Also known as Sohl and Koch OFR # 138
Where: Wilcox County, Alabama (32.1° N, 87.3° W: paleocoordinates 35.4° N, 65.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Discoscaphites conradi ammonoid zone, lower Member (Prairie Bluff Formation), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• Haustator bilira assemblage zone
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray, sandy 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 4205: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999, edited by Uta Merkel
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea | |
Hardouinia aequorea Morton 1834 sea urchin | |
Hemiaster wetherbyi de Loriol 1887 heart urchin | |
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Cephalopoda | |
Baculites tippahensis, "Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus" = Eubaculites carinatus
"Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus" = Eubaculites carinatus Morton 1834 ammonite Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus
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Turritella cf. forgemoli turret shell Turritella cf. T. forgemoli Coquan - originally entered as "Turritella cf. forgemoli"
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"Pseudamaura sp." = Ampullina (Pseudamaura)
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"Striaticostatum sillimani" = Epitonium sillimani
"Striaticostatum sillimani" = Epitonium sillimani Morton 1834 wentletrap Striaticostatum sillimani (Morton)
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Gyrodes abyssinus, "Gyrodes spillmani" = Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani, Euspira sp., Amaurellina stephensoni
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? Hydrotribulus sp. Wade 1916 true whelk Hydeotribulus ? sp. - originally entered as "Hydeotribulus ? sp."
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Drepanocheilus texanus snail Drepanochilus texanus Stephenson - originally entered as "Drepanochilus texanus"
Anchura ? noakensis snail Anchura noakensis? Stephenson - originally entered as "Anchura noakensis ?"
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"Xenophora leprosa" = Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa
"Xenophora leprosa" = Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa Morton 1834 carrier shell Xenophora leprosa (Morton)
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"Lima (Lima) acutilineata" = Limatula acutilineata, "Lima (Lima) reticulata" = Lima reticulata, Lima (Lima) pelagica, Lima (Lima) deatsvillensis, Lima (Lima) sp.
"Lima (Lima) acutilineata" = Limatula acutilineata Conrad 1858 file clam Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad
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"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata, Gryphaeostrea vomer, Pycnodonte sp., Pycnodonte vesicularis
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"Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax" = Idonearca capax
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Glycymeris cf. rotundata clam Glycymeris cf. G. rotundata (Gabb) - originally entered as "Glycymeris cf. rotundata"
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Protocardia (Pachycardium) sp. Conrad 1869 cockle Protocardium (Pachycardium) sp. - originally entered as "Protocardium sp."
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