Sohl and Koch OFR # 113: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Heteromorpha ammonite
1 specimen
Heteromorph ammonite - originally entered as "Heteromorph ammonite"
Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp.
Clione sp.
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnitellidae
Belemnitella americana
2 specimens
Belemnitella americana (Morton)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Discoscaphites sp. Meek 1870
1 specimen
Discoscaphites sp.
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
Helicoceras sp. d'Orbigny 1840
1 specimen
Helicoceras sp.
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
Baculites sp.
Baculites tippahensis
1 specimen
Baculites tippahensis Conrad
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Striaticostatum asperum Sohl 1964
1 specimen
Striaticostatum asperum Sohl
Striaticostatum sillimani (Morton 1834)
7 specimens
original and current combination Epitonium sillimani
Striaticostatum sillimani (Morton)
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Thylacus cretaceus Conrad 1860
1 specimen
Thylacus cretaceus Conrad
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
6 specimens
Turritella sp.
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834
4 specimens
Turritella vertebroides Morton
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Anchura sp. Conrad 1860
5 specimens
Anchura sp.
Pugnellus sp. Conrad 1860
6 specimens
Pugnellus sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929
21 specimens
Neogastropods indeterminate
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis sp. (Conrad 1860)
5 specimens
Pyropsis spp.
Medionapus sp. Stephenson 1941
2 specimens
Medionapus sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinopsis sp. Conrad 1857
5 specimens
Buccinopsis sp.
? Hydrotribulus sp. Wade 1916
2 specimens
Hydeotribulus ? sp. - originally entered as "Hydeotribulus ? sp."
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Anomalofusus sp. Wade 1916
1 specimen
Anomalofusus sp.
Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941
8 specimens
Bellifusus sp.
Graphidula sp. Stephenson 1941
7 specimens
Graphidula sp.
Drilluta sp. Wade 1916
4 specimens
Drilluta sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Pyrifusus sp. Conrad 1858
5 specimens
Pyrifusus sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pholidotomidae
Morea sp. Conrad 1860
1 specimen
Morea sp.
Morea transenna Stephenson 1955
1 specimen
Morea transenna Stephenson
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Sargana sp. Stephenson 1923
5 specimens
Sargana sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Longoconcha sp. Stephenson 1941
4 specimens
Longoconcha spp.
Liopeplum sp. Dall 1890
1 specimen
Liopeplum sp.
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Amaurellina stephensoni
2 specimens
Amaurellina stephensoni (Wade)
Euspira sp. Agassiz 1837
7 specimens
Euspira sp.
Gyrodes abyssinus
Gyrodes abyssinus (Morton)
Gyrodes petrosus
2 specimens
Gyrodes petrosus (Morton)
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb 1861
3 specimens
recombined as Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Gegania sp. Jeffreys 1884
1 specimen
Tuba sp.
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon sp. Conrad 1869
1 specimen
Nemodon sp.
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758
7 specimens
Arca sp.
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad 1858
22 specimens
recombined as Idonearca capax
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp. Sowerby 1814
6 specimens
Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
3 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Paranomia scabra
5 specimens
Paranomia scabra (Morton)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) reticulata Forbes 1845
4 specimens
recombined as Lima reticulata
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten (Pecten) venustus
1 specimen
Pecten (Pecten?) venustus Morton
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb 1860)
7 specimens
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte sp. (Fischer von Waldheim 1835)
1 specimen
Pycnodonte sp.
Gryphaeostrea vomer (Morton 1828)
3 specimens
Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton
Exogyra costata (Say 1820)
6 specimens
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
Exogyra costata Say
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea mesenterica Morton 1834
4 specimens
recombined as Lopha mesenterica
Ostrea mesenterica Morton
Arctostrea falacata
3 specimens
Arctostrea falacata (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853
1 specimen
Liopistha protexta Conrad
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Clavagellidae
Clavagella (Clavagella) armata Morton 1833
2 specimens
Clavagella (Clavagella) armata Mor
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
2 specimens
Corbula sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Etea sp. Conrad 1873
2 specimens
Etea sp.
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
6 specimens
Veniella conradi (Morton)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyprimeria sp. Conrad 1864
2 specimens
Cyprimeria major Gardner
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758
14 specimens
Cardium sp.
Granocardium (Granocardium) sp. (Gabb 1869)
1 specimen
synonym of Trachycardium
Granocardium (Granocardium) sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Linearia metastriata
1 specimen
original and current combination Linearis
Linearia metastriata Conrad
? Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Tellina ? sp. - originally entered as "Tellina ? sp."
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Vetericardiella sp. Chavan 1969
1 specimen
Vetericardiella sp.
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834
7 specimens
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) sp. (Dietrich 1933)
1 specimen
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) sp.
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) thoracica (Morton 1834)
4 specimens
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) tho
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (encrusting)
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Reptilian tooth
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus onyx Morton 1834
Hamulus onyx Morton
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
Echinoid sp. - originally entered as "Echinoidea sp."
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Shark parts
Thalassinoides sp. Ehrenberg 1944
Thalassanoides - originally entered as "Thalassanoides "
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Sumter
Coordinates: 32.7° North, 88.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.2° North, 66.1° 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:70.60000 - 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 argillaceous,sandy lime mudstone
Environment:marine indet. Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
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:NNE Livingston; USGS # 25503
Database number:4180
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 19:33:56
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]