PBDB Collection

Sohl and Koch OFR # 144 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as ; USGS # 30735

Where: Dallas County, Alabama (32.1° N, 87.0° W: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 65.1° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Discoscaphites conradi ammonoid zone, middle Member (Prairie Bluff Formation), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• Haustator bilira assemblage zone

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, silty, calcareous claystone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, 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 4211: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Trochocyathidae indet., Vertebrata indet., Vertebrata indet. Trochocyathidae indet. Trochocyathid coral Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801 Fish parts Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801 Otolith
Polychaeta
Serpulimorpha -	Hamulus onyx Hamulus onyx Morton 1834 Hamulus onyx Morton
Scaphopoda
-	Scaphopoda indet. Scaphopoda indet. Bronn 1862 tusk shell Scaphopod
Dentaliida - Dentaliidae	Dentalium sp. Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell Dentalium sp.
Gastropoda
Heterostropha - Acteonidae	"Actaeon sp." = Acteon "Actaeon sp." = Acteon Montfort 1810 snail Acteon sp. - originally entered as "Acteon sp."
Heterostropha - Ringiculidae	Ringicula (Ringicula) sp. Ringicula (Ringicula) sp. Deshayes 1838 snail Ringicula (Ringicula) sp.
Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae	Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus, Calliomphalus sp. Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus snail Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) amer Calliomphalus sp. Cossmann 1888 snail Calliomphalus sp.
Opisthobranchia - Retusidae	Sulcoretusa (Moniloretusa) sp. Sulcoretusa (Moniloretusa) sp. Sohl 1963 snail Sulcoretusa (Moniloretusa) sp.
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	"Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira" = Haustator bilira, Laxispira monilifera, "Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira, Turritella vertebroides "Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira" = Haustator bilira Stephenson 1941 turret shell Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St Laxispira monilifera Sohl 1964 turret shell Laxispira monilifera Sohl "Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira Conrad 1860 turret shell Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell Turritella vertebroides Morton
Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae	Drilluta sp., Bellifusus sp. Drilluta sp. Wade 1916 snail Drilluta sp. Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941 snail Bellifusus sp.
Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae	Paladmete cancellaria Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858 snail Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad)
Neogastropoda - Turridae	Beretra ripleyana, Amuletum sp. Beretra ripleyana Conrad 1858 turrid Beretra ripleyana (Conrad) Amuletum sp. Stephenson 1941 turrid Amuletum sp.
Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae	Graciliala sp. Graciliala sp. Sohl 1960 snail Graciliala sp.
Bivalvia
Nuculanida - Nuculanidae	Nuculana sp. Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam Nuculana sp.
Mytilida - Crenellidae	Crenella serica Crenella serica Conrad 1860 clam Crenella serica Conrad
Pectinida - Anomiidae	Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833 jingle Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Pectinida - Entoliidae	Syncyclonema simplicius Syncyclonema simplicius scallop Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
Ostreida - Ostreidae	Ostrea sp. Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster Ostrea sp.
Arcida - Parallelodontidae	Nemodon eufaulensis Nemodon eufaulensis clam Nemodon eufaulensis (Gabb) [entered as Nemodon eufaulensis]
Arcida - Arcidae	Striarca sp., Arca sp. Striarca sp. Conrad 1862 clam Striarca sp. Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark Arca sp.
Cardiida - Tellinidae	Aenona sp. Aenona sp. Conrad 1870 tellin clam Aenona sp.
Cardiida - Mactridae	Cymbophora berryi Cymbophora berryi clam Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
Pholadida - Corbulidae	Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910 clam Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"
Solenida - Pharidae	Leptosolen biplicata Leptosolen biplicata Conrad 1858 clam Leptosolen biplicata (Conrad)
Lucinida - Lucinidae	Lucina sp. Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam Lucina sp.