Sohl and Koch OFR # 612: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
metazoan indet.
Worm Tubes
Nucula chatsfieldensis Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Nucula chatsfieldensis Stephenson
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras sp. Hyatt 1894
1 specimen
Eutrephoceras sp.
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Sphenodiscus pleurisepta (Conrad 1857)
1 specimen
Sphenodiscus pleurisepta (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (Conrad 1860)
1 specimen
original and current combination Turritella trilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Graciliala cooki
23 specimens
Graciliala cooki (Stephenson)
Arrhoges (Latiala) sp. (Gabb 1868)
1 specimen
Arrhoges (Latiala) sp.
Anchura sp. Conrad 1860
2 specimens
Anchura sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis sp. (Conrad 1860)
1 specimen
Pyropsis spp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Aliofusus sp. Stephenson 1941
2 specimens
Aliofusus sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Drilluta sp. Wade 1916
1 specimen
Drilluta sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Pyrifusus sp. Conrad 1858
1 specimen
Pyrifusus sp.
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb 1861
4 specimens
recombined as Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb
Gyrodes supraplicatus Conrad 1858
2 specimens
Gyrodes supraplicatus (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon sp. Conrad 1869
1 specimen
Nemodon sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
1 specimen
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius
2 specimens
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (Stephenson 1941)
7 specimens
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) sp. Meek 1864
1 specimen
Camptonectes (Comptonectes) sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte belli
7 specimens
Pycnodonte belli Stephenson
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Ostrea sp.
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860
4 specimens
Crenella serica Conrad
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910
22 specimens
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
1 specimen
Corbula sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Tenea parilis
3 specimens
Tenea parilis Conrad
Veniella sp. Stoliczka 1870
1 specimen
Veniella sp.
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
1 specimen
Veniella conradi (Morton)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Aphrodina (Aphrodina) tippana
1 specimen
Aphrodina (Aphrodina) tippana (Con
Cyprimeria depressa
1 specimen
Cyprimeria depressa Conrad
Legumen ellipticum
9 specimens
Legumen ellipticum Conrad
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora berryi
9 specimens
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium (Granocardium) sp. (Gabb 1869)
9 specimens
synonym of Trachycardium
Granocardium (Granocardium) sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Linearia metastriata
1 specimen
original and current combination Linearis
Linearia metastriata Conrad
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Vetericardiella sp. Chavan 1969
1 specimen
Vetericardiella sp.
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
Crassatella sp.
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834
7 specimens
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis (Gabb 1860)
7 specimens
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) sp. (Dietrich 1933)
1 specimen
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) sp.
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula percrassa
1 specimen
Nucula percrassa Conrad
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp. Link 1807
1 specimen
Nuculana sp.
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus squamosus
Hamulus squamosus Gabb
Hamulus onyx Morton 1834
Hamulus onyx Morton
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, 74.0° 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:70.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Corsicana Marl Member:lower
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Haustator bilira assemblage zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Environment:marine indet. Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,original calcite
Size of fossils:mesofossils
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:Greenville; USGS # 12924
Database number:4401
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 12:05:08
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]