USGS 16166: Maastrichtian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Caryophylliidae
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Trochocyathus woolmani
Vaughan 1900
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella vertebroides
Morton 1834
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| Turritella vertebroides tenuispira Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Haustator trilira
(Conrad 1860)
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| original and current combination Turritella trilira | ||||||||||
| Turritella trilira Conrad | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Pyropsidae
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Pyropsis sp.
(Conrad 1860)
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| Pyropsis sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Drilluta brevispira
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| Drilluta brevispira Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula sp.
Lamarck 1799
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| Nucula sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Poromyidae
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Cymella bella
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| Cymella bella texana Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Hippuritida
- Radiolitidae
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Durania sp.
Douvillé 1908
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| Durania sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Veniella conradi
Morton 1833
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| Veniella conradi (Morton) | ||||||||||
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Tenea parilis
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| Tenea parilis Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Cymbophora subtilis
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| Cymbophora subtilis Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Glossidae
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Glossus irelandi
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| Isocardia irelandi Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Granocardium (Granocardium) rossae
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| synonym of Trachycardium | ||||||||||
| Cardium (Granocardium) rossae Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Volsella uddeni
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| Volsella uddeni Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Radiopecten (Radiopecten) mississippiensis
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| Pecten (Radiopecten) mississippiensis Conrad | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Diplomoceratidae
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Solenoceras reesidei
Stephenson 1941
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| Solenoceras reesidei Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Baculitidae
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Baculites claviformis
Stephenson 1941
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| Baculites claviformis Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Nostoceratidae
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? Nostoceras draconsis
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| Nostoceras? draconsis Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Navarro |
| Coordinates: | 32.1° North, 96.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.4° North, 74.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | *Epoch: | Senonian |
| Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Neylandville Marl |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray sandy,calcareous claystone |
| Lithology description: 25 or 30 feet of gray calcareous sandy clay (marl) with whitish soft fossiliferous concretions | |
| 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 1932 | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Gullies in field south of northeast-southwest road, 1.6 miles east-northeast of Black Hills school, 3.5 miles west-northwest of the courthouse at Corsicana, Navarro County; | ||
| Database number: | 7567 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Kosnik, W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Kosnik, U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-07-18 12:00:01 | Last modified: | 2010-10-14 18:47:42 |
| 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] | |
| 39438 | J. W. Wells. 1933. Corals of the Cretaceous of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains and Western Interior of the United States. Bulletins of American Paleontology 18(67):85-288 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |