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

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