Sohl and Koch OFR # 84 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as NE Starkville; USGS # 6846

Where: Okitibbeha County, Mississippi (33.5° N, 88.8° W: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 66.4° W)

• small collection-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

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 4158: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida - Belemnitellidae
Belemnitella americana
Belemnitella americana belemnite
Belemnitella americana (Morton)
Gastropoda
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Striaticostatum asperum
Striaticostatum asperum Sohl 1964 wentletrap
Striaticostatum asperum Sohl
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp.
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Turritella sp.
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Gyrodes abyssinus, Gyrodes petrosus, Euspira cf. rectilabrum
Gyrodes abyssinus moon snail
Gyrodes abyssinus (Morton)
Gyrodes petrosus moon snail
Gyrodes petrosus (Morton)
Euspira cf. rectilabrum Conrad 1858 moon snail
Euspira cf. Euspira rectilabrum (C - originally entered as "Euspira cf. rectilabrum"
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
? Drilluta sp.
? Drilluta sp. Wade 1916 snail
Drilluta ? sp. - originally entered as "Drilluta ? sp."
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Ornopsis (Pornosis) sp.
Ornopsis (Pornosis) sp. Wade 1916 true whelk
Ornopsis (Pornosis?) s.
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Deussenia sp., Pyrifusus sp.
Deussenia sp. Stephenson 1941 snail
Deussenia sp.
Pyrifusus sp. Conrad 1858 snail
Pyrifusus sp.
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Longoconcha sp.
Longoconcha sp. Stephenson 1941 volute
Longoconcha spp.
 Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis sp.
Pyropsis sp. Conrad 1860 snail
Pyropsis spp.
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Pugnellus sp., Anchura sp.
Pugnellus sp. Conrad 1860 snail
Pugnellus sp.
Anchura sp. Conrad 1860 snail
Anchura sp.
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Margaritella sp.
Margaritella sp. Meek and Hayden 1860 snail
Margaritella sp.
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula (Plicatula) tetrica
Plicatula (Plicatula) tetrica Conrad 1860 scallop
Plicatula (Plicatula) tetrica Conr