Sohl and Koch OFR # 241: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Georgia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Lithophagidae indet.
Lithophagid borings
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Bone material
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
4 specimens
Turritella sp.
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834
3 specimens
Turritella vertebroides Morton
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (Conrad 1860)
original and current combination Turritella trilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Longoconcha sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Longoconcha spp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinopsis sp. Conrad 1857
3 specimens
Buccinopsis sp.
Stantonella sp. Wade 1926
1 specimen
Stantonella sp.
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) angulicostata
61 specimens
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) ang
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834
46 specimens
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Aphrodina (Aphrodina) tippana
3 specimens
Aphrodina (Aphrodina) tippana (Con
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia (Pachycardium) spillmani
1 specimen
Protocardium (Pachycardium) spillm - originally entered as "Protocardium spillmani"
Granocardium (Granocardium) tippananum
34 specimens
synonym of Trachycardium
Granocardium (Granocardium) tippan
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758
7 specimens
Cardium sp.
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad 1860)
16 specimens
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Liothyris cf. carolinensis Conrad 1875
5 specimens
Liothyris cf. L. carolinensis (Con - originally entered as "Liothyris cf. carolinensis"
Tellina sp. n. sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Tellina n. sp. (fine concentrics a - originally entered as "Tellina n. sp."
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860
5 specimens
Crenella serica Conrad
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris rotundata
85 specimens
Glycymeris rotundata (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea (Idonearca) littlei Gabb 1877
1 specimen
Cucullaea (Idonearca) littlei Gabb
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra sp. Say 1820
1 specimen
Exogyra sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
4 specimens
Ostrea sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
4 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (Stephenson 1941)
3 specimens
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius
1 specimen
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Sphenodiscus sp. Meek 1871
1 specimen
Sphenodiscus sp.
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula 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: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:upper
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:Credilles Mill; USGS # 25520 : 26001 : 27024
Database number:4278
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 21:33:57
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]