Sohl and Koch OFR # 91 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as S Noxubee RR Br; USGS # 17210 : 6497

Where: Noxubee County, Mississippi (33.0° N, 88.6° W: paleocoordinates 36.6° N, 66.3° W)

• 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, glauconitic, gray, silty, sandy lime mudstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Reposited in the USGS

• others 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 4164: 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
 Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
"Sphenodiscus lenticularis" = Sphenodiscus lobatus, Sphenodiscus pleurisepta
"Sphenodiscus lenticularis" = Sphenodiscus lobatus Tuomey 1856 ammonite
Sphenodiscus lenticularis mississi
Sphenodiscus pleurisepta Conrad 1857 ammonite
Sphenodiscus pleurisepta (Conrad)
 Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
"Pachydiscus sp." = Pachydiscus, "Parapachydiscus sp." = Pachydiscus
"Pachydiscus sp." = Pachydiscus Zittel 1884 ammonite
Pachydiscus sp.
"Parapachydiscus sp." = Pachydiscus Zittel 1884 ammonite
Parapachydiscus sp.
 Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae
Diplomoceras trabeatus
Diplomoceras trabeatus ammonite
Diplomoceras trabeatus (Morton)
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
"Baculites columna" = Trachybaculites columna
"Baculites columna" = Trachybaculites columna Morton 1834 ammonite
Baculites columna Morton
 Belemnitida - Belemnitellidae
Belemnitella americana
Belemnitella americana belemnite
Belemnitella americana (Morton)
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
"Eutrephoceras perlata" = Eutrephoceras perlatus
"Eutrephoceras perlata" = Eutrephoceras perlatus Morton 1834 nautiloid
Eutrephoceras perlata Morton
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella vertebroides
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell
Turritella vertebroides Morton
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
"Xenophora leprosa" = Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa
"Xenophora leprosa" = Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa Morton 1834 carrier shell
Xenophora leprosa (Morton)
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Anchura ? noakensis
Anchura ? noakensis snail
Anchura noakensis? Stephenson - originally entered as "Anchura noakensis ?"
 Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
? Pyropsis sp., Pyropsis sp.
? Pyropsis sp. Conrad 1860 snail
Pyropsis ? sp. - originally entered as "Pyropsis ? sp."
Pyropsis sp. Conrad 1860 snail
Pyropsis spp.
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Pyrifusus sp.
Pyrifusus sp. Conrad 1858 snail
Pyrifusus sp.
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Stantonella sp.
Stantonella sp. Wade 1926 true whelk
Stantonella ? sp.
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
? Drilluta sp., ? Bellifusus sp., Graphidula sp.
? Drilluta sp. Wade 1916 snail
Drilluta ? sp. - originally entered as "Drilluta ? sp."
? Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941 snail
Bellifusus ? sp. - originally entered as "Bellifusus ? sp."
Graphidula sp. Stephenson 1941 snail
Graphidula sp.
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Napulus sp.
Napulus sp. Stephenson 1941 snail
Napulus sp.
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Gyrodes abyssinus, Gyrodes petrosus
Gyrodes abyssinus moon snail
Gyrodes abyssinus (Morton)
Gyrodes petrosus moon snail
Gyrodes petrosus (Morton)
 Sorbeoconcha - Acteoninidae
Eoacteon sp.
Eoacteon sp. Stephenson 1955 snail
Ecoacteon sp. - originally entered as "Ecoacteon sp."
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Weeksia deplanata
Weeksia deplanata snail
Weeksia deplanata (Johnson)
 Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae
Ellipsoscapha sp.
Ellipsoscapha sp. Stephenson 1941 snail
Ellipsoscapha ? sp.
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula percrassa
Nucula percrassa nut clam
Nucula percrassa Conrad
 Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta
Cubitostrea tecticosta Gabb 1860 oyster
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Arctostrea falacata, "Ostrea mesenterica" = Lopha mesenterica, Ostrea plumosa
Arctostrea falacata oyster
Arctostrea falacata (Gabb)
"Ostrea mesenterica" = Lopha mesenterica Morton 1834 oyster
Ostrea mesenterica Morton
Ostrea plumosa Morton 1833 oyster
Ostrea plumosa Morton
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte vesicularis, "Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata, Gryphaeostrea vomer
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck
"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Say 1820 oyster
Exogyra costata Say
Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton 1828 oyster
Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) pelagica, "Lima (Lima) reticulata" = Lima reticulata
Lima (Lima) pelagica Morton 1833 file clam
Lima (Lima) pelagica (Morton)
"Lima (Lima) reticulata" = Lima reticulata Forbes 1845 file clam
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Paranomia scabra, Anomia (Anomia) argentaria
Paranomia scabra scallop
Paranomia scabra (Morton)
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833 jingle
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
 Pectinida - Dimyidae
Atreta melleni
Atreta melleni scallop
Atreta melleni (Stephenson)
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten (Pecten) venustus
Pecten (Pecten) venustus scallop
Pecten (Pecten?) venustus Morton
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp.
Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp. Sowerby 1814 clam
Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp.
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
"Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax" = Idonearca capax
"Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax" = Idonearca capax Conrad 1858 clam
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad
 Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) cf. jerseyensis
Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) cf. jerseyensis clam
Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) cf. jersey - originally entered as "Cuspidaria cf. jerseyensis"
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha protexta
Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853 clam
Liopistha protexta Conrad
 Pandorida - Laternulidae
Laternula ? robusta
Laternula ? robusta clam
Laternula ? robusta Stephenson - originally entered as "Laternula ? robusta"
 Cardiida - Anatinellidae
Anatina cf. jerseyensis
Anatina cf. jerseyensis clam
Anatina cf. jerseyensis Weller - originally entered as "Anatina cf. jerseyensis"
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora sp.
Cymbophora sp. Gabb 1869 clam
Cymbophora sp.
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyprimeria alta, Legumen ellipticum
Cyprimeria alta venus clam
Cyprimeria alta Conrad
Legumen ellipticum venus clam
Legumen ellipticum Conrad
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi, Etea cf. carolinensis
Veniella conradi Morton 1833 clam
Veniella conradi (Morton)
Etea cf. carolinensis Conrad 1875 clam
Etea cf. Etea carolinensis Conrad - originally entered as "Etea cf. carolinensis"
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp.
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Cardium sp.
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinimera buboana, Tellinimera sp.
Tellinimera buboana tellin clam
Tellinimeria buboana Stephenson - originally entered as "Tellinimeria buboana"
Tellinimera sp. Conrad 1860 tellin clam
Tellinimeria sp. - originally entered as "Tellinimeria sp."
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella vadosa
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 clam
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Bone material
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Dasmosmilia sp.
Dasmosmilia sp. Pourtalès 1880 stony coral
Dasmosmilia sp.
Demospongiae
 Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp.
Cliona sp. demosponge
Clione sp.