Sohl and Koch OFR # 229 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as 12.9mi S Eufaula; USGS # 27560

Where: Clay County, Georgia (31.7° N, 85.1° W: paleocoordinates 34.6° N, 63.3° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Contusotruncana contusa foram zone, upper Member (Providence Formation), Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• Foraminiferal zonation from King and Skotnicki, 1992.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, silty, carbonaceous sandstone

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 4266: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Otolith
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira rectilabrum Conrad 1858 moon snail
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
Polinices kummeli Sohl 1960 moon snail
Polinices kummeli Sohl
"Gyrodes spillmani" = Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani Gabb 1861 moon snail
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Liopeplum cretaceum Conrad 1858 volute
Liopeplum cretaceum (Conrad)
Myobarbum laevigatum Sohl 1963 volute
Myobarbum laevigatum Sohl
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
"Ancilla (Ancillus) acutula" = Ancillus acutula
"Ancilla (Ancillus) acutula" = Ancillus acutula Stephenson 1941 olive snail
Ancilla (Ancillus) acutula (Stephe
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
"Stantonella interupta" = Stantonella interrupta
"Stantonella interupta" = Stantonella interrupta Conrad 1858 true whelk
Stantonella interupta (Conrad)
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Deussenia bellalirata Conrad 1858 snail
Deussenia bellalirata (Conrad)
 Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete laevis Sohl 1964 snail
Paladmete laevis Sohl
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail
Cylichna sp.
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Creonella triplicata Wade 1917 snail
Creonella triplicata Wade
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp. n. sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
Nuculana n. sp. (large and concentr - originally entered as "Nuculana n. sp."
Nuculana whitfieldi pointed nut clam
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula percrassa nut clam
Nucula percrassa Conrad
Nucula amica Gardner 1916 nut clam
Nucula amica Gardner
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799 clam
Crassatella sp.
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 clam
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Uddenia sp. Stephenson 1941 clam
Uddenia sp.
Bathytormus pteropsis Conrad 1860 clam
Bathytormus pteropsis (Conrad)
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora wordeni clam
Cymbophora wordeni (Gardner)
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyprimeria depressa venus clam
Cyprimeria depressa Conrad
Aphrodina (Aphrodina) sp. Conrad 1869 venus clam
Aphrodina (Aphrodina) sp.
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Tenea parilis clam
Tenea parilis Conrad
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Aenona eufaulensis Conrad 1860 tellin clam
Aenona eufaulensis (Conrad)
Tellinimera gabbi tellin clam
Tellinimeria gabbi Gardner - originally entered as "Tellinimeria gabbi"
Tellina sp. n. sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
Tellina n. sp. (smooth) - originally entered as "Tellina n. sp."
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium eufaulensis Conrad 1860 cockle
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad)
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
Corbula sp.
 Solenida - Pharidae
Leptosolen biplicata Conrad 1858 clam
Leptosolen biplicata (Conrad)
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Nymphalucina ? linearea" = Nymphalucina linearia, Phacoides ? mattiformis
"Nymphalucina ? linearea" = Nymphalucina linearia Stephenson 1941 clam
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea"
Phacoides ? mattiformis clam
Phacoides ? mattiformis (Stephenso - originally entered as "Phacoides ? mattiformis"
 Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta Gabb 1860 oyster
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb 1876 jingle
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius scallop
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
 Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca cuneata clam
Striarca cuneata Gabb
Striarca saffordi clam
Striarca saffordi (Gardner) non Gab
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Postligata wordeni clam
Postligata wordeni Gardner
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon eufaulensis clam
Nemodon eufaulensis (Gabb) [entered as Nemodon eufaulensis]
Nemodon cf. grandis Wade 1926 clam
Nemodon cf. Nemodon grandis Wade - originally entered as "Nemodon cf. grandis"
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus obnutus tusk shell
Cadulus obnutus (Conrad)