Sohl and Koch OFR # 633: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Trochocyathidae indet.
Trochocyathid coral
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae
Micrabacia sp. Milne-Edwards 1849
Micrabacia spp.
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Fish parts
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
Echinoid sp. - originally entered as "Echinoidea sp."
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Eulima leavigata (Lea 1843)
1 specimen
recombined as Eulima laevigata
Eulima leavigata Wade
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Turboella sp. Leach in Gray 1847
1 specimen
Turboella sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929
1 specimen
Neogastropods indeterminate
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Euspira cf. rectilabrum (Conrad 1858)
1 specimen
Euspira cf. Euspira rectilabrum (C - originally entered as "Euspira cf. rectilabrum"
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula percrassa
1 specimen
Nucula percrassa Conrad
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Malletia longfrons
7 specimens
Malletia longfrons (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana whitfieldi
31 specimens
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
Nuculana rostrotruncata (Gardner 1916)
4 specimens
recombined as Nuculana rostratruncata
Nuculana rostrotruncata (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenson 1941)
6 specimens
recombined as Nymphalucina linearia
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea"
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) grandis Stephenson 1941
4 specimens
Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) grandis St
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Leptosolen biplicata (Conrad 1858)
3 specimens
Leptosolen biplicata (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) terramaria
1 specimen
Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) terra - originally entered as "Caesticorbula terramaria"
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora wordeni
1 specimen
Cymbophora wordeni (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad 1860)
8 specimens
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinimera gabbi
3 specimens
Tellinimeria gabbi Gardner - originally entered as "Tellinimeria gabbi"
Solyma sp. Conrad 1870
1 specimen
Solyma ? sp.
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca sp. Conrad 1862
1 specimen
Striarca sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Ostrea sp.
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Sphenodiscus sp. Meek 1871
1 specimen
Sphenodiscus sp.
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Discoscaphites sp. Meek 1870
4 specimens
Discoscaphites sp.
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium leve Stephenson 1923
35 specimens
Dentalium leve Stephenson
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Kaufman
Coordinates: 32.5° North, 96.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.7° North, 74.4° 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:Corsicana 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: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:Jiba; USGS # 32172
Database number:4418
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 12:06:25
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]