusus spinosus Sohl
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana whitfieldi
2 specimens
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Malletia longfrons
1 specimen
Malletia longfrons (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860
6 specimens
Crenella serica Conrad
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius
4 specimens
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777
1 specimen
Pteria sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea plumosa Morton 1833
1 specimen
Ostrea plumosa Morton
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb 1860)
2 specimens
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaeostrea vomer (Morton 1828)
1 specimen
Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca sp. Conrad 1862
2 specimens
Striarca sp.
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910
3 specimens
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Caryophyllia stephensoni Wells 1933
Wells 1933
synonym of Caryophyllia konincki
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Arkansas County:Hempstead
Coordinates: 33.8° North, 93.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.5° North, 70.8° 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:Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Arkadelphia marl
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Haustator bilira assemblage zone.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray claystone
Environment:marine indet. Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:USGS
Collection method comments: Stephenson collection
Metadata
Also known as:Hope; USGS # 12936 : 13411
Database number:4390
Authorizer:M. Kosnik, W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Kosnik, U. Merkel
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-14 13:00:00 Last modified:2017-07-28 16:24:15
Access level:the public Released:1999-08-14 13:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

282. N. F. Sohl and C. F. Koch. 1984. Upper Cretaceous (Maestrichtian) larger invertebrate Fossils from the Haustator bilira Assemblage Zone in the west gulf Coastal Plain. USGS Open File Report 84-687:1-282 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]

Secondary references:

39438 J. W. Wells. 1933. Corals of the Cretaceous of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains and Western Interior of the United States. Bulletins of American Paleontology 18(67):85-288 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]