Sohl and Koch OFR # 239: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) flexicostata Sohl 1964
1 specimen
Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) flexicostata S
Protobranch indet.
2 specimens
"n. sp." Protobranch N. Gen n. sp. (-p10) - originally entered as "Protobranch n. sp."
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae
Micrabacia sp. Milne-Edwards 1849
Micrabacia spp.
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Otolith
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Shark parts
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus obnutus
5 specimens
Cadulus obnutus (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860
4 specimens
Crenella serica Conrad
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon eufaulensis
17 specimens
Nemodon eufaulensis (Gabb) [entered as Nemodon eufaulensis]
Nemodon sp. n. sp. Conrad 1869
2 specimens
Nemodon n. sp. (large) - originally entered as "Nemodon n. sp."
Nemodon cf. grandis Wade 1926
1 specimen
Nemodon cf. Nemodon grandis Wade - originally entered as "Nemodon cf. grandis"
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Postligata wordeni
22 specimens
Postligata wordeni Gardner
Glycymeris rotundata
9 specimens
Glycymeris rotundata (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad 1858
2 specimens
recombined as Idonearca capax
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca cuneata
345 specimens
Striarca cuneata Gabb
Striarca saffordi
53 specimens
Striarca saffordi (Gardner) non Gab
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis sp. Sassi 1827
1 specimen
Limopsis sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
3 specimens
Ostrea sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb 1860)
30 specimens
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777
1 specimen
Pteria sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillia ensiformis Conrad 1858
1 specimen
recombined as Gervilliopsis ensiformis
Gervillia ensiformis (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (Stephenson 1941)
14 specimens
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb 1876
28 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
45 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius
19 specimens
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Bathytormus pteropsis (Conrad 1860)
73 specimens
Bathytormus pteropsis (Conrad)
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834
1 specimen
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Uddenia sp. Stephenson 1941
73 specimens
Uddenia sp.
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte culebrensis
5 specimens
Astarte? culebrensis (Stephenson)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Vetericardiella sp. Chavan 1969
1 specimen
Vetericardiella sp.
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Phacoides ? mattiformis
12 specimens
Phacoides ? mattiformis (Stephenso - originally entered as "Phacoides ? mattiformis"
Myrtea stephensoni
17 specimens
Myrtea stephensoni Gardner
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenson 1941)
23 specimens
recombined as Nymphalucina linearia
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea"
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
1 specimen
Corbula sp.
Corbula subradiata
11 specimens
Corbula subradiata Gardner
Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) sp. Vincent 1910
2 specimens
Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) sp. - originally entered as "Caesticorbula sp."
Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) suffalciata
9 specimens
Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) suffa - originally entered as "Caesticorbula suffalciata"
Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) terramaria
19 specimens
Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) terra - originally entered as "Caesticorbula terramaria"
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner 1916
141 specimens
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad 1860)
67 specimens
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina ? georgiana Gabb 1876
4 specimens
recombined as Sourimis georgiana
Tellina georgiana Gabb ? - originally entered as "Tellina georgiana ?"
Tellinimera gabbi
5 specimens
Tellinimeria gabbi Gardner - originally entered as "Tellinimeria gabbi"
Solyma sp. Conrad 1870
1 specimen
Solyma ? sp.
Solyma aff. elliptica (Gabb 1861)
6 specimens
Solyma aff. S. elliptica (Conrad) - originally entered as "Solyma aff. elliptica"
Liothyris cf. carolinensis Conrad 1875
1 specimen
Liothyris cf. L. carolinensis (Con - originally entered as "Liothyris cf. carolinensis"
Aenona eufaulensis Conrad 1860
18 specimens
Aenona eufaulensis (Conrad)
Linearia sp. n. sp. (Conrad 1860)
9 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.
Tellina sp. n. sp. Linnaeus 1758
5 specimens
Tellina n. sp. (fine concentrics a - originally entered as "Tellina n. sp."
Tellina sp. n. sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Tellina n. sp. (smooth) - originally entered as "Tellina n. sp."
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Legumen sp. Conrad 1858
7 specimens
Legumen sp.
