Sohl and Koch OFR # 157: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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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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Demospongiae
- Clavulina
- Clionaidae
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Cliona sp.
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| Clione sp. | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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| Shark parts | ||||||||||
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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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Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpula sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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| Serpula sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella serica
Conrad 1860
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Crenella serica Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea plumosa
Morton 1833
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| Ostrea plumosa Morton | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Flemingostreidae
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Cubitostrea tecticosta
(Gabb 1860)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Pycnodonte sp.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1835)
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12 specimens | |||||||||
| Pycnodonte sp. | ||||||||||
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Gryphaeostrea vomer
(Morton 1828)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton | ||||||||||
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Exogyra costata
(Say 1820)
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15 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata | ||||||||||
| Exogyra costata Say | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis
(Stephenson 1941)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis ( | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus (Spondylus) sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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25 specimens | |||||||||
| Spondylus (Spondylus) sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Neitheidae
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Neithea (Neitheops) quinquecostata
(Sowerby 1814)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Neithea (Neitheops) quinquecostata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula (Plicatula) tetrica
Conrad 1860
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11 specimens | |||||||||
| Plicatula (Plicatula) tetrica Conr | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia (Anomia) ornata
Gabb 1876
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb | ||||||||||
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Anomia (Anomia) argentaria
Morton 1833
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima (Lima) sp.
Bruguiére 1796
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Lima (Lima) sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella vadosa
Morton 1834
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula sp.
Bruguière 1789
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Corbula sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Veniella conradi
Morton 1833
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| Veniella conradi (Morton) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Pholadomya (Pholadomya) sp.
Sowerby 1823
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Pholadomya (Pholadomya) sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Laxispira monilifera
Sohl 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Laxispira monilifera Sohl | ||||||||||
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Turritella vertebroides
Morton 1834
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Turritella vertebroides Morton | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turbinellidae
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Napulus sp.
Stephenson 1941
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Napulus sp. | ||||||||||
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Thecostraca
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Cirripidea indet.
Rafinesque 1816
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| Barnacles plates | ||||||||||
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= Cirripedia indet.
Rafinesque 1816
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Hendy 2008 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Lowndes |
| Coordinates: | 32.0° North, 86.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.2° North, 64.8° 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: | glauconitic silty,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 # 30846 | ||
| Database number: | 4224 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Kosnik, A. Hendy | Enterer: | M. Kosnik, A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | M. Manojlovic | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 | Last modified: | 2016-07-25 21:08:28 |
| 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:
| 26349 | A. J. W. Hendy. 2008. Personal opinions and reidentification of pre-Cenozoic Mollusca. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 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] |