USGS 14114: Late/Upper Campanian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797
Lima sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
? Radiopecten (Radiopecten) mississippiensis
Pecten (Radiopecten) mississippiensis Conrad?
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814
Inoceramus sp. d Stephenson 1941
Inoceramus ? vanuxemi
Inoceramus vanuxemi Meek and Hayden?
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Breviarca nolani
? category
Breviarca nolani Stephenson
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea subplicata
Panope subplicata Shumard
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria sp. Dall 1886
Cuspidaria spp.
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853
Liopistha protexta (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium (Granocardium) sp. (Gabb 1869)
synonym of Trachycardium
Cardium (Granocardium) spp.
Cardium (Pachycardium) wadei
Cardium (Pachycardium) waldei Stephenson
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora cancellosa
Cymbophora cancellosa Stephenson
Cymbophora scabellum
Cymbophora scabellum Stephenson
Cymbophora subtilis
Cymbophora subtilis Stephenson
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella lineata
Veniella lineata (Shumard)
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
Veniella conradi (Morton)
Etea corsicana
Etea corsicana Stephenson
Tenea parilis
Tenea parilis Conrad
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Legumen ellipticum
Legumen ellipticum Conrad
Cyprimeria coonensis
Cyprimeria coonensis Stephenson
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae
Glossus hendersoni
Isocardia hendersoni Stephenson
Glossus shumardi
Isocardia shumardi Stephenson
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Phacoides mattiformis
Lucina mattiformis Stephenson
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna secalina Shumard 1861
Cylichna secalina Shumard
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula pulchella Shumard 1861
recombined as Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella
Ringicula pulchella Shumard
Gastropoda - Cochliopidae
Tryonia valida
Tryonia valida Stephenson
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
? Drepanochilus martini
Drepanochilus? martini Stephenson
Pterocerella densatus nacatochanus
Pterocerella densatus nacatochanus Stephenson
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pholidotomidae
Morea cancellaria crassa
Morea cancellaria crassa Stephenson
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Beretra firma
Beretra firma Stephenson
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinopsis crassa Wade 1917
? category
Seminola crassa Wade
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Drilluta crassicostata
Drilluta crassicostata Stephenson
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Gyrodes rotundus
Gyrodes rotundus Stephenson
Gyrodes subcarinatus
Gyrodes subcarinatus Stephenson
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Haustator trilira (Conrad 1860)
original and current combination Turritella trilira
Turritella trilira Conrad
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites undatus Stephenson 1941
Baculites undatus Stephenson
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
Axonoceras sp. Stephenson 1941
Axonoceras sp.
Nostoceras helicinum crassum
Nostoceras helicinum crassum Stephenson
Nostoceras helicinum (Shumard 1861)
recombined as Nostoceras (Nostoceras) helicinum
Nostoceras helicinum (Shumard)
Helicoceras navarroense
Helicoceras navarroense Shumard
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras planoventer Stephenson 1941
Eutrephoceras planoventer Stephenson
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Navarro
Coordinates: 32.1° North, 96.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.9° North, 68.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
*Period:Late/Upper Cretaceous *Epoch:Senonian
*International age/stage:Maastrichtian
Key time interval:Late/Upper Campanian Ammonoid zone: Nostoceras hyatti
Age range of interval:83.50000 - 70.60000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Nacatoch Sand
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Stephenson (1941) had this unit as Maastrichtian, Cobban and Kennedy (1995) have updated it to uppermost Campanian via ammonite zonation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:concretionary,gray argillaceous,calcareous sandstone
Lithology description: 15 feet of gray argillaceous sand with calcareous fossiliferous concretions attaining 3 feet in greatest dimension, probably middle or lower part of formation;
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USGS
Collection method comments: L. W. Stephenson 1928
Metadata
Also known as:Public road east of Houston & Texas Central R.R., near section house, about 2.5 miles north of the courthouse at Corsicana, Navarro County; Dr. T. W. Stanton collected at or near this locality (see 763).
Database number:7552
Authorizer:M. Kosnik Enterer:M. Kosnik
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2000-07-18 12:00:01 Last modified:2010-10-14 14:52:45
Access level:the public Released:2000-07-18 12:00:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

444. L. W. Stephenson. 1941. The larger invertebrate fossils of the Navarro group of Texas. The University of Texas Publication 4101:1-625 [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]