Cyclorisma sp. Dall 1902
10 specimens
Cyclorisma sp.
Cyprimeria alta
1 specimen
Cyprimeria alta Conrad
Cyprimeria depressa
10 specimens
Cyprimeria depressa Conrad
Cyprimeria sp. Conrad 1864
4 specimens
Cyprimeria major Gardner
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora appressa
1 specimen
Cymbophora appressa (Gabb)
Cymbophora wordeni
5 specimens
Cymbophora wordeni (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Leptosolen biplicata (Conrad 1858)
2 specimens
Leptosolen biplicata (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853
1 specimen
Liopistha protexta Conrad
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Laternulidae
Periplomya sp. Conrad 1870
1 specimen
Periplomya sp.
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) sp. Sowerby 1823
1 specimen
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) sp.
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) angulicostata
5 specimens
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) ang
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) thoracica (Morton 1834)
1 specimen
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) tho
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana whitfieldi
1 specimen
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
Nuculana rostrotruncata (Gardner 1916)
3 specimens
recombined as Nuculana rostratruncata
Nuculana rostrotruncata (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula percrassa
17 specimens
Nucula percrassa Conrad
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
Nucula sp.
Nucula amica Gardner 1916
9 specimens
Nucula amica Gardner
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras sp. Hyatt 1894
1 specimen
Eutrephoceras sp.
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846
5 specimens
Cylichna sp.
Cylichna diversilirata Sohl 1964
8 specimens
Cylichna diversilirata Sohl
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Creonella triplicata Wade 1917
33 specimens
Creonella triplicata Wade
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Scobinidola sp. Sohl 1963
1 specimen
Scobinodola sp.
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula (Ringicula) sp. Deshayes 1838
1 specimen
Ringicula (Ringicula) sp.
Ringicula (Ringiculella) clarki Durham 1944
28 specimens
recombined as Ringicula (Ringiculina) clarki
Ringicula (Ringiculella) clarki Ga
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (Stephenson 1941)
73 specimens
recombined as Haustator bilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (Conrad 1860)
33 specimens
original and current combination Turritella trilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C
Gastropoda - Acteoninidae
Eoacteon sp. Stephenson 1955
1 specimen
Ecoacteon sp. - originally entered as "Ecoacteon sp."
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad 1858)
9 specimens
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
Polinices kummeli Sohl 1960
15 specimens
Polinices kummeli Sohl
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Turboella sp. Leach in Gray 1847
1 specimen
Turboella sp.
Gastropoda - Iravadiidae
Nozeba sp. n. sp. Iredale 1915
39 specimens
Nozeba n. sp. - originally entered as "Nozeba n. sp."
Gastropoda - Tornidae
Teinostoma sp. Adams and Adams 1853
1 specimen
Teinostoma sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Stantonella interupta Conrad 1858
12 specimens
corrected as Stantonella interrupta
Stantonella interupta (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Drilluta sp. Wade 1916
1 specimen
Drilluta sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete laevis Sohl 1964
14 specimens
Paladmete laevis Sohl
Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858
4 specimens
Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla (Ancillus) acutula (Stephenson 1941)
2 specimens
recombined as Ancillus acutula
Ancilla (Ancillus) acutula (Stephe
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Amuletum sp. Stephenson 1941
4 specimens
Amuletum sp.
? Fusimilis sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Fusimilis ? sp. - originally entered as "Fusimilis ? sp."
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Liopeplum cretaceum Conrad 1858
2 specimens
Liopeplum cretaceum (Conrad)
Parafusus sp. Wade 1918
1 specimen
Parafus sp.
Myobarbum laevigatum Sohl 1963
5 specimens
Myobarbum laevigatum Sohl
Volutomorpha sp. Gabb 1877
1 specimen
Volutomorpha sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Fulgerca sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Fulgerca sp.
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Graciliala decemlirata Conrad 1858
9 specimens
Graciliala decemlirata Conrad
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Henry
Coordinates: 31.8° North, 85.2° 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:gray silty,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:Alexander Mill; USGS # 27907 : 25921
Database number:4276
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 21:33:42
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]