Sohl and Koch OFR # 214: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Longitubus sp.
Longitubus sp.
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758
3 specimens
Dentalium sp. (ribbed)
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton 1834)
1 specimen
Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834
3 specimens
Turritella vertebroides Morton
Laxispira monilifera Sohl 1964
112 specimens
Laxispira monilifera Sohl
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858
1 specimen
Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Bellifusus sp.
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae
Ellipsoscapha mortoni Forbes 1845
1 specimen
Ellipsoscapha mortoni (Forbes)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp. Link 1807
4 specimens
Nuculana sp.
Nuculana whitfieldi
4 specimens
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula percrassa
5 specimens
Nucula percrassa Conrad
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) sp. Dall 1886
1 specimen
Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) sp.
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) sp. Vincent 1910
25 specimens
Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) sp. - originally entered as "Caesticorbula sp."
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
9 specimens
Veniella conradi (Morton)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora berryi
5 specimens
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Linearia magnoliensis
2 specimens
original and current combination Linearis
Linearia magnoliensis Stephenson
Tellinimera buboana
2 specimens
Tellinimeria buboana Stephenson - originally entered as "Tellinimeria buboana"
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834
2 specimens
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis (Gabb 1860)
1 specimen
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella elegantula Meek and Hayden 1862
1 specimen
Crenella elegantula Meek & Hayden
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes sp. n. sp. Meek 1864
1 specimen
Camptonectes n. sp. (small convex) - originally entered as "Camptonectes n. sp."
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) sp. Bruguiére 1796
1 specimen
Lima (Lima) sp.
Lima (Lima) reticulata Forbes 1845
5 specimens
recombined as Lima reticulata
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
4 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Anomia (Anomia) sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Anomia (Anomia) sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius
33 specimens
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777
1 specimen
Pteria sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra costata (Say 1820)
5 specimens
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
Exogyra costata Say
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca sp. Conrad 1862
2 specimens
Striarca sp.
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Arca sp.
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon eufaulensis
5 specimens
Nemodon eufaulensis (Gabb) [entered as Nemodon eufaulensis]
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Barbour
Coordinates: 31.9° North, 85.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.8° North, 63.5° 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: lithified silty,calcareous 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:Batesville; USGS # 27898
Database number:4251
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 21:19:10
Access level:the public Released:1999-08-14 13:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
281. N. F. Sohl and C. F. Koch. 1987. Upper Cretaceous (Maestrichtian) larger invertebrates from the Haustator bilira Assemblage Zone in the Atlantic Coastal Plain with further data for the East Gulf. USGS Open File Report 87-194:1-172 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]

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]