USGS 292, 6438, Moscow Landing (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Sohl and Koch OFR # 126

Where: Sumter County, Alabama (32.4° N, 88.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 38.7° N, 54.8° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Haustator bilira assemblage zone

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray, silty lime mudstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collected by L.W. Stephenson; reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: L. W. Stephenson. 1914. Cretaceous deposits of the eastern gulf region and species of Exogyra from the eastern gulf region and the Carolinas. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 81:1-55more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 4193: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999, edited by Uta Merkel and Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea decisa
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula urticosa
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Perissolax octolirata
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Hemiaster wetherbyi1
Hemiaster wetherbyi1 de Loriol 1887 heart urchin
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp.2
Serpula sp.2 Linnaeus 1758
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Terebratulina floridana
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica
Crenella serica Conrad 1860 clam
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
"Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax" = Idonearca capax2
"Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax" = Idonearca capax2 Conrad 1858 clam
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula (Plicatula) mullicaensis2
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) acutilineata2
Lima (Lima) acutilineata2 Conrad 1858 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus (Spondylus) sp.2
Spondylus (Spondylus) sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Arctostrea falacata2, "Ostrea plumosa" = Acutostrea plumosa
"Ostrea plumosa" = Acutostrea plumosa Morton 1833 oyster
 Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
"Ostrea larva" = Agerostrea ungulatus
"Ostrea larva" = Agerostrea ungulatus Böhm 1891 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata, "Gryphaea vesicularis" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis, Gryphaeostrea vomer2
"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Say 1820 oyster
"Gryphaea vesicularis" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster
Gryphaeostrea vomer2 Morton 1828 oyster
 Trigoniida - Pterotrigoniidae
"Trigonia thoracica" = Tennessiella thoracica
"Trigonia thoracica" = Tennessiella thoracica Morton 1834 clam
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha protexta
Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi
Veniella conradi Morton 1833 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyprimeria depressa2
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp.2
Cardium sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
"Crassatellites vadosa" = Crassatella vadosa
"Crassatellites vadosa" = Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 clam
 Myida -
Eufistulina ripleyana2
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
"Nautilus dekayi" = Eutrephoceras dekayi
"Nautilus dekayi" = Eutrephoceras dekayi Morton 1834
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
"Baculites carinatus" = Eubaculites carinatus, "Baculites tippaensis" = Eubaculites carinatus
"Baculites carinatus" = Eubaculites carinatus Morton 1834 ammonite
"Baculites tippaensis" = Eubaculites carinatus Morton 1834 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae
Diplomoceras trabeatus2
 Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
"Scaphites conradi" = Discoscaphites conradi
"Scaphites conradi" = Discoscaphites conradi Morton 1834 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchiata - Bullidae
Bulla mortoni
Bulla mortoni Forbes 1845 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp.2, "Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira2, Turritella vertebroides
Turritella sp.2 Lamarck 1799 turret shell
"Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira2 Conrad 1860 turret shell
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
"Xenophora leprosa" = Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa
"Xenophora leprosa" = Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa Morton 1834 carrier shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Anchura ? noakensis2, Pugnellus sp.2
Pugnellus sp.2 Conrad 1860 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
"Eutritonium sp." = Charonia2
"Eutritonium sp." = Charonia2 Gistel 1848 triton
 Neogastropoda -
Neogastropoda indet.2
Neogastropoda indet.2 Thiele 1929 snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutomorpha sp.2, Volutomorpha aff. mutabilis2
Volutomorpha sp.2 Gabb 1876 volute
Volutomorpha aff. mutabilis2 Wade 1926 volute
 Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Medionapus sp.2, Pyropsis spp.2
Medionapus sp.2 Stephenson 1941 snail
Pyropsis spp.2 Conrad 1860 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Napulus sp.2
Napulus sp.2 Stephenson 1941 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Ornopsis sp.2, Stantonella sp.2, Buccinopsis sp.2
Ornopsis sp.2 Wade 1916 true whelk
Stantonella sp.2 Wade 1926 true whelk
Buccinopsis sp.2 Conrad 1857 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Pyrifusus sp.2
Pyrifusus sp.2 Conrad 1858 snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Anomalofusus sp.2, Bellifusus sp.2, Graphidula sp.2, Drilluta sp.2
Anomalofusus sp.2 Wade 1916 spindle shell
Bellifusus sp.2 Stephenson 1941 snail
Graphidula sp.2 Stephenson 1941 snail
Drilluta sp.2 Wade 1916 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Gyrodes spillmani" = Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani2, Gyrodes petrosus, Gyrodes abyssinus
"Gyrodes spillmani" = Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani2 Gabb 1861 moon snail
Gyrodes petrosus Morton 1834 moon snail
Gyrodes abyssinus Morton 1834 moon snail
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
"Pseudamaura sp." = Ampullina (Pseudamaura)2
"Pseudamaura sp." = Ampullina (Pseudamaura)2 Fischer 1885 snail
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Belliscala sp.2, Scala sillimani
Belliscala sp.2 Stephenson 1941 wentletrap
Scala sillimani Morton 1834 wentletrap
1Cooke 1953; 2Sohl and Koch 1983