Sohl and Koch OFR # 237: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
Echinoid sp. - originally entered as "Echinoidea sp."
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Bone material
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929
1 specimen
Neogastropods indeterminate
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Graphidula terebriformis Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Graphidula terebriformis Stephenso
Drilluta sp. Wade 1916
1 specimen
Drilluta sp.
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
? Helicaulax sp. Gabb 1868
1 specimen
Helicaulax? sp. - originally entered as "Helicaulax ? sp."
Graciliala sp. Sohl 1960
1 specimen
Graciliala sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (Stephenson 1941)
17 specimens
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb 1876
1 specimen
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
20 specimens
Ostrea sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb 1860)
10 specimens
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra sp. Say 1820
1 specimen
Exogyra sp.
Exogyra costata (Say 1820)
2 specimens
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
Exogyra costata Say
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778
2 specimens
Glycymeris sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium (Granocardium) deltanum
3 specimens
synonym of Trachycardium
Granocardium (Granocardium) deltan
Granocardium (Granocardium) kummeli
1 specimen
synonym of Trachycardium
Granocardium (Granocardium) kummel
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Cardium sp.
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad 1860)
33 specimens
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinimera gabbi
6 specimens
Tellinimeria gabbi Gardner - originally entered as "Tellinimeria gabbi"
Solyma aff. elliptica (Gabb 1861)
2 specimens
Solyma aff. S. elliptica (Conrad) - originally entered as "Solyma aff. elliptica"
Linearia magnoliensis
2 specimens
original and current combination Linearis
Linearia magnoliensis Stephenson
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyclorisma parva
1 specimen
Cyclorisma parva (Gardner)
Aphrodina (Aphrodina) sp. Conrad 1869
1 specimen
Aphrodina (Aphrodina) sp.
Cyprimeria alta
14 specimens
Cyprimeria alta Conrad
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora berryi
2 specimens
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
2 specimens
Veniella conradi (Morton)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
1 specimen
Corbula sp.
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Laternulidae
Anatimya anteradiata (Conrad 1860)
1 specimen
Anatymya anteradiata Conrad - originally entered as "Anatymya anteradiata"
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Phacoides ? mattiformis
1 specimen
Phacoides ? mattiformis (Stephenso - originally entered as "Phacoides ? mattiformis"
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799
5 specimens
Crassatella sp.
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834
1 specimen
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Bathytormus pteropsis (Conrad 1860)
3 specimens
Bathytormus pteropsis (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) angulicostata
7 specimens
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) ang
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) sp. (Dietrich 1933)
1 specimen
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) 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: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:gray lithified argillaceous,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:White Oak Ck; USGS # 27906
Database number:4274
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 21:32:46
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]