Sohl and Koch OFR # 147: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Fish parts
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Shark parts
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (encrusting)
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (branching)
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus onyx Morton 1834
Hamulus onyx Morton
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites columna Morton 1834
1 specimen
recombined as Trachybaculites columna
Baculites columna Morton
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton 1834)
1 specimen
Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula (Ringicula) sp. Deshayes 1838
1 specimen
Ringicula (Ringicula) sp.
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
7 specimens
Turritella sp.
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (Conrad 1860)
1 specimen
original and current combination Turritella trilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834
1 specimen
Turritella vertebroides Morton
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Gyrodes abyssinus
3 specimens
Gyrodes abyssinus (Morton)
Gyrodes petrosus
2 specimens
Gyrodes petrosus (Morton)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis sp. (Conrad 1860)
1 specimen
Pyropsis spp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Napulus sp. Stephenson 1941
3 specimens
Napulus sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Longoconcha sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Longoconcha spp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Lowenstamia cf. subplanus
1 specimen
Lowenstamia cf. L. subplanus (Gabb - originally entered as "Lowenstamia cf. subplanus"
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Pugnellus sp. Conrad 1860
1 specimen
Pugnellus sp.
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora leprosa (Morton 1834)
1 specimen
recombined as Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa
Xenophora leprosa (Morton)
Gastropoda - Acteoninidae
Eoacteon sp. Stephenson 1955
1 specimen
Ecoacteon sp. - originally entered as "Ecoacteon sp."
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Malletia longfrons
1 specimen
Malletia longfrons (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860
2 specimens
Crenella serica Conrad
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus (Spondylus) sp. Linnaeus 1758
17 specimens
Spondylus (Spondylus) sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae
Neithea (Neitheops) quinquecostata (Sowerby 1814)
3 specimens
Neithea (Neitheops) quinquecostata
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad 1858
1 specimen
recombined as Limatula acutilineata
Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
1 specimen
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula (Plicatula) tetrica Conrad 1860
9 specimens
Plicatula (Plicatula) tetrica Conr
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra costata (Say 1820)
10 specimens
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
Exogyra costata Say
Gryphaeostrea vomer (Morton 1828)
5 specimens
Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad 1858
7 specimens
recombined as Idonearca capax
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
Cardium sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
1 specimen
Veniella conradi (Morton)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
3 specimens
Corbula sp.
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834
7 specimens
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) thoracica (Morton 1834)
1 specimen
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) tho
Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp.
Clione sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Lowndes
Coordinates: 32.1° North, 86.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.3° North, 64.9° 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:lower
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Haustator bilira assemblage zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray sandy 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:Braggs Cut; USGS # 30847
Database number:4214
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 21:07:31
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]