Sohl and Koch OFR # 637: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ammonoidea
Ammonoidea indet. Zittel 1884
"Ammonite fragments": originally entered as "Ammonite"; changed by JA 30.6.04
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Sphenodiscus pleurisepta (Conrad 1857)
5 specimens
Sphenodiscus pleurisepta (Conrad)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Discoscaphites conradi (Morton 1834)
9 specimens
Discoscaphites conradi (Morton) va
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium inornatum
7 specimens
Dentalium inornatum Wade
Dentalium leve Stephenson 1923
18 specimens
Dentalium leve Stephenson
Gastropoda - Pickworthiidae
Urceolabrum sp. Wade 1916
1 specimen
Urceolabrum sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla (Ancillus) acutula (Stephenson 1941)
1 specimen
recombined as Ancillus acutula
Ancilla (Ancillus) acutula (Stephe
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
? Amuletum sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Amuletum sp. - originally entered as "Amuletum ? sp."
Amuletum (Lutema) sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Amuletum (Lutema) sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
? Paladmete sp. Gardner 1916
1 specimen
Paladmete ? sp. - originally entered as "Paladmete ? sp."
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad 1858)
14 specimens
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Malletia longfrons
8 specimens
Malletia longfrons (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp. Link 1807
9 specimens
Nuculana sp.
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula percrassa
2 specimens
Nucula percrassa Conrad
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) sp. Bruguiére 1796
3 specimens
Lima (Lima) sp.
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenson 1941)
1 specimen
recombined as Nymphalucina linearia
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea"
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
1 specimen
Corbula sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora berryi
3 specimens
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853
6 specimens
Trachycardium sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Aenona sp. Conrad 1870
1 specimen
Aenona sp.
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Leptosolen biplicata (Conrad 1858)
8 specimens
Leptosolen biplicata (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Vetericardiella sp. Chavan 1969
1 specimen
Vetericardiella sp.
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
3 specimens
Lingula sp.
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Fish parts
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae
Micrabacia mineolensis Stephenson 1916
Wells 1933
synonym of Micrabacia radiata
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Navarro
Coordinates: 32.2° North, 96.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.4° North, 74.5° 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:member
Stratigraphy comments: Haustator bilira assemblage zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray lithified silty 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:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:USGS
Collection method comments: Stephenson collection
Metadata
Also known as:Monfort / Montfort; USGS # 12922
Database number:4421
Authorizer:M. Kosnik, W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Kosnik, U. Merkel
Modifier:M. Manojlovic Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-14 13:00:00 Last modified:2016-08-08 12:06:38
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]
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]