Sohl and Koch OFR # 111: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Trochocyathidae indet.
Trochocyathid coral
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
Echinoid sp. - originally entered as "Echinoidea sp."
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Shark parts
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Discoscaphites conradi (Morton 1834)
1 specimen
Discoscaphites conradi (Morton) va
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
Baculites sp.
Baculites tippahensis
1 specimen
Baculites tippahensis Conrad
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton 1834)
2 specimens
Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton)
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnitellidae
Belemnitella americana
6 specimens
Belemnitella americana (Morton)
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Striaticostatum sillimani (Morton 1834)
8 specimens
original and current combination Epitonium sillimani
Striaticostatum sillimani (Morton)
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Thylacus cretaceus Conrad 1860
2 specimens
Thylacus cretaceus Conrad
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
3 specimens
Turritella sp.
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834
1 specimen
Turritella vertebroides Morton
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Gyrodes abyssinus
Gyrodes abyssinus (Morton)
Gyrodes petrosus
3 specimens
Gyrodes petrosus (Morton)
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb 1861
1 specimen
recombined as Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb
Euspira sp. Agassiz 1837
2 specimens
Euspira sp.
Amaurellina stephensoni
1 specimen
Amaurellina stephensoni (Wade)
Gastropoda - Capulidae
Capulus spangleri
4 specimens
Capulus spangleri Henderson
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929
34 specimens
Neogastropods indeterminate
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Napulus sp. Stephenson 1941
2 specimens
Napulus sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941
2 specimens
Bellifusus sp.
Drilluta sp. Wade 1916
4 specimens
Drilluta sp.
Graphidula sp. Stephenson 1941
9 specimens
Graphidula sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinopsis sp. Conrad 1857
2 specimens
Buccinopsis sp.
Ornopsis sp. Wade 1916
1 specimen
Ornopsis sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Pyrifusus sp. Conrad 1858
1 specimen
Pyrifusus sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Longoconcha sp. Stephenson 1941
10 specimens
Longoconcha spp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pholidotomidae
Morea sp. Conrad 1860
1 specimen
Morea sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Sargana sp. Stephenson 1923
1 specimen
Sargana sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis sp. (Conrad 1860)
2 specimens
Pyropsis spp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Moreidae
Hercorhynchus (Hercorhyncus) sp.
1 specimen
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) sp. - originally entered as "Hercorhyncus sp."
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Pugnellus sp. Conrad 1860
3 specimens
Pugnellus sp.
Anchura sp. Conrad 1860
4 specimens
Anchura sp.
Drepanocheilus texanus
2 specimens
Drepanochilus texanus Stephenson - originally entered as "Drepanochilus texanus"
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Nonacteonina sp. (Stephenson 1941)
1 specimen
original and current combination Nonactaeonina
Nonacteonina sp.
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae
Ellipsoscapha mortoni Forbes 1845
1 specimen
Ellipsoscapha mortoni (Forbes)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp. Link 1807
2 specimens
Nuculana sp.
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula percrassa
4 specimens
Nucula percrassa Conrad
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853
1 specimen
Liopistha protexta Conrad
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Etea sp. Conrad 1873
11 specimens
Etea sp.
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
2 specimens
Veniella conradi (Morton)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Legumen sp. Conrad 1858
2 specimens
Legumen sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Linearia sp. (Conrad 1860)
2 specimens
original and current combination Linearis
Linearia sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758
9 specimens
Cardium sp.
Protocardia (Pachycardium) sp. (Conrad 1869)
1 specimen
Protocardium (Pachycardium) sp. - originally entered as "Protocardium sp."
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Unicardium concentricum
1 specimen
Unicardium concentricum (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799
2 specimens
Crassatella sp.
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834
7 specimens
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) sp. (Dietrich 1933)
2 specimens
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) sp.
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860
1 specimen
Crenella serica Conrad
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp. Sowerby 1814
6 specimens
Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) sp. Meek 1864
1 specimen
Camptonectes (Comptonectes) sp.
Chlamys (Radiopecten) mississippensis
1 specimen
Chlamys (Radiopecten) mississippen
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) sp. Bruguiére 1796
2 specimens
Lima (Lima) sp.
Lima (Lima) sellardsi Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Lima (Lima) sellardsi Stephenson
Lima (Lima) reticulata Forbes 1845
5 specimens
recombined as Lima reticulata
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula (Plicatula) mullicaensis
130 specimens
Plicatula (Plicatula) mullicaensis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Paranomia scabra
9 specimens
Paranomia scabra (Morton)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Dimyidae
Atreta melleni
16 specimens
Atreta melleni (Stephenson)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea plumosa Morton 1833
1 specimen
Ostrea plumosa Morton
Ostrea mesenterica Morton 1834
4 specimens
recombined as Lopha mesenterica
Ostrea mesenterica Morton
Arctostrea falacata
2 specimens
Arctostrea falacata (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb 1860)
7 specimens
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte sp. (Fischer von Waldheim 1835)
4 specimens
Pycnodonte sp.
Pycnodonte vesicularis (Lamarck 1806)
2 specimens
recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck
Exogyra costata (Say 1820)
11 specimens
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
Exogyra costata Say
Gryphaeostrea vomer (Morton 1828)
2 specimens
Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca rostellata
2 specimens
Arca rostellata (Morton)
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Arca sp.
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon sp. Conrad 1869
1 specimen
Nemodon sp.
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad 1858
11 specimens
recombined as Idonearca capax
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (encrusting)
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (branching)
Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp.
Clione sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Sumter
Coordinates: 32.7° North, 88.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.3° 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:gray lithified silty,calcareous 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:N Emeville; USGS # 25499
Database number:4178
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 19:33:33
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]