PBDB Collection

Sohl and Koch OFR # 32 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as NE New Albany; USGS # 9522 : 6466

Where: Union County, Mississippi (34.5° N, 88.9° W: paleocoordinates 38.1° N, 66.2° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gansserina gansseri foram zone, upper Member (Chiwapa Formation), Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• No forams have been recovered from this unit, it is assigned to the Gansserina gansseri zone by Mancini et al. (1996) by sequence stratigraphy and the biostratigraphy of surrounding units. Haustator bilira assemblage zone.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic, gray, calcareous sandstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Reposited in the USGS

• Stephenson 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 4118: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Demospongiae
Clavulina - Clionaidae	Cliona sp. Cliona sp. demosponge Clione sp.
Polychaeta
Sabellida - Serpulidae	Serpula sp. Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758 Serpula sp.
Bivalvia
Nuculida - Nuculidae	Nucula percrassa Nucula percrassa nut clam Nucula percrassa Conrad
Nuculanida - Nuculanidae	Nuculana whitfieldi Nuculana whitfieldi pointed nut clam Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
Mytilida - Mytilidae	Lycettia tippanus Lycettia tippanus mussel Lycettia tippanus (Conrad)
Pectinida - Anomiidae	Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833 jingle Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Pectinida - Limidae	"Lima (Lima) reticulata" = Pseudolimea reticulata "Lima (Lima) reticulata" = Pseudolimea reticulata Forbes 1845 file clam Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For
Ostreida - Gryphaeidae	"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata "Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Say 1820 oyster Exogyra costata Say
Ostreida - Pteriidae	Pteria rhombica Pteria rhombica pearl oyster Pteria rhombica Gardner
Arcida - Glycymerididae	Glycymeris sp. Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam Glycymeris sp.
Arcida - Cucullaeidae	Cucullaea (Idonearca) littlei Cucullaea (Idonearca) littlei Gabb 1877 clam Cucullaea (Idonearca) littlei Gabb
Arcida - Arcidae	Arca rostellata Arca rostellata ark Arca rostellata (Morton)
Solenida - Pharidae	Leptosolen biplicata Leptosolen biplicata Conrad 1858 clam Leptosolen biplicata (Conrad)
Poromyida - Poromyidae	Liopistha protexta Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853 clam Liopistha protexta Conrad
Cardiida - Arcticidae	Veniella conradi, Tenea parilis, Etea cf. carolinensis Veniella conradi Morton 1833 clam Veniella conradi (Morton) Tenea parilis clam Tenea parilis Conrad Etea cf. carolinensis Conrad 1875 clam Etea cf. Etea carolinensis Conrad - originally entered as "Etea cf. carolinensis"
Cardiida - Mactridae	Cymbophora sp. Cymbophora sp. Gabb 1869 clam Cymbophora sp.
Cardiida - Veneridae	Aphrodina (Aphrodina) tippana Aphrodina (Aphrodina) tippana venus clam Aphrodina (Aphrodina) tippana (Con
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Granocardium (Granocardium) kummeli, Protocardia (Pachycardium) spillmani, Trachycardium eufaulensis Granocardium (Granocardium) kummeli cockle Granocardium (Granocardium) kummel Protocardia (Pachycardium) spillmani cockle Protocardium (Pachycardium) spillm - originally entered as "Protocardium spillmani" Trachycardium eufaulensis Conrad 1860 cockle Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad)
Cardiida - Tellinidae	"Linearia pectinis" = Linearis "Linearia pectinis" = Linearis tellin clam Linearia pectinis Stephenson
Carditida - Carditidae	Vetericardiella crenalirata Vetericardiella crenalirata clam Vetericardiella crenalirata (Conra
Carditida - Astartidae	Astarte sp. Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam Astarte? sp.
Carditida - Crassatellidae	Crassatella vadosa Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 clam Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae	Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis Gabb 1860 clam Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf
Gastropoda
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Euspira rectilabrum Euspira rectilabrum Conrad 1858 moon snail Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
Neogastropoda - Volutidae	Liopeplum ? leioderma Liopeplum ? leioderma Conrad 1860 volute Liopeplum leioderma (Conrad) ? - originally entered as "Liopeplum leioderma ?"
Neogastropoda - Muricidae	"Lowenstamia liratus" = Sohliina liratus "Lowenstamia liratus" = Sohliina liratus Wade 1926 murex snail Lowenstamia liratus (Wade)
Neogastropoda - Buccinidae	"Stantonella interupta" = Stantonella interrupta, Buccinopsis solida "Stantonella interupta" = Stantonella interrupta Conrad 1858 true whelk Stantonella interupta (Conrad) Buccinopsis solida Wade 1917 true whelk Buccinopsis solida (Wade)
Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae	Drilluta sp. Drilluta sp. Wade 1916 snail Drilluta sp.
Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae	"Arrhoges (Latiala) cf. lobata" = Latiala lobata "Arrhoges (Latiala) cf. lobata" = Latiala lobata Wade 1926 snail Arrhoges (Latiala) cf. A. Lobata ( - originally entered as "Arrhoges cf. lobata"
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	"Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira, Turritella tippana, Laxispira monilifera "Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira Conrad 1860 turret shell Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C Turritella tippana Conrad 1858 turret shell Turritella tippana Conrad Laxispira monilifera Sohl 1964 turret shell Laxispira monilifera Sohl
Euomphalina - Euomphalidae	Weeksia amplificata Weeksia amplificata snail Weeksia amplificata (Wade)
Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae	Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) nudus Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) nudus snail Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) nud
Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae	Cylichna sp. Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail Cylichna sp.
Cephalopoda
Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae	Sphenodiscus sp., "Sphenodiscus lenticularis" = Sphenodiscus lobatus, Sphenodiscus pleurisepta Sphenodiscus sp. Meek 1871 ammonite Sphenodiscus sp. "Sphenodiscus lenticularis" = Sphenodiscus lobatus Tuomey 1856 ammonite Sphenodiscus lenticularis mississi Sphenodiscus pleurisepta Conrad 1857 ammonite Sphenodiscus pleurisepta (Conrad)