Sohl and Koch OFR # 114: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Lithophagidae indet.
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Lithophagid borings | ||||||||||
Trochocyathidae indet.
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Trochocyathid coral | ||||||||||
Demospongiae
- Clavulina
- Clionaidae
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Cliona sp.
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Clione sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Lowenstamia sp.
Sohl 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Lowenstamia sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Capulidae
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Capulus spangleri
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Capulus spangleri Henderson | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula (Plicatula) sp.
Lamarck 1801
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Plicatula (Plicatula) sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Paranomia scabra
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Paranomia scabra (Morton) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima (Lima) reticulata
Forbes 1845
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2 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Lima reticulata | ||||||||||
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Syncyclonema sp.
Meek 1864
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Syncylonema sp. - originally entered as "Syncylonema sp." | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys (Radiopecten) sp.
Röding 1798
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Chlamys (Radiopecten) sp. | ||||||||||
Pecten (Pecten) venustus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Pecten (Pecten?) venustus Morton | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Flemingostreidae
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Cubitostrea tecticosta
(Gabb 1860)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Pycnodonte vesicularis
(Lamarck 1806)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis | ||||||||||
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck | ||||||||||
Exogyra sp.
Say 1820
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Exogyra sp. | ||||||||||
Exogyra costata
(Say 1820)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata | ||||||||||
Exogyra costata Say | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica
Vincent 1910
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Granocardium (Granocardium) sp.
(Gabb 1869)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
synonym of Trachycardium | ||||||||||
Granocardium (Granocardium) sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella vadosa
Morton 1834
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Bryozoa (encrusting) | ||||||||||
Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpula sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Serpula sp. | ||||||||||
Polychaeta
- Serpulimorpha
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Hamulus onyx
Morton 1834
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Hamulus onyx Morton | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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Shark parts | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Sumter |
Coordinates: | 32.6° North, 88.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 36.1° North, 66.1° West | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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 | Member: | basal | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Haustator bilira assemblage zone |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray lithified silty,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 |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Museum repositories: | USGS |
Collection method comments: others collection |
Metadata
Also known as: | ; USGS # 18635 | ||
Database number: | 4181 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Kosnik | Enterer: | M. Kosnik |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
Created: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 | Last modified: | 2017-07-04 19:13:09 |
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] |