USGS 14114: Late/Upper Campanian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima sp.
Bruguière 1797
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Lima sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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? Radiopecten (Radiopecten) mississippiensis
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Pecten (Radiopecten) mississippiensis Conrad? | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Inoceramus sp.
Sowerby 1814
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Inoceramus sp. d Stephenson 1941 | ||||||||||
Inoceramus ? vanuxemi
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Inoceramus vanuxemi Meek and Hayden? | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Breviarca nolani
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? category | |||||||||
Breviarca nolani Stephenson | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Panopea subplicata
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Panope subplicata Shumard | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Cuspidariidae
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Cuspidaria sp.
Dall 1886
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Cuspidaria spp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Poromyidae
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Liopistha protexta
Conrad 1853
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Liopistha protexta (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Granocardium (Granocardium) sp.
(Gabb 1869)
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synonym of Trachycardium | ||||||||||
Cardium (Granocardium) spp. | ||||||||||
Cardium (Pachycardium) wadei
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Cardium (Pachycardium) waldei Stephenson | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Cymbophora cancellosa
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Cymbophora cancellosa Stephenson | ||||||||||
Cymbophora scabellum
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Cymbophora scabellum Stephenson | ||||||||||
Cymbophora subtilis
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Cymbophora subtilis Stephenson | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Veniella lineata
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Veniella lineata (Shumard) | ||||||||||
Veniella conradi
Morton 1833
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Veniella conradi (Morton) | ||||||||||
Etea corsicana
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Etea corsicana Stephenson | ||||||||||
Tenea parilis
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Tenea parilis Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Legumen ellipticum
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Legumen ellipticum Conrad | ||||||||||
Cyprimeria coonensis
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Cyprimeria coonensis Stephenson | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Glossidae
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Glossus hendersoni
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Isocardia hendersoni Stephenson | ||||||||||
Glossus shumardi
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Isocardia shumardi Stephenson | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Phacoides mattiformis
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Lucina mattiformis Stephenson | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Cylichna secalina
Shumard 1861
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Cylichna secalina Shumard | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ringiculidae
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Ringicula pulchella
Shumard 1861
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recombined as Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella | ||||||||||
Ringicula pulchella Shumard | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cochliopidae
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Tryonia valida
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Tryonia valida Stephenson | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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? Drepanochilus martini
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Drepanochilus? martini Stephenson | ||||||||||
Pterocerella densatus nacatochanus
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Pterocerella densatus nacatochanus Stephenson | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Pholidotomidae
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Morea cancellaria crassa
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Morea cancellaria crassa Stephenson | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Beretra firma
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Beretra firma Stephenson | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Buccinopsis crassa
Wade 1917
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Seminola crassa Wade | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Drilluta crassicostata
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Drilluta crassicostata Stephenson | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Gyrodes rotundus
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Gyrodes rotundus Stephenson | ||||||||||
Gyrodes subcarinatus
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Gyrodes subcarinatus Stephenson | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Haustator trilira
(Conrad 1860)
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original and current combination Turritella trilira | ||||||||||
Turritella trilira Conrad | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Baculitidae
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Baculites undatus
Stephenson 1941
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Baculites undatus Stephenson | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Nostoceratidae
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Axonoceras sp.
Stephenson 1941
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Axonoceras sp. | ||||||||||
Nostoceras helicinum crassum
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Nostoceras helicinum crassum Stephenson | ||||||||||
Nostoceras helicinum
(Shumard 1861)
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recombined as Nostoceras (Nostoceras) helicinum | ||||||||||
Nostoceras helicinum (Shumard) | ||||||||||
Helicoceras navarroense
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Helicoceras navarroense Shumard | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Nautilidae
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Eutrephoceras planoventer
Stephenson 1941
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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] |