Sohl and Koch OFR # 231: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Georgia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Pseudomalaxis stantoni Sohl 1960
4 specimens
Pseudomalaxis stantoni Sohl
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae
Micrabacia sp. Milne-Edwards 1849
Micrabacia spp.
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula percrassa
9 specimens
Nucula percrassa Conrad
Nucula amica Gardner 1916
4 specimens
Nucula amica Gardner
Nucula cuneifrons (Conrad 1860)
1 specimen
original and current combination Nucula cunifrons
Nucula cunifrons Conrad
Bivalvia - Carditida - Condylocardiidae
Uddenia texana Stephenson 1941
10 specimens
recombined as Cuna texana
Uddenia texana Stephenson
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Bathytormus pteropsis (Conrad 1860)
3 specimens
Bathytormus pteropsis (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) suffalciata
2 specimens
Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) suffa - originally entered as "Caesticorbula suffalciata"
Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) terramaria
11 specimens
Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) terra - originally entered as "Caesticorbula terramaria"
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner 1916
35 specimens
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora wordeni
2 specimens
Cymbophora wordeni (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyprimeria depressa
4 specimens
Cyprimeria depressa Conrad
Legumen ellipticum
1 specimen
Legumen ellipticum Conrad
Cyclorisma parva
1 specimen
Cyclorisma parva (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Solyma aff. elliptica (Gabb 1861)
1 specimen
Solyma aff. S. elliptica (Conrad) - originally entered as "Solyma aff. elliptica"
Tellinimera buboana
1 specimen
Tellinimeria buboana Stephenson - originally entered as "Tellinimeria buboana"
Tellinimera gabbi
1 specimen
Tellinimeria gabbi Gardner - originally entered as "Tellinimeria gabbi"
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad 1860)
5 specimens
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Phacoides ? mattiformis
2 specimens
Phacoides ? mattiformis (Stephenso - originally entered as "Phacoides ? mattiformis"
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenson 1941)
4 specimens
recombined as Nymphalucina linearia
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea"
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Inoperna sp. Conrad 1873
1 specimen
Inoperna sp.
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea (Idonearca) littlei Gabb 1877
1 specimen
Cucullaea (Idonearca) littlei Gabb
Cucullaea (Idonearca) sp. (Conrad 1862)
1 specimen
Cucullaea (Idonearca) sp.
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca cuneata
39 specimens
Striarca cuneata Gabb
Striarca saffordi
9 specimens
Striarca saffordi (Gardner) non Gab
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
11 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb 1876
20 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb 1860)
7 specimens
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus obnutus
1 specimen
Cadulus obnutus (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichnella sp. Gabb 1873
1 specimen
Cylichnella sp.
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846
6 specimens
Cylichna sp.
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (Stephenson 1941)
295 specimens
recombined as Haustator bilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
Turritella sp.
Gastropoda - Acteoninidae
Eoacteon linteus (Conrad 1858)
4 specimens
Ecoacteon linteus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Ecoacteon linteus"
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929
1 specimen
Neogastropods indeterminate
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Myobarbum sp. Sohl 1963
4 specimens
Myobarbum sp.
Liopeplum cretaceum Conrad 1858
2 specimens
Liopeplum cretaceum (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Fulgerca aff. attenuata (Wade 1926)
2 specimens
Fulgerca aff. A. attenuata (Wade) - originally entered as "Fulgerca aff. attenuata"
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858
1 specimen
Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad)
Paladmete laevis Sohl 1964
5 specimens
Paladmete laevis Sohl
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Caveola sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Caveola sp.
Gastropoda - Perissityidae
Stantonella interupta Conrad 1858
9 specimens
corrected as Stantonella interrupta
Stantonella interupta (Conrad)
Remera sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Remera sp.
Gastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Eulima sp. Risso 1826
1 specimen
Eulima sp.
Cerithiella sp. Verrill 1882
1 specimen
Cerithiella sp.
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad 1858)
34 specimens
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
Polinices kummeli Sohl 1960
10 specimens
Polinices kummeli Sohl
Gyrodes sp. Conrad 1860
1 specimen
Gyrodes sp.
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) sp. (de Boury 1909)
1 specimen
original and current combination Plesioacirsa
Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) sp.
Aciculiscala acuta Sohl 1963
1 specimen
Aciculiscala acuta Sohl
Gastropoda - Skeneidae
Teinostoma clara Sohl 1960
4 specimens
recombined as Solariorbis clara
Teinostoma clara Sohl
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Actaeon sp. Oken 1815
1 specimen
replaced by Acteon
Acteon sp. - originally entered as "Acteon sp."
Goniocylichna sp. Wade 1926
8 specimens
Goniocylichna sp.
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Lacrimiforma sp. Sohl 1963
3 specimens
Lacrimiforma sp.
Creonella sp. Wade 1917
33 specimens
Creonella sp.
Creonella cf. subangulata Sohl 1964
18 specimens
Creonella cf. C. subangulata Sohl - originally entered as "Creonella cf. subangulata"
Creonella triplicata Wade 1917
24 specimens
Creonella triplicata Wade
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Mathilda cf. cedarensis Stephenson 1941
2 specimens
Mathilda cf. M. cedarensis Stephen - originally entered as "Mathilda cf. cedarensis"
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Gordenellidae
Promathilda (Clathrobaculus) sp. (Andreae 1887)
8 specimens
original and current combination Promathildia
Promathilda (Clathrobaculus) sp.
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Sphenodiscus sp. Meek 1871
1 specimen
Sphenodiscus sp.
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Longitubus sp.
Longitubus sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Georgia County:Clay
Coordinates: 31.7° 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:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Providence Member:upper
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:Mouth Pataula cr; USGS # 25988
Database number:4268
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 21:30:26
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]