Sohl and Koch OFR # 145: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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Polychaeta
- Serpulimorpha
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Hamulus onyx
Morton 1834
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| Hamulus onyx Morton | ||||||||||
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Longitubus sp.
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| Longitubus sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira
(Stephenson 1941)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Haustator bilira | ||||||||||
| Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St | ||||||||||
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Turritella vertebroides
Morton 1834
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Turritella vertebroides Morton | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Euspira sp.
Agassiz 1837
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| Euspira sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
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Neogastropoda indet.
Thiele 1929
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Neogastropods indeterminate | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Beretra sp.
Stephenson 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Beretra sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Paladmetidae
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Paladmete cancellaria
Conrad 1858
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Eucyclidae
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Calliomphalus (Planolateralis) sp.
Cossmann 1888
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Calliomphalus (Planolateralis) sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Malletiidae
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Malletia longfrons
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Malletia longfrons (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana whitfieldi
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13 specimens | |||||||||
| Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula amica
Gardner 1916
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Nucula amica Gardner | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella vadosa
Morton 1834
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Cyclorisma parva
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Cyclorisma parva (Gardner) | ||||||||||
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Legumen sp.
Conrad 1858
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Legumen sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Etea sp.
Conrad 1873
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Etea sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) sp.
Vincent 1910
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21 specimens | |||||||||
| Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) sp. - originally entered as "Caesticorbula sp." | ||||||||||
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Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica
Vincent 1910
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70 specimens | |||||||||
| Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica" | ||||||||||
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Corbula sp.
Bruguière 1789
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Corbula sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Solenida
- Pharidae
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Leptosolen biplicata
(Conrad 1858)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Leptosolen biplicata (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina sp.
Bruguière 1797
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Lucina sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella serica
Conrad 1860
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13 specimens | |||||||||
| Crenella serica Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Ostrea sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia (Anomia) argentaria
Morton 1833
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Syncyclonema simplicius
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23 specimens | |||||||||
| Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Striarca sp.
Conrad 1862
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| Striarca sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Nemodon eufaulensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Nemodon eufaulensis (Gabb) [entered as Nemodon eufaulensis] | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Micrabaciidae
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Micrabacia sp.
Milne-Edwards 1849
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| Micrabacia spp. | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Dallas |
| Coordinates: | 32.1° North, 87.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.3° North, 65.1° 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: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Prairie Bluff | Member: | upper | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Haustator bilira assemblage zone | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | silty claystone | ||
| 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: | ; USGS # 30736 | ||
| Database number: | 4212 | ||
| 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 21:07:17 |
| 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] |