Sohl and Koch OFR # 168: 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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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Sphenodiscidae
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Sphenodiscus sp.
Meek 1871
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Sphenodiscus sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Laxispira monilifera
Sohl 1964
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10 specimens | |||||||||
| Laxispira monilifera Sohl | ||||||||||
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Turritella vertebroides
Morton 1834
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Turritella vertebroides Morton | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana sp.
Link 1807
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Nuculana sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia (Anomia) argentaria
Morton 1833
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18 specimens | |||||||||
| Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Syncyclonema simplicius
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21 specimens | |||||||||
| Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Ostrea sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Flemingostreidae
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Cubitostrea tecticosta
(Gabb 1860)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Exogyra costata
(Say 1820)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata | ||||||||||
| Exogyra costata Say | ||||||||||
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Pycnodonte sp.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1835)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Pycnodonte sp. | ||||||||||
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Pycnodonte vesicularis
(Lamarck 1806)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis | ||||||||||
| Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Striarca sp.
Conrad 1862
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| Striarca sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Aenona sp.
Conrad 1870
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Aenona sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Cymbophora berryi
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Cymbophora berryi (Gardner) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Veniella conradi
Morton 1833
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Veniella conradi (Morton) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica
Vincent 1910
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49 specimens | |||||||||
| Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica" | ||||||||||
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Corbula sp.
Bruguière 1789
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19 specimens | |||||||||
| Corbula sp. | ||||||||||
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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
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella vadosa
Morton 1834
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis
(Gabb 1860)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf | ||||||||||
| 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: | 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 silty sandstone | ||
| Environment: | marine indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite,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 # 27959 | ||
| Database number: | 4235 | ||
| 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 21:14:14 |
| 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] |