Sohl and Koch OFR # 227: 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. | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Sphenodiscidae
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Sphenodiscus sp.
Meek 1871
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Sphenodiscus sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Ataphridae
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Ataphrus sp. n. sp.
Gabb 1869
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Ataphrus n. sp. - originally entered as "Ataphrus n. sp." | ||||||||||
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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3 specimens | |||||||||
Turritella vertebroides Morton | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Graciliala decemlirata
Conrad 1858
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Graciliala decemlirata Conrad | ||||||||||
Pugnellus sp.
Conrad 1860
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Pugnellus sp. | ||||||||||
Helicaulax formosa
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Helicaulax formosa Stephenson | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Buccinopsis sp.
Conrad 1857
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Buccinopsis sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Deussenia bellalirata
Conrad 1858
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Deussenia bellalirata costata Sohl | ||||||||||
Pyrifusus sp.
Conrad 1858
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Pyrifusus sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Sargana sp.
Stephenson 1923
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Sargana sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Liopeplum sp.
Dall 1890
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Liopeplum sp. | ||||||||||
Liopeplum cretaceum
Conrad 1858
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Liopeplum cretaceum (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Euspira rectilabrum
(Conrad 1858)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad) | ||||||||||
? Gyrodes sp. n. sp.
Conrad 1860
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Gyrodes? n. sp. - originally entered as "Gyrodes ? n. sp." | ||||||||||
Gyrodes spillmani
Gabb 1861
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recombined as Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani | ||||||||||
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Cylichna sp.
Lovén 1846
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cylichna sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Striarca sp.
Conrad 1862
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Striarca sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris hamula
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59 specimens | |||||||||
Glycymeris hamula Morton | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia (Anomia) ornata
Gabb 1876
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Syncyclonema simplicius
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis
(Stephenson 1941)
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23 specimens | |||||||||
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis ( | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Exogyra costata
(Say 1820)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata | ||||||||||
Exogyra costata Say | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella serica
Conrad 1860
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Crenella serica Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Myrtea stephensoni
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Myrtea stephensoni Gardner | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Poromyidae
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Liopistha protexta
Conrad 1853
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Liopistha protexta Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula monmouthensis
Gardner 1916
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Tenea sp.
Conrad 1870
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Tenea sp. | ||||||||||
Veniella conradi
Morton 1833
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Veniella conradi (Morton) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Aphrodina (Aphrodina) sp.
Conrad 1869
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Aphrodina (Aphrodina) sp. | ||||||||||
Cyprimeria alta
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Cyprimeria alta Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Cymbophora sp.
Gabb 1869
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cymbophora sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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23 specimens | |||||||||
Cardium sp. | ||||||||||
Granocardium (Granocardium) tippananum
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83 specimens | |||||||||
synonym of Trachycardium | ||||||||||
Granocardium (Granocardium) tippan | ||||||||||
Protocardia (Pachycardium) sp.
(Conrad 1869)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Protocardium (Pachycardium) sp. - originally entered as "Protocardium sp." | ||||||||||
Trachycardium eufaulensis
(Conrad 1860)
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49 specimens | |||||||||
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Solyma aff. elliptica
(Gabb 1861)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Solyma aff. S. elliptica (Conrad) - originally entered as "Solyma aff. elliptica" | ||||||||||
Linearia sp. n. sp.
(Conrad 1860)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Linearis | ||||||||||
Linearia n. sp. (convex sulcate) - originally entered as "Linearia n. sp." | ||||||||||
Linearia sp.
(Conrad 1860)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
original and current combination Linearis | ||||||||||
Linearia sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella vadosa
Morton 1834
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton | ||||||||||
Uddenia sp.
Stephenson 1941
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Uddenia sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) angulicostata
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74 specimens | |||||||||
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) ang | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Bryozoa (encrusting) | ||||||||||
Malacostraca
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Malacostraca indet.
(Latreille 1802)
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Crab parts | ||||||||||
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: | 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: | 70.60000 - 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 lithified 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: | 10.7mi S Eufaula; USGS # 27559 | ||
Database number: | 4264 | ||
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 21:29:56 |
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] |