Sohl and Koch OFR # 167: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
Echinoid sp. - originally entered as "Echinoidea sp."
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus onyx Morton 1834
Hamulus onyx Morton
Longitubus sp.
Longitubus sp.
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
Calyptraea sp.
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
2 specimens
Turritella sp.
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834
13 specimens
Turritella vertebroides Morton
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (Conrad 1860)
1 specimen
original and current combination Turritella trilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C
Laxispira monilifera Sohl 1964
4 specimens
Laxispira monilifera Sohl
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929
1 specimen
Neogastropods indeterminate
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora leprosa (Morton 1834)
1 specimen
recombined as Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa
Xenophora leprosa (Morton)
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) nudus
1 specimen
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) nud
Calliomphalus sp. Cossmann 1888
1 specimen
Calliomphalus sp.
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalves indeterminate
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp. Link 1807
2 specimens
Nuculana sp.
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
5 specimens
Corbula sp.
Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) suffalciata
1 specimen
Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) suffa - originally entered as "Caesticorbula suffalciata"
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910
9 specimens
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
13 specimens
Veniella conradi (Morton)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Linearia metastriata
1 specimen
original and current combination Linearis
Linearia metastriata Conrad
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799
3 specimens
Crassatella sp.
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834
1 specimen
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Vetericardiella sp. Chavan 1969
2 specimens
Vetericardiella sp.
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) thoracica (Morton 1834)
6 specimens
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) tho
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella elegantula Meek and Hayden 1862
1 specimen
Crenella elegantula Meek & Hayden
Crenella serica Conrad 1860
1 specimen
Crenella serica Conrad
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) sp. Meek 1864
1 specimen
Camptonectes (Comptonectes) sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) sp. Bruguiére 1796
1 specimen
Lima (Lima) sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
3 specimens
Ostrea sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb 1860)
1 specimen
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte sp. (Fischer von Waldheim 1835)
1 specimen
Pycnodonte sp.
Pycnodonte vesicularis (Lamarck 1806)
3 specimens
recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck
Exogyra costata (Say 1820)
3 specimens
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
Exogyra costata Say
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris rotundata
10 specimens
Glycymeris rotundata (Gabb)
Malacostraca
Malacostraca indet. (Latreille 1802)
Crab parts
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Pike
Coordinates: 32.0° North, 85.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.0° North, 64.0° 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: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: lithified argillaceous,silty sandstone
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:Near China Grove; USGS # 27533 : 27959
Database number:4234
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 21:14:07
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]