PBDB

USGS 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 35.9° N, 66.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Discoscaphites conradi ammonoid zone, Prairie Bluff Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 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: C. W. Cooke. 1953. American Upper Cretaceous Echinoidea. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 254-A:1-44 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/M. Clapham]more 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

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae	Terebratulina floridana Terebratulina floridana Terebratulina floridana (Morton)
Polychaeta
Sabellida - Serpulidae	Serpula sp. Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758 Serpula sp.
Bivalvia
Arcida - Cucullaeidae	"Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax" = Idonearca capax "Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax" = Idonearca capax Conrad 1858 clam Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	Spondylus (Spondylus) sp. Spondylus (Spondylus) sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop Spondylus (Spondylus) sp.
Pectinida - Limidae	"Lima (Lima) acutilineata" = Limatula acutilineata "Lima (Lima) acutilineata" = Limatula acutilineata Conrad 1858 file clam Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad
Pectinida - Plicatulidae	Plicatula (Plicatula) mullicaensis Plicatula (Plicatula) mullicaensis scallop Plicatula (Plicatula) mullicaensis
Ostreida - Gryphaeidae	Pycnodonte vesicularis, "Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata, Gryphaeostrea vomer Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck "Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Say 1971 oyster Exogyra costata Say Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton 1828 oyster Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton
Ostreida - Flemingostreidae	Ostrea plumosa Ostrea plumosa Morton 1833 oyster Ostrea plumosa Morton
Ostreida - Ostreidae	Arctostrea falacata Arctostrea falacata oyster Arctostrea falacata (Gabb)
Mytilida - Mytilidae	Crenella serica Crenella serica Conrad 1860 mussel Crenella serica Conrad
Carditida - Crassatellidae	Crassatella vadosa Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 clam Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Cardiida - Arcticidae	Veniella conradi Veniella conradi Morton 1833 clam Veniella conradi (Morton)
Cardiida - Veneridae	Cyprimeria depressa Cyprimeria depressa venus clam Cyprimeria depressa Conrad
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Cardium sp. Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle Cardium sp.
Hiatellida - Hiatellidae	Panopea sp. Panopea sp. Menard 1807 clam Panopea sp.
Poromyida - Poromyidae	Liopistha protexta Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853 clam Liopistha protexta Conrad
Myoida -	Eufistulina ripleyana Eufistulina ripleyana clam Eufistulana ripleyana (Stephenson) - originally entered as "Eufistulana ripleyana"
Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae	Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) thoracica Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) thoracica Morton 1834 clam Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) tho
Gastropoda
Ptenoglossa - Epitoniidae	"Striaticostatum sillimani" = Epitonium sillimani, Belliscala sp. "Striaticostatum sillimani" = Epitonium sillimani Morton 1834 wentletrap Striaticostatum sillimani (Morton) Belliscala sp. Stephenson 1941 wentletrap Belliscala sp.
Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae	"Pseudamaura sp." = Ampullina (Pseudamaura) "Pseudamaura sp." = Ampullina (Pseudamaura) Fischer 1885 snail Pseudamaura sp.
Prosobranchia -	Neogastropoda indet. Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929 snail Neogastropods indeterminate
Neogastropoda - Buccinidae	Stantonella sp., Buccinopsis sp. Stantonella sp. Wade 1926 true whelk Stantonella sp. Buccinopsis sp. Conrad 1857 true whelk Buccinopsis sp.
Neogastropoda - Melongenidae	Pyrifusus sp. Pyrifusus sp. Conrad 1858 snail Pyrifusus sp.
Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae	Anomalofusus sp., Bellifusus sp., Drilluta sp., Graphidula sp., Ornopsis sp. Anomalofusus sp. Wade 1916 snail Anomalofusus sp. Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941 snail Bellifusus sp. Drilluta sp. Wade 1916 snail Drilluta sp. Graphidula sp. Stephenson 1941 snail Graphidula sp. Ornopsis sp. Wade 1916 snail Ornopsis sp.
Neogastropoda - Pholidotomidae	Medionapus sp. Medionapus sp. Stephenson 1941 snail Medionapus sp.
Neogastropoda - Volutidae	Volutomorpha sp., Volutomorpha aff. mutabilis Volutomorpha sp. Gabb 1877 volute Volutomorpha sp. Volutomorpha aff. mutabilis Wade 1926 volute Volutomorpha aff. V. mutabilis Wad - originally entered as "Volutomorpha aff. mutabilis"
Neogastropoda - Tudiclidae	Pyropsis sp. Pyropsis sp. Conrad 1860 snail Pyropsis spp.
Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae	Napulus sp. Napulus sp. Stephenson 1941 snail Napulus sp.
Stromboidea - Aporrhaidae	Anchura ? noakensis, Pugnellus sp. Anchura ? noakensis snail Anchura noakensis? Stephenson - originally entered as "Anchura noakensis ?" Pugnellus sp. Conrad 1860 snail Pugnellus sp.
Naticoidea - Naticidae	Gyrodes abyssinus, Gyrodes petrosus, "Gyrodes spillmani" = Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani Gyrodes abyssinus moon snail Gyrodes abyssinus (Morton) Gyrodes petrosus moon snail Gyrodes petrosus (Morton) "Gyrodes spillmani" = Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani Gabb 1861 moon snail Gyrodes spillmani Gabb
Xenophoroidea - Xenophoridae	"Xenophora leprosa" = Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa "Xenophora leprosa" = Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa Morton 1834 carrier shell Xenophora leprosa (Morton)
Tonnoidea - Ranellidae	"Eutritonium sp." = Charonia "Eutritonium sp." = Charonia Gistel 1848 triton Eutritonium sp.
Sorbeoconcha - Turritellidae	Turritella sp., Turritella vertebroides, "Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell Turritella sp. Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell Turritella vertebroides Morton "Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira Conrad 1860 turret shell Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C
Pyramidelloidea - Scaphandridae	Ellipsoscapha mortoni Ellipsoscapha mortoni Forbes 1845 snail Ellipsoscapha mortoni (Forbes)
Cephalopoda
Ammonitida - Scaphitidae	Discoscaphites conradi Discoscaphites conradi Morton 1834 ammonite Discoscaphites conradi (Morton) va
Ammonitida - Baculitidae	"Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus" = Eubaculites carinatus, Baculites tippahensis "Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus" = Eubaculites carinatus Morton 1834 ammonite Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus Baculites tippahensis ammonite Baculites tippahensis Conrad
Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae	Diplomoceras trabeatus Diplomoceras trabeatus ammonite Diplomoceras trabeatus (Morton)
Nautilida - Nautilidae	Eutrephoceras dekayi Eutrephoceras dekayi Morton 1834 nautiloid Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton)
Echinoidea
Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae	Hemiaster sp., Hemiaster wetherbyi Hemiaster sp. Agassiz and Desor 1847 heart urchin Hemiaster sp. Hemiaster wetherbyi de Loriol 1887 heart urchin