USGS 6793, Prairie Bluff: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Alabama
collected by L.W. Stephenson
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Trochocyathidae indet.
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | |||||||||
| Trochocyathid coral | ||||||||||
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Demospongiae
- Clavulina
- Clionaidae
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Cliona sp.
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | |||||||||
| Clione sp. | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Ptychodontidae
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Ptychodus mortoni
Mantell 1836
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Cassiduloida
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Hardouinia aequorea
(Morton 1834)
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Hemiasteridae
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Hemiaster wetherbyi
de Loriol 1887
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana sp.
Link 1807
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Nuculana sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella vadosa
Morton 1834
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 16 specimens | ||||||||
| Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula sp.
Bruguière 1789
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Corbula sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Veniella conradi
Morton 1833
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| Veniella conradi (Morton) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Linearia sp.
(Conrad 1860)
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
| original and current combination Linearis | ||||||||||
| Linearia sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| Cardium sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Poromyidae
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Liopistha protexta
Conrad 1853
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
| Liopistha protexta Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Mactromyidae
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Unicardium sp.
d'Orbigny 1850
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Unicardium sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella serica
Conrad 1860
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Crenella serica Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris hamula
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| Glycymeris hamula Morton | ||||||||||
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Glycymeris subaustralis
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
| Glycymeris subaustralis dOrbigny | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax
Conrad 1858
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 11 specimens | ||||||||
| recombined as Idonearca capax | ||||||||||
| Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Arca sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus (Spondylus) sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Spondylus (Spondylus) sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula (Plicatula) mullicaensis
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 24 specimens | ||||||||
| Plicatula (Plicatula) mullicaensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima (Lima) sp.
Bruguiére 1796
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| Lima (Lima) sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Arctostrea falacata
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
| Arctostrea falacata (Gabb) | ||||||||||
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Cubitostrea tecticosta
(Gabb 1860)
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
| Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb) | ||||||||||
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Pycnodonte sp.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1835)
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
| Pycnodonte sp. | ||||||||||
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Pycnodonte vesicularis
(Lamarck 1806)
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis | ||||||||||
| Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck | ||||||||||
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Exogyra costata
(Say 1820)
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
| original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata | ||||||||||
| Exogyra costata Say | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Scaphandridae
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Ellipsoscapha mortoni
Forbes 1845
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Ellipsoscapha mortoni (Forbes) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| Turritella sp. | ||||||||||
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Turritella vertebroides
Morton 1834
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| Turritella vertebroides Morton | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Arrhoges (Latiala) sp.
(Gabb 1868)
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Arrhoges (Latiala) sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Xenophoridae
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Xenophora leprosa
(Morton 1834)
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| recombined as Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa | ||||||||||
| Xenophora leprosa (Morton) | ||||||||||
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Xenophora sp.
Fischer von Waldheim 1807
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| originally entered as "Xenophora " | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
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Neogastropoda indet.
Thiele 1929
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| Neogastropods indeterminate | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Liopeplum sp.
Dall 1890
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Liopeplum sp. | ||||||||||
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Longoconcha sp.
Stephenson 1941
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| Longoconcha spp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turbinellidae
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Napulus sp.
Stephenson 1941
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Napulus sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Pyropsidae
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Pyropsis sp.
(Conrad 1860)
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
| Pyropsis spp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Perissityidae
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Stantonella sp.
Wade 1926
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| Stantonella sp. | ||||||||||
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Stantonella sp.
Wade 1926
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Stantonella ? sp. | ||||||||||
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Ornopsis sp.
Wade 1916
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Ornopsis sp. | ||||||||||
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Piestochilus sp.
Meek 1864
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Piestochilus sp. | ||||||||||
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Drilluta sp.
Wade 1916
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
| Drilluta sp. | ||||||||||
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Graphidula sp.
Stephenson 1941
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
| Graphidula sp. | ||||||||||
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Bellifusus sp.
Stephenson 1941
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| Bellifusus sp. | ||||||||||
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Pyrifusus sp.
Conrad 1858
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
| Pyrifusus sp. | ||||||||||
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Capulus sp.
Monfort 1810
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Capulus sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Gyrodes abyssinus
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Gyrodes abyssinus (Morton) | ||||||||||
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Gyrodes spillmani
Gabb 1861
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| recombined as Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani | ||||||||||
| Gyrodes spillmani Gabb | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Striaticostatum asperum
Sohl 1964
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Striaticostatum asperum Sohl | ||||||||||
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Striaticostatum sillimani
(Morton 1834)
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| original and current combination Epitonium sillimani | ||||||||||
| Striaticostatum sillimani (Morton) | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Scaphitidae
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Discoscaphites iris
Conrad 1858
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Discoscaphites iris Conrad | ||||||||||
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Discoscaphites conradi
(Morton 1834)
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 9 specimens | ||||||||
| Discoscaphites conradi (Morton) va | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Diplomoceratidae
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Diplomoceras trabeatus
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Diplomoceras trabeatus (Morton) | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Baculitidae
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Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus
Morton 1834
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 13 specimens | ||||||||
| recombined as Eubaculites carinatus | ||||||||||
| Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus | ||||||||||
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Baculites columna
Morton 1834
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| recombined as Trachybaculites columna | ||||||||||
| Baculites columna Morton | ||||||||||
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Baculites tippahensis
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 25 specimens | ||||||||
| Baculites tippahensis Conrad | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Nautilidae
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Eutrephoceras dekayi
(Morton 1834)
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton) | ||||||||||
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Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpula sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | |||||||||
| Serpula sp. | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Cancellothyrididae
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Terebratulina floridana
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| Terebratulina floridana (Morton) | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Sohl and Koch 1983 | |||||||||
| Reptilian tooth | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Wilcox |
| Coordinates: | 32.1° North, 87.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.5° North, 65.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| 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: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Prairie Bluff | Member: | lower | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| 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: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
| Collectors: | L.W. Stephenson |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Sohl and Koch OFR # 136 | ||
| Database number: | 4203 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Kosnik, W. Kiessling, M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Kosnik, M. Uhen, U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 | Last modified: | 2018-10-26 21:33:39 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26335. | 1% 20600 | C. W. Cooke. 1953. American Upper Cretaceous Echinoidea. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 254-A:1-44 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 27582 | S. P. Applegate. 1970. The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama, part VIII, the fishes. Fieldiana: Geology Memoires 3(8):385-433 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Clapham] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] |