Sohl and Koch OFR # 653: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Scaphitidae
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Discoscaphites conradi
(Morton 1834)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Discoscaphites conradi (Morton) va | ||||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium leve
Stephenson 1923
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Dentalium leve Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Pickworthiidae
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Urceolabrum sp.
Wade 1916
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Urceolabrum sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Caveola sp.
Stephenson 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Caveola sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Botula carolinensis
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| Botula carolinensis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pholadidae
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Pholadidea indet.
Turton 1819
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| Pholadidea sp. | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Limestone |
| Coordinates: | 31.8° North, 96.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.0° North, 74.9° 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: | upper | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Haustator bilira assemblage zone | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray silty claystone | ||
| Environment: | marine indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
| Collection method comments: Stephenson collection | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Tehuacana; USGS # 17374 | ||
| Database number: | 4434 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Kosnik | Enterer: | M. Kosnik |
| Modifier: | J. Sessa | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 | Last modified: | 2010-07-26 14:22:04 |
| 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] |