Sohl and Koch OFR # 107 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Looksokold Ck; USGS # 31504

Where: Sumter County, Alabama (32.7° N, 88.3° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 39.0° N, 54.9° W (Wright 2013)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Discoscaphites conradi ammonoid zone, upper Member (Prairie Bluff Formation), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (72.2 - 66.0 Ma)

• Haustator bilira assemblage zone

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray, silty lime mudstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Reposited in the USGS

Collection methods: bulk,

• Sohl collection

Primary reference: N. F. Sohl and C. F. Koch. 1983. Upper Cretaceous (Maestrichtian) Mollusca from the Haustator bilira Assemblage Zone in the East Gulf Coastal Plain. USGS Open File Report 83-451:1-239 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 4174: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999, edited by Austin Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Belmnites sp.
Belemnite sp. - originally entered as "Belemnite sp."
Trochocyathidae indet.
Trochocyathid coral
Demospongiae
 Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp. demosponge
Clione sp.
Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
Hamulus onyx Morton 1834
Hamulus onyx Morton
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell
Cadulus sp.
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Margaritella sp. Meek and Hayden 1860 snail
Margaritella sp.
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Avellana sp. d'Orbigny 1842 snail
Avellana ? sp.
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Striaticostatum sillimani Morton 1834 wentletrap
Striaticostatum sillimani (Morton)
Striaticostatum sparsum Sohl 1964 wentletrap
Striaticostatum sparsum Sohl
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira sp. Agassiz 1837 moon snail
Euspira sp.
Gyrodes petrosus Morton 1834 moon snail
Gyrodes petrosus (Morton)
 Neogastropoda -
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929 snail
Neogastropods indeterminate
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941 snail
Bellifusus sp.
Drilluta sp. Wade 1916 snail
Drilluta sp.
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Napulus sp. Stephenson 1941 snail
Napulus sp.
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Turritella sp.
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras dekayi Morton 1834
Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton)
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana whitfieldi pointed nut clam
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860 clam
Crenella serica Conrad
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea (Idonearca) sp. Conrad 1862 clam
Cucullaea (Idonearca) sp.
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus (Spondylus) sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Spondylus (Spondylus) sp.
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop
Pecten sp.
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833 jingle
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula (Plicatula) sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop
Plicatula (Plicatula) sp.
Plicatula (Plicatula) sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop
Plicatula (Plicatula) sp. (fine ri
Plicatula (Plicatula) mullicaensis Weller 1907 scallop
Plicatula (Plicatula) mullicaensis
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) pelagica Morton 1833 file clam
Lima (Lima) pelagica (Morton)
Lima (Lima) sp. Bruguiére 1796 file clam
Lima (Lima) sp.
Lima (Lima) sellardsi Stephenson 1941 file clam
Lima (Lima) sellardsi Stephenson
 Pectinida - Dimyidae
Atreta melleni scallop
Atreta melleni (Stephenson)
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea plumosa" = Acutostrea plumosa
"Ostrea plumosa" = Acutostrea plumosa Morton 1833 oyster
Ostrea plumosa Morton
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Say 1820 oyster
Exogyra costata Say
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck
 Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta Gabb 1860 oyster
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Myrtea stephensoni clam
Myrtea stephensoni Gardner
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam
Lucina sp.
 Hippuritida - Monopleuridae
Gyropleura sp. n. sp. Douvillé 1887 rudist
Gyropleura s. sp. - originally entered as "Gyropleura n. sp."
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Cardium sp.
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
? Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
Tellina ? sp. - originally entered as "Tellina ? sp."
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910 clam
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner 1916 clam
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 clam
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (encrusting)
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Reptilian tooth
Thecostraca
 Cirripedia -
Cirripedia indet. Rafinesque 1816 barnacle
Barnacles plates
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Echinoid sp. - originally entered as "Echinoidea sp."