Sohl and Koch OFR # 611: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp.
Clione sp.
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Fish parts
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus squamosus
Hamulus squamosus Gabb
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860
3 specimens
Crenella serica Conrad
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778
1 specimen
Glycymeris sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte vesicularis (Lamarck 1806)
10 specimens
recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck
Gryphaeostrea vomer (Morton 1828)
12 specimens
Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton
Exogyra costata (Say 1820)
8 specimens
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
Exogyra costata Say
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (Stephenson 1941)
1 specimen
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
16 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) reticulata Forbes 1845
5 specimens
recombined as Lima reticulata
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius
1 specimen
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799
5 specimens
Crassatella sp.
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
3 specimens
Corbula sp.
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910
12 specimens
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853
1 specimen
Trachycardium sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
1 specimen
Veniella conradi (Morton)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora berryi
3 specimens
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) sp. (Dietrich 1933)
3 specimens
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) sp.
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis (Gabb 1860)
2 specimens
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Sphenodiscus sp. Meek 1871
1 specimen
Sphenodiscus sp.
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Gyrodes sp. Conrad 1860
1 specimen
Gyrodes sp.
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb 1861
2 specimens
recombined as Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Arrhoges (Latiala) sp. (Gabb 1868)
7 specimens
Arrhoges (Latiala) sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Hunt
Coordinates: 33.1° North, 96.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.2° North, 73.9° 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:Corsicana Marl Member:basal
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Haustator bilira assemblage zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: argillaceous,calcareous sandstone
Environment:marine indet. Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite,replaced with 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:Campbell-MTX; USGS # 32170
Database number:4400
Authorizer:M. Kosnik Enterer:M. Kosnik
Modifier:M. Manojlovic Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-14 13:00:00 Last modified:2016-08-08 12:04:55
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:

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]