Sohl and Koch OFR # 726: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Hercorhynchus (Hercorhyncus) malleiformis Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) mallei - originally entered as "Hercorhyncus malleiformis"
Linearia crebelli Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Linearia crebelli Stephenson
Ornopsis (Pornosis) solistella Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Ornopsis (Pornosis) solistella Ste
Vertebrata informal indet. Fish parts Lamarck 1801
Fish parts
Vertebrata informal indet. bones Lamarck 1801
Bone material
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
Echinoid sp. - originally entered as "Echinoidea sp."
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (encrusting)
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (branching)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Margaritella cf. pumila
1 specimen
Margaritella cf. M. pumila Stephen - originally entered as "Margaritella cf. pumila"
Architectonica (Granosolarium) sp. Röding 1798
1 specimen
Architectonica (Granosolarium) sp.
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Actaeon sp. Oken 1815
1 specimen
replaced by Acteon
Acteon sp. - originally entered as "Acteon sp."
Gastropoda - Mesogastropoda
Mesogastropoda indet. Thiele 1925
1 specimen
invalid subgroup of Caenogastropoda
Mesogastropods indeterminate
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Gyrodes rotundus
1 specimen
Gyrodes rotundus Stephenson
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis sp. (Conrad 1860)
2 specimens
Pyropsis spp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Bellifusus sp.
Anomalofusus sp. Wade 1916
1 specimen
Anomalofusus sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Ornopsis sp. Wade 1916
1 specimen
Ornopsis sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Napulus sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Napulus sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Coralliophilidae
Latiaxis sp. Swainson 1840
1 specimen
Latiaxis sp.
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Anchura sp. Conrad 1860
1 specimen
Anchura sp.
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (Stephenson 1941)
1 specimen
recombined as Haustator bilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St
Laxispira monilifera Sohl 1964
1 specimen
Laxispira monilifera Sohl
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Discoscaphites sp. Meek 1870
1 specimen
Discoscaphites sp.
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis (Gabb 1860)
2 specimens
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853
1 specimen
Liopistha protexta Conrad
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Laternulidae
? Periplomya sp. Conrad 1870
1 specimen
Periplomya ? sp. - originally entered as "Periplomya ? sp."
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella sp. Stoliczka 1870
1 specimen
Veniella sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora berryi
3 specimens
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
Cymbophora sp. Gabb 1869
1 specimen
Cymbophora sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyprimeria alta
1 specimen
Cyprimeria alta Conrad
Cyclorisma sp. Dall 1902
1 specimen
Cyclorisma sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia (Brevicardium) fragile (Stephenson 1941)
5 specimens
Protocardium (Brevicardium) fragil - originally entered as "Protocardium fragile"
Protocardia (Brevicardium) marcosensis
2 specimens
Protocardium (Brevicardium) marcos - originally entered as "Protocardium marcosensis"
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Tellina sp.
Tellinimera gabbi
2 specimens
Tellinimeria gabbi Gardner - originally entered as "Tellinimeria gabbi"
Linearia metastriata
5 specimens
original and current combination Linearis
Linearia metastriata Conrad
Linearia pectinis
1 specimen
original and current combination Linearis
Linearia pectinis Stephenson
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
6 specimens
Corbula sp.
Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) suffalciata
1 specimen
Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) suffa - originally entered as "Caesticorbula suffalciata"
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910
240 specimens
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Vetericardiella sp. Chavan 1969
28 specimens
Vetericardiella sp.
Vetericardiella webbervillensis
10 specimens
Vetericardiella webbervillensis (S
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
Crassatella sp.
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834
1 specimen
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Scambula perplana Conrad 1869
5 specimens
Scambula perplana Conrad
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon eufaulensis
5 specimens
Nemodon eufaulensis (Gabb) [entered as Nemodon eufaulensis]
Nemodon sp. Conrad 1869
7 specimens
Nemodon sp.
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea (Idonearca) deatvillensis
2 specimens
Cucullaea (Idonearca) deatvillensi
Cucullaea (Idonearca) sp. (Conrad 1862)
1 specimen
Cucullaea (Idonearca) sp.
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad 1858
10 specimens
recombined as Idonearca capax
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca martindalensis
6 specimens
Arca martindalensis (Stephenson)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaeostrea vomer (Morton 1828)
6 specimens
Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton
Exogyra sp. Say 1820
1 specimen
Exogyra sp.
Exogyra costata (Say 1820)
4 specimens
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
Exogyra costata Say
Pycnodonte belli
2 specimens
Pycnodonte belli Stephenson
Pycnodonte sp. (Fischer von Waldheim 1835)
8 specimens
Pycnodonte sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
3 specimens
Ostrea sp.
Ostrea mesenterica Morton 1834
2 specimens
recombined as Lopha mesenterica
Ostrea mesenterica Morton
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb 1860)
5 specimens
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (Stephenson 1941)
14 specimens
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) sp. Meek 1864
3 specimens
Camptonectes (Comptonectes) sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
? Paranomia sp. Conrad 1860
1 specimen
Paranomia ? sp. - originally entered as "Paranomia ? sp."
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
2 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad 1858
2 specimens
recombined as Limatula acutilineata
Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad
Lima (Lima) pelagica (Morton 1833)
11 specimens
Lima (Lima) pelagica (Morton)
Lima (Lima) sp. Bruguiére 1796
5 specimens
Lima (Lima) sp.
Lima (Lima) reticulata Forbes 1845
1 specimen
recombined as Lima reticulata
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius
11 specimens
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
Syncyclonema ? kingi Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Syncylonema ? kingi (Stephenson) - originally entered as "Syncylonema ? kingi"
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860
84 specimens
Crenella serica Conrad
Crenella elegantula Meek and Hayden 1862
1 specimen
Crenella elegantula Meek & Hayden
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
? Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Mytilus? sp. - originally entered as "Mytilus ? sp."
Lycettia tippanus
1 specimen
Lycettia tippanus (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Malletia longfrons
1 specimen
Malletia longfrons (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana informal sp. C Stephenson 1941 Link 1807
1 specimen
"Nuculana sp. C Stephenson, 1941"
Nuculana sp. Link 1807
8 specimens
Nuculana sp.
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844
1 specimen
Cadulus sp.
Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp.
Clione sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Caldwell
Coordinates: 29.8° North, 97.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.4° North, 76.8° West
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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 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:Martindale; USGS # 15527 : 7621 : 15526
Database number:4491
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 12:12:15
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:

83571 R. Guardado, R. Lockwood, L. Wingard and P. Wagner. 2021. Phylogenetics of Crassattella. [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
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]