Sohl and Koch OFR # 227: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Alabama

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