Sohl and Koch OFR # 114: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Lithophagidae indet.
Lithophagid borings
Trochocyathidae indet.
Trochocyathid coral
Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp.
Clione sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Lowenstamia sp. Sohl 1964
1 specimen
Lowenstamia sp.
Gastropoda - Capulidae
Capulus spangleri
1 specimen
Capulus spangleri Henderson
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula (Plicatula) sp. Lamarck 1801
1 specimen
Plicatula (Plicatula) sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Paranomia scabra
2 specimens
Paranomia scabra (Morton)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) reticulata Forbes 1845
2 specimens
recombined as Lima reticulata
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema sp. Meek 1864
3 specimens
Syncylonema sp. - originally entered as "Syncylonema sp."
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys (Radiopecten) sp. Röding 1798
1 specimen
Chlamys (Radiopecten) sp.
Pecten (Pecten) venustus
1 specimen
Pecten (Pecten?) venustus Morton
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb 1860)
1 specimen
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte vesicularis (Lamarck 1806)
1 specimen
recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck
Exogyra sp. Say 1820
3 specimens
Exogyra sp.
Exogyra costata (Say 1820)
1 specimen
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
Exogyra costata Say
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910
1 specimen
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium (Granocardium) sp. (Gabb 1869)
1 specimen
synonym of Trachycardium
Granocardium (Granocardium) sp.
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834
1 specimen
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (encrusting)
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus onyx Morton 1834
Hamulus onyx Morton
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
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]