PBDB Collection

Sohl and Koch OFR # 146 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Braggs Cut; USGS # 30674

Where: Lowndes County, Alabama (32.1° N, 86.8° W: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 64.9° 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, glauconitic, gray, sandy lime mudstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: 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 4213: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Demospongiae
Clavulina - Clionaidae	Cliona sp. Cliona sp. demosponge Clione sp.
unclassified
-	Vertebrata indet., Vertebrata indet. Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801 Bone material Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801 Shark parts
Echinoidea
Spatangoida - Schizasteridae	? Linthia sp. ? Linthia sp. Desor 1853 heart urchin Linthia sp.? - originally entered as "Linthia ? sp."
Gastropoda
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	"Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira" = Haustator bilira, Turritella sp., Turritella vertebroides "Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira" = Haustator bilira Stephenson 1941 turret shell Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell Turritella sp. Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell Turritella vertebroides Morton
Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae	Pyropsis sp. Pyropsis sp. Conrad 1860 snail Pyropsis spp.
Neogastropoda - Volutidae	Longoconcha sp. Longoconcha sp. Stephenson 1941 volute Longoconcha spp.
Neogastropoda - Muricidae	Lowenstamia cf. subplanus Lowenstamia cf. subplanus murex snail Lowenstamia cf. L. subplanus (Gabb - originally entered as "Lowenstamia cf. subplanus"
Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae	Graphidula sp., Anomalofusus sp. Graphidula sp. Stephenson 1941 snail Graphidula sp. Anomalofusus sp. Wade 1916 snail Anomalofusus sp.
Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae	Napulus sp. Napulus sp. Stephenson 1941 snail Napulus sp.
Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae	"Xenophora leprosa" = Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa "Xenophora leprosa" = Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa Morton 1834 carrier shell Xenophora leprosa (Morton)
Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae	Anchura sp. Anchura sp. Conrad 1860 snail Anchura sp.
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Amaurellina stephensoni, Gyrodes abyssinus, Gyrodes petrosus Amaurellina stephensoni moon snail Amaurellina stephensoni (Wade) Gyrodes abyssinus moon snail Gyrodes abyssinus (Morton) Gyrodes petrosus moon snail Gyrodes petrosus (Morton)
Bivalvia
Nuculida - Nuculidae	Nucula percrassa Nucula percrassa nut clam Nucula percrassa Conrad
Nuculanida - Malletiidae	Malletia longfrons Malletia longfrons clam Malletia longfrons (Conrad)
Nuculanida - Nuculanidae	Nuculana sp. Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam Nuculana sp.
Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae	Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) thoracica Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) thoracica Morton 1834 clam Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) tho
Carditida - Crassatellidae	Crassatella sp. Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799 clam Crassatella sp.
Pholadida - Corbulidae	Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910 clam Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"
Cardiida - Arcticidae	Veniella conradi Veniella conradi Morton 1833 clam Veniella conradi (Morton)
Mytilida - Crenellidae	Crenella serica Crenella serica Conrad 1860 clam Crenella serica Conrad
Arcida - Cucullaeidae	"Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax" = Idonearca capax "Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax" = Idonearca capax Conrad 1858 clam Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad
Myalinida - Inoceramidae	Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp. Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp. Sowerby 1814 clam Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp.
Ostreida - Gryphaeidae	Gryphaeostrea vomer, "Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton 1828 oyster Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton "Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Say 1820 oyster Exogyra costata Say
Ostreida - Ostreidae	"Ostrea mesenterica" = Lopha mesenterica "Ostrea mesenterica" = Lopha mesenterica Morton 1834 oyster Ostrea mesenterica Morton
Pectinida - Plicatulidae	Plicatula (Plicatula) tetrica Plicatula (Plicatula) tetrica Conrad 1860 scallop Plicatula (Plicatula) tetrica Conr
Pectinida - Anomiidae	Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833 jingle Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	Spondylus (Spondylus) sp. Spondylus (Spondylus) sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop Spondylus (Spondylus) sp.
Pectinida - Neitheoidae	Neithea (Neitheops) quinquecostata Neithea (Neitheops) quinquecostata Sowerby 1814 scallop Neithea (Neitheops) quinquecostata
Cephalopoda
Nautilida - Nautilidae	Eutrephoceras dekayi Eutrephoceras dekayi Morton 1834 nautiloid Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton)
Ammonitida - Scaphitidae	Discoscaphites conradi Discoscaphites conradi Morton 1834 ammonite Discoscaphites conradi (Morton) va
Ammonitida - Baculitidae	Baculites sp. Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799 ammonite Baculites sp.
Bryozoa
-	Bryozoa indet. Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 Bryozoa (encrusting)
Polychaeta
Serpulimorpha -	Hamulus onyx Hamulus onyx Morton 1834 Hamulus onyx Morton
Sabellida - Serpulidae	Serpula sp. Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758 Serpula sp.