Sohl and Koch OFR # 733: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Linearia crebelli Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Linearia crebelli Stephenson
Ornopsis (Pornosis) solistella Stephenson 1941
2 specimens
Ornopsis (Pornosis) solistella Ste
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Fish parts
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
Crassatella sp.
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834
1 specimen
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910
1 specimen
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Legumen ellipticum
1 specimen
Legumen ellipticum Conrad
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Linearia pectinis
5 specimens
original and current combination Linearis
Linearia pectinis Stephenson
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium (Granocardium) sp. (Gabb 1869)
9 specimens
synonym of Trachycardium
Granocardium (Granocardium) sp.
Protocardia (Brevicardium) sp. (Beyrich 1845)
1 specimen
Protocardium (Brevicardium) sp. - originally entered as "Protocardium sp."
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) grandis Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) grandis St
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Unicardium sp. d'Orbigny 1850
2 specimens
Unicardium sp.
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860
7 specimens
Crenella serica Conrad
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea (Idonearca) deatvillensis
4 specimens
Cucullaea (Idonearca) deatvillensi
Cucullaea (Idonearca) sp. (Conrad 1862)
2 specimens
Cucullaea (Idonearca) sp.
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad 1858
33 specimens
recombined as Idonearca capax
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon sp. Conrad 1869
2 specimens
Nemodon sp.
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca martindalensis
5 specimens
Arca martindalensis (Stephenson)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus (Spondylus) munitus
2 specimens
Spondylus (Spondylus) munitus Step
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten (Pecten) venustus
1 specimen
Pecten (Pecten?) venustus Morton
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (Stephenson 1941)
25 specimens
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius
1 specimen
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) sellardsi Stephenson 1941
3 specimens
Lima (Lima) sellardsi Stephenson
Lima (Lima) deatsvillensis
1 specimen
Lima (Lima) deatsvillensis Stephen
Lima (Lima) guadalupensis
6 specimens
Lima (Lima) guadalupensis Stephens
Lima (Lima) sp. Bruguiére 1796
3 specimens
Lima (Lima) sp.
Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad 1858
6 specimens
recombined as Limatula acutilineata
Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea mesenterica Morton 1834
5 specimens
recombined as Lopha mesenterica
Ostrea mesenterica Morton
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Ostrea sp.
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb 1860)
1 specimen
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Pycnodonte belli
1 specimen
Pycnodonte belli Stephenson
Pycnodonte sp. (Fischer von Waldheim 1835)
1 specimen
Pycnodonte sp.
Gryphaeostrea vomer (Morton 1828)
3 specimens
Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton
Exogyra costata (Say 1820)
12 specimens
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
Exogyra costata Say
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Tenuipteria argenteus
7 specimens
Tenuiptereus argenteus (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae
Ellipsoscapha sp. Stephenson 1941
3 specimens
Ellipsoscapha sp.
Gastropoda - Mesogastropoda
Mesogastropoda indet. Thiele 1925
1 specimen
invalid subgroup of Caenogastropoda
Mesogastropods indeterminate
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Anchura sp. Conrad 1860
7 specimens
Anchura sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Napulus sp. Stephenson 1941
2 specimens
Napulus sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Moreidae
Hercorhynchus (Hercorhyncus) sp.
4 specimens
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) sp. - originally entered as "Hercorhyncus sp."
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Beretra elongata
1 specimen
Beretra elongata Stephenson
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis sp. (Conrad 1860)
1 specimen
Pyropsis spp.
Gastropoda - Perissityidae
Ornopsis sp. Wade 1916
1 specimen
Ornopsis sp.
Drilluta sp. Wade 1916
1 specimen
Drilluta sp.
Anomalofusus sp. Wade 1916
1 specimen
Anomalofusus sp.
Lomirosa sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Lomirosa sp.
Capulus ? microstriatus
3 specimens
Capulus ? microstriatus Stephenson - originally entered as "Capulus ? microstriatus"
Gastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Gyrodes petrosus
1 specimen
Gyrodes petrosus (Morton)
Gyrodes rotundus
3 specimens
Gyrodes rotundus Stephenson
Gastropoda - Patellida - Lottiidae
Acmaea occidentalis
1 specimen
Acmaea occidentalis (Hall & Meek)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Nonacteonina sp. (Stephenson 1941)
1 specimen
original and current combination Nonactaeonina
Nonacteonina sp.
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Discoscaphites sp. Meek 1870
1 specimen
Discoscaphites sp.
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hamitidae
Hamites sp. Parkinson 1811
Hamites? sp.
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Guadalupe
Coordinates: 29.6° North, 98.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.2° North, 77.1° 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 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:Lake McQueeney; USGS # 15524 : 7637
Database number:4496
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 12:12:36
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]