USGS 15523, west of McQueeney: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Texas
collected by L.W. Stephenson
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Demospongiae
- Clavulina
- Clionaidae
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Cliona sp.
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | |||||||||
| Clione sp. | ||||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Cassiduloida
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Hardouinia bexari
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | |||||||||
| corrected as Harduinia | ||||||||||
| Hardouinea bexari Clark | ||||||||||
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Hardouinia dalli
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | |||||||||
| corrected as Harduinia | ||||||||||
| Hardouinea dalli Clark | ||||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Schizasteridae
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Linthia variabilis
Slocom 1909
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Hemiasteridae
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Hemiaster wetherbyi
de Loriol 1887
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | |||||||||
| Bryozoa (encrusting) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea (Idonearca) sp.
(Conrad 1862)
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| Cucullaea (Idonearca) sp. | ||||||||||
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Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax
Conrad 1858
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 13 specimens | ||||||||
| recombined as Idonearca capax | ||||||||||
| Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca martindalensis
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Arca martindalensis (Stephenson) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Flemingostreidae
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Cubitostrea tecticosta
(Gabb 1860)
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Pycnodonte belli
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 28 specimens | ||||||||
| Pycnodonte belli Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Pycnodonte sp.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1835)
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| Pycnodonte sp. | ||||||||||
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Gryphaeostrea vomer
(Morton 1828)
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 60 specimens | ||||||||
| Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton | ||||||||||
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Exogyra costata
(Say 1820)
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata | ||||||||||
| Exogyra costata Say | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula (Plicatula) tetrica
Conrad 1860
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| Plicatula (Plicatula) tetrica Conr | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima (Lima) cokei
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
| Lima (Lima) cokei Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Lima (Lima) deatsvillensis
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
| Lima (Lima) deatsvillensis Stephen | ||||||||||
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Lima (Lima) sp.
Bruguiére 1796
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Lima (Lima) sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella vadosa
Morton 1834
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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? Drilluta sp.
Wade 1916
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Sohl and Koch 1984 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| Drilluta ? sp. - originally entered as "Drilluta ? sp." | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Guadalupe |
| Coordinates: | 29.6° North, 98.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.2° North, 77.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| 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: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Haustator bilira assemblage zone | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray silty,sandy 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: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
| Collectors: | L.W. Stephenson |
| Collection method comments: Stephenson collection | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Hilda siding; Sohl and Koch OFR # 742 | ||
| Database number: | 4503 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Kosnik, W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Kosnik, U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 | Last modified: | 2018-11-19 23:26:36 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26335. | 1% 20600 | C. W. Cooke. 1953. American Upper Cretaceous Echinoidea. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 254-A:1-44 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/M. Clapham] |
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] | |
| 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] |