Sohl and Koch OFR # 369 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Smith Mill-4; USGS # 32336

Where: Georgetown County, South Carolina (33.8° N, 79.3° W: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 56.9° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: CC25-CC26 nannofossil zone, upper Member (Peedee Formation), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• Self-Trail (2002) reports that the Peedee Fm in South Carolina spans zones CC25a-CC26b. Haustator bilira assemblage zone.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic, gray sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Reposited in the USGS

Collection methods: bulk,

• Sohl collection

Primary reference: N. F. Sohl and C. F. Koch. 1987. Upper Cretaceous (Maestrichtian) larger invertebrates from the Haustator bilira Assemblage Zone in the Atlantic Coastal Plain with further data for the East Gulf. USGS Open File Report 87-194:1-172 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 4358: 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
Bone material
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Shark parts
Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
Hamulus onyx Morton 1834
Hamulus onyx Morton
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta Gabb 1860 oyster
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Say 1820 oyster
Exogyra costata Say
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) argillensis scallop
Camptonectes (Campt.) argillenis (
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb 1876 jingle
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833 jingle
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) pelagica Morton 1833 file clam
Lima (Lima) pelagica (Morton)
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910 clam
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"