Sohl and Koch OFR # 655: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Syncyclonema ? travisanus (Stephenson 1941)
4 specimens
Syncylonema ? travisanus (Stephens - originally entered as "Syncylonema ? travisanus"
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Fish parts
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758
3 specimens
Dentalium sp.
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Discoscaphites sp. Meek 1870
1 specimen
Discoscaphites sp.
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789
2 specimens
Cerithium sp.
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Laxispira sp. Gabb 1877
3 specimens
Laxispira sp.
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Gyrodes rotundus
1 specimen
Gyrodes rotundus Stephenson
Gyrodes supraplicatus Conrad 1858
1 specimen
Gyrodes supraplicatus (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Napulus sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Napulus sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Caveola sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Caveola sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Bellifusus sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
? Fusus sp. Bruguière 1789
1 specimen
Fusus ? sp. - originally entered as "Fusus ? sp."
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Amuletum sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Amuletum sp.
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica (Granosolarium) sp. Röding 1798
1 specimen
Architectonica (Granosolarium) sp.
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
? Calliomphalus sp. Cossmann 1888
2 specimens
Calliomphalus ? sp. - originally entered as "Calliomphalus ? sp."
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846
1 specimen
Cylichna sp.
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp. Link 1807
1 specimen
"Nuculana sp. C Stephenson, 1941"
Nuculana sp. Link 1807
1 specimen
Nuculana sp.
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Malletia longfrons
2 specimens
Malletia longfrons (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) sp. Dall 1886
1 specimen
Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) sp.
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Leptosolen ? linguliformis
1 specimen
Leptosolen ? linguliformis Stephen - originally entered as "Leptosolen ? linguliformis"
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
3 specimens
Corbula sp.
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910
1 specimen
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia (Brevicardium) fragile (Stephenson 1941)
1 specimen
Protocardium (Brevicardium) fragil - originally entered as "Protocardium fragile"
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Vetericardiella webbervillensis
5 specimens
Vetericardiella webbervillensis (S
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860
23 specimens
Crenella serica Conrad
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Amussium ? danei
2 specimens
corrected as Amusium
Amusium ? danei (Stephenson) - originally entered as "Amusium ? danei"
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius
2 specimens
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
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, 75.0° 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: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: silty claystone
Environment:marine indet. Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,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:Tehuacana; USGS # 13832
Database number:4436
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 12:07:12
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]