Sohl and Koch OFR # 106: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Belmnites sp.
4 specimens
Belemnite sp. - originally entered as "Belemnite sp."
Crinoidae indet.
Crinoid columnal
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
Echinoid sp. - originally entered as "Echinoidea sp."
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
? Linthia sp. Desor 1853
Linthia sp.? - originally entered as "Linthia ? sp."
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Shark parts
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites tippahensis
6 specimens
Baculites tippahensis Conrad
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras sp. Hyatt 1894
1 specimen
Eutrephoceras sp.
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Striaticostatum sp. Sohl 1963
1 specimen
Striaticostatum sp.
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Gyrodes abyssinus
Gyrodes abyssinus (Morton)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929
1 specimen
Neogastropods indeterminate
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910
4 specimens
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyclorisma sp. Dall 1902
1 specimen
Cyclorisma sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
? Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Tellina ? sp. - originally entered as "Tellina ? sp."
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) sp. (Dietrich 1933)
2 specimens
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) sp.
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860
20 specimens
Crenella serica Conrad
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp. Sowerby 1814
1 specimen
Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae
Neithea (Neitheops) sp. (Stewart 1930)
1 specimen
original and current combination Neitheops
Neithea (Neitheops) sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys (Chlamys) cretosus Defrance 1822
2 specimens
Chlamys (Chlamys) cretosus (deFran
Pecten (Pecten) venustus
7 specimens
Pecten (Pecten?) venustus Morton
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus (Spondylus) sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Spondylus (Spondylus) sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad 1858
1 specimen
recombined as Limatula acutilineata
Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad
Plagiostoma ? woodsi
1 specimen
Plagiostoma ? woodsi Wade - originally entered as "Plagiostoma ? woodsi"
Lima (Lima) reticulata Forbes 1845
11 specimens
recombined as Lima reticulata
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula (Plicatula) mullicaensis
11 specimens
Plicatula (Plicatula) mullicaensis
Plicatula (Plicatula) sp. Lamarck 1801
5 specimens
Plicatula (Plicatula) sp. (fine ri
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
183 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Dimyidae
Atreta melleni
95 specimens
Atreta melleni (Stephenson)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea plumosa Morton 1833
7 specimens
Ostrea plumosa Morton
Arctostrea falacata
2 specimens
Arctostrea falacata (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte vesicularis (Lamarck 1806)
35 specimens
recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck
Exogyra sp. Say 1820
Exogyra sp.
Exogyra costata (Say 1820)
38 specimens
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
Exogyra costata Say
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad 1858
8 specimens
recombined as Idonearca capax
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (encrusting)
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (branching)
Malacostraca
Malacostraca indet. (Latreille 1802)
Crab parts
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Sumter
Coordinates: 32.7° North, 88.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.2° North, 66.2° West
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
*Period:Late/Upper Cretaceous *Epoch:Late/Upper Senonian
*International age/stage:Middle - Late/Upper Maastrichtian
Key time interval:Late/Upper Maastrichtian Ammonoid zone: Discoscaphites conradi
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Prairie Bluff
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Haustator bilira assemblage zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified sandy lime mudstone
Environment:marine indet. Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:USGS
Collection method comments: Sohl collection
Metadata
Also known as:NW of Livingston; USGS # 31518
Database number:4173
Authorizer:M. Kosnik Enterer:M. Kosnik
Modifier:M. Manojlovic Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-14 13:00:00 Last modified:2016-07-25 19:32:45
Access level:the public Released:1999-08-14 13:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
283. 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]

Secondary references:

29915 J. A. Sessa, T. J. Bralower, M. E. Patzkowsky, J. C. Handley, and L. C. Ivany. 2012. Environmental and biological controls on the diversity and ecology of Late Cretaceous through early Paleogene marine ecosystems in the US Gulf Coastal Plain. Paleobiology 38(2):218-239 [M. Patzkowsky/J. Sessa/J. Sessa]