Sohl and Koch OFR # 201: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
(Leske 1778)
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Echinoid sp. - originally entered as "Echinoidea sp." | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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Shark parts | ||||||||||
Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpula sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Serpula sp. | ||||||||||
Polychaeta
- Serpulimorpha
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Hamulus onyx
Morton 1834
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Hamulus onyx Morton | ||||||||||
Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Dentalium sp. (ribbed) | ||||||||||
Dentalium leve
Stephenson 1923
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Dentalium leve Stephenson | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella hilgardi
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37 specimens | |||||||||
Turritella hilgardi Sohl | ||||||||||
Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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30 specimens | |||||||||
Turritella sp. | ||||||||||
Turritella vertebroides
Morton 1834
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9 specimens | |||||||||
Turritella vertebroides Morton | ||||||||||
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira
(Conrad 1860)
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8 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Turritella trilira | ||||||||||
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C | ||||||||||
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira
(Stephenson 1941)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Haustator bilira | ||||||||||
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St | ||||||||||
Laxispira monilifera
Sohl 1964
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13 specimens | |||||||||
Laxispira monilifera Sohl | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Gyrodes sp.
Conrad 1860
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gyrodes sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
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Neogastropoda indet.
Thiele 1929
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Neogastropods indeterminate | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Paladmetidae
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Paladmete cancellaria
Conrad 1858
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Bellifusus sp.
Stephenson 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bellifusus sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Pholidotomidae
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Morea sp.
Conrad 1860
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Morea sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus Con | ||||||||||
Graciliala sp.
Sohl 1960
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Graciliala sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Eucyclidae
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Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) amer | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Scaphandridae
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Ellipsoscapha sp.
Stephenson 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Ellipsoscapha sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana whitfieldi
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula amica
Gardner 1916
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Nucula amica Gardner | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Poromyidae
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Liopistha protexta
Conrad 1853
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Liopistha protexta Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Pholadomya (Pholadomya) sp.
Sowerby 1823
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula monmouthensis
Gardner 1916
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21 specimens | |||||||||
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner | ||||||||||
Corbula sp.
Bruguière 1789
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17 specimens | |||||||||
Corbula sp. | ||||||||||
Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) terramaria
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) terra - originally entered as "Caesticorbula terramaria" | ||||||||||
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica
Vincent 1910
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15 specimens | |||||||||
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Veniella conradi
Morton 1833
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Veniella conradi (Morton) | ||||||||||
Tenea sp.
Conrad 1870
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Tenea sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Legumen sp.
Conrad 1858
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Legumen sp. | ||||||||||
Cyprimeria depressa
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Cyprimeria depressa Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Cymbophora berryi
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Aenona eufaulensis
Conrad 1860
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Aenona eufaulensis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Linearia magnoliensis
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2 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Linearis | ||||||||||
Linearia magnoliensis Stephenson | ||||||||||
Linearia metastriata
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4 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Linearis | ||||||||||
Linearia metastriata Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Cardium sp. | ||||||||||
Granocardium (Granocardium) lowei
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1 specimen | |||||||||
synonym of Trachycardium | ||||||||||
Granocardium (Granocardium) lowei | ||||||||||
Granocardium (Granocardium) sp.
(Gabb 1869)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
synonym of Trachycardium | ||||||||||
Granocardium (Granocardium) sp. | ||||||||||
Granocardium (Granocardium) tippananum
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1 specimen | |||||||||
synonym of Trachycardium | ||||||||||
Granocardium (Granocardium) tippan | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Myrtea stephensoni
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Myrtea stephensoni Gardner | ||||||||||
Phacoides ? mattiformis
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Phacoides ? mattiformis (Stephenso - originally entered as "Phacoides ? mattiformis" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella vadosa
Morton 1834
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15 specimens | |||||||||
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton | ||||||||||
Bathytormus pteropsis
(Conrad 1860)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Bathytormus pteropsis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Vetericardiella sp.
Chavan 1969
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Vetericardiella sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis
(Gabb 1860)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella elegantula
Meek and Hayden 1862
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Crenella elegantula Meek & Hayden | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Lithophaga sp.
Röding 1798
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Lithophaga sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis
(Stephenson 1941)
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17 specimens | |||||||||
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis ( | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima (Lima) pelagica
(Morton 1833)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Lima (Lima) pelagica (Morton) | ||||||||||
Lima (Lima) reticulata
Forbes 1845
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3 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Lima reticulata | ||||||||||
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia (Anomia) ornata
Gabb 1876
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb | ||||||||||
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria
Morton 1833
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34 specimens | |||||||||
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Syncyclonema simplicius
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Flemingostreidae
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Cubitostrea tecticosta
(Gabb 1860)
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12 specimens | |||||||||
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Exogyra costata
(Say 1820)
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21 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata | ||||||||||
Exogyra costata Say | ||||||||||
Gryphaeostrea vomer
(Morton 1828)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Nemodon eufaulensis
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11 specimens | |||||||||
Nemodon eufaulensis (Gabb) [entered as Nemodon eufaulensis] | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Postligata sp.
Gardner 1916
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Postligata sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea (Idonearca) sp.
(Conrad 1862)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Cucullaea (Idonearca) sp. | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Bryozoa (branching) | ||||||||||
Malacostraca
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Malacostraca indet.
(Latreille 1802)
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Crab parts | ||||||||||
Demospongiae
- Clavulina
- Clionaidae
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Cliona sp.
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Clione sp. | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Pike |
Coordinates: | 31.9° North, 86.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 35.0° North, 64.3° 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: | Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Foram zone: | Contusotruncana contusa |
Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Providence | Member: | lower | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Foraminiferal zonation from King and Skotnicki, 1992. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray silty,carbonaceous 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: | Shady Grove; USGS # 30681 | ||
Database number: | 4238 | ||
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 21:15:51 |
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] |