Sohl and Koch OFR # 224: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Lithophagidae indet.
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Lithophagid borings | ||||||||||
Demospongiae
- Clavulina
- Clionaidae
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Cliona sp.
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Clione sp. | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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Bone material | ||||||||||
Echinoidea
- Cassiduloida
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Hardouinia sp.
d'Archiac and Haime 1853
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corrected as Harduinia | ||||||||||
Hardouinea sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) cerulea
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12 specimens | |||||||||
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) cer | ||||||||||
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis
(Gabb 1860)
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Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella vadosa
Morton 1834
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8 specimens | |||||||||
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton | ||||||||||
Bathytormus pteropsis
(Conrad 1860)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Bathytormus pteropsis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Scambula perplana
Conrad 1869
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Scambula perplana Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Veniella conradi
Morton 1833
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Veniella conradi (Morton) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Cymbophora sp.
Gabb 1869
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cymbophora sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Cyprimeria alta
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15 specimens | |||||||||
Cyprimeria alta Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Linearia sp.
(Conrad 1860)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Linearis | ||||||||||
Linearia sp. | ||||||||||
Solyma aff. elliptica
(Gabb 1861)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Solyma aff. S. elliptica (Conrad) - originally entered as "Solyma aff. elliptica" | ||||||||||
? Tellina sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Tellina ? sp. - originally entered as "Tellina ? sp." | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trachycardium eufaulensis
(Conrad 1860)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Cardium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cardium sp. | ||||||||||
Granocardium (Granocardium) kummeli
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48 specimens | |||||||||
synonym of Trachycardium | ||||||||||
Granocardium (Granocardium) kummel | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Poromyidae
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Liopistha protexta
Conrad 1853
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Liopistha protexta Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina sp.
Bruguière 1797
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Lucina sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris rotundata
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Glycymeris rotundata (Gabb) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Camptonectes (Camptonectes) sp.
Meek 1864
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Camptonectes (Comptonectes) sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Syncyclonema simplicius
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia (Anomia) ornata
Gabb 1876
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Crassostrea cortex
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20 specimens | |||||||||
Crassostrea cortex (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Flemingostrea sp. n. sp.
Vredenburg 1916
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Flemingostrea n. sp. (narrow form) - originally entered as "Flemingostrea n. sp." | ||||||||||
Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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14 specimens | |||||||||
Ostrea sp. | ||||||||||
Exogyra costata
(Say 1820)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata | ||||||||||
Exogyra costata Say | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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indeterminate gastropods | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira
(Conrad 1860)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
original and current combination Turritella trilira | ||||||||||
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C | ||||||||||
Turritella vertebroides
Morton 1834
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8 specimens | |||||||||
Turritella vertebroides Morton | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Pugnellus sp.
Conrad 1860
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Pugnellus sp. | ||||||||||
Helicaulax formosa
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Helicaulax formosa Stephenson | ||||||||||
Graciliala decemlirata
Conrad 1858
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Graciliala decemlirata Conrad | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Perissityidae
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? Palaeopsephaea sp.
(Wade 1926)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
original and current combination Paleopsephaea | ||||||||||
Paleopsephaea ? sp. - originally entered as "Paleopsephaea ? sp." | ||||||||||
Drilluta sp.
Wade 1916
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Drilluta sp. | ||||||||||
Deussenia sp.
Stephenson 1941
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Deussenia sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Ataphridae
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Ataphrus sp. n. sp.
Gabb 1869
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Ataphrus n. sp. - originally entered as "Ataphrus n. sp." | ||||||||||
Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpula sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Serpula sp. | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Mesostoma sp.
Ehrenberg 1837
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mesostoma sp. | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Barbour |
Coordinates: | 31.8° North, 85.1° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 34.6° North, 63.3° 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: | 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 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: | Alexanders Landing; USGS # 2551 : 28423 : 25995 | ||
Database number: | 4261 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Kosnik | Enterer: | M. Kosnik |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
Created: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 | Last modified: | 2017-07-28 16:18:06 |
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] |