Sohl and Koch OFR # 242: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Georgia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Cassiduloida
Hardouinia sp. d'Archiac and Haime 1853
corrected as Harduinia
Hardouinea sp.
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Fish parts
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (encrusting)
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799
9 specimens
Baculites sp.
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Sphenodiscus sp. Meek 1871
16 specimens
Sphenodiscus sp.
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras sp. Hyatt 1894
6 specimens
Eutrephoceras sp.
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula (Ringiculella) clarki Durham 1944
11 specimens
recombined as Ringicula (Ringiculina) clarki
Ringicula (Ringiculella) clarki Ga
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (Stephenson 1941)
1 specimen
recombined as Haustator bilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (Conrad 1860)
78 specimens
original and current combination Turritella trilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C
Gastropoda - Naticidae
? Gyrodes sp. n. sp. Conrad 1860
4 specimens
Gyrodes? n. sp. - originally entered as "Gyrodes ? n. sp."
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb 1861
recombined as Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb
Gyrodes supraplicatus Conrad 1858
6 specimens
Gyrodes supraplicatus (Conrad)
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad 1858)
3 specimens
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Graphidula sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Graphidula sp.
Drilluta distans (Conrad 1860)
9 specimens
Drilluta distans (Conrad)
Bellifusus aff. angulicostata Sohl 1964
1 specimen
corrected as Bellifusus angulicostatus
Bellifusus aff. B. angulicostata S - originally entered as "Bellifusus aff. angulicostata"
Bellifusus curvicostatus Wade 1926
11 specimens
Bellifusus curvicostatus (Wade)
Bellifusus spinosus Sohl 1964
3 specimens
Bellifusus spinosus Sohl
Dolicholatirus torquatus
3 specimens
Dolicholatirus torquatus Sohl
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Stantonella sp. Wade 1926
22 specimens
Stantonella sp.
Aliofusus sp. Stephenson 1941
2 specimens
Aliofusus sp.
Buccinopsis sp. Conrad 1857
14 specimens
Buccinopsis sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Deussenia bellalirata Conrad 1858
38 specimens
Deussenia bellalirata costata Sohl
Pyrifusus sp. Conrad 1858
2 specimens
Pyrifusus sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Caveola sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Caveola sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Moreidae
Hercorhynchus (Hercorhyncus) sp.
2 specimens
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) sp. - originally entered as "Hercorhyncus sp."
Hercorhynchus (Haplovoluta) sp.
1 specimen
Hercorhyncus (Haplovoluta) sp. - originally entered as "Hercorhyncus sp."
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Beretra sp. Stephenson 1941
4 specimens
Beretra sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Liopeplum cretaceum Conrad 1858
4 specimens
Liopeplum cretaceum (Conrad)
Liopeplum canalis Conrad 1858
2 specimens
Liopeplum canalis (Conrad)
Longoconcha sp. Stephenson 1941
5 specimens
Longoconcha spp.
Volutomorpha sp. Gabb 1877
2 specimens
Volutomorpha sp.
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Pugnellus (Pugnellus) goldmani
1 specimen
Pugnellus (Pugnellus) goldmani Gar
? Helicaulax sp. Gabb 1868
2 specimens
Helicaulax? sp. - originally entered as "Helicaulax ? sp."
Pterocerella sp. Meek 1864
1 specimen
Pterocerella sp.
Graciliala decemlirata Conrad 1858
5 specimens
Graciliala decemlirata Conrad
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana whitfieldi
2 specimens
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula percrassa
1 specimen
Nucula percrassa Conrad
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860
1 specimen
Crenella serica Conrad
Crenella elegantula Meek and Hayden 1862
1 specimen
Crenella elegantula Meek & Hayden
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (Stephenson 1941)
8 specimens
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) reticulata Forbes 1845
1 specimen
recombined as Lima reticulata
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For
Lima (Lima) sp. Bruguiére 1796
2 specimens
Lima (Lima) sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb 1876
5 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
10 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius
11 specimens
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777
2 specimens
Pteria sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
13 specimens
Ostrea sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb 1860)
6 specimens
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Linter acutata
4 specimens
Linter acutata Stephenson
Striarca cuneata
11 specimens
Striarca cuneata Gabb
Striarca sp. Conrad 1862
2 specimens
Striarca sp.
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris rotundata
9 specimens
Glycymeris rotundata (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium (Granocardium) tippananum
4 specimens
synonym of Trachycardium
Granocardium (Granocardium) tippan
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758
4 specimens
Cardium sp.
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad 1860)
57 specimens
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Aenona eufaulensis Conrad 1860
2 specimens
Aenona eufaulensis (Conrad)
Tellinimera gabbi
1 specimen
Tellinimeria gabbi Gardner - originally entered as "Tellinimeria gabbi"
Solyma aff. elliptica (Gabb 1861)
1 specimen
Solyma aff. S. elliptica (Conrad) - originally entered as "Solyma aff. elliptica"
Linearia magnoliensis
1 specimen
original and current combination Linearis
Linearia magnoliensis Stephenson
Linearia metastriata
3 specimens
original and current combination Linearis
Linearia metastriata Conrad
Linearia sp. (Conrad 1860)
1 specimen
original and current combination Linearis
Linearia sp.
? Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758
5 specimens
Tellina ? sp. - originally entered as "Tellina ? sp."
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Legumen sp. Conrad 1858
1 specimen
Legumen sp.
Aphrodina (Aphrodina) sp. Conrad 1869
1 specimen
Aphrodina (Aphrodina) ?
Cyprimeria alta
1 specimen
Cyprimeria alta Conrad
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora appressa
2 specimens
Cymbophora appressa (Gabb)
Cymbophora berryi
7 specimens
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
Cymbophora sp. Gabb 1869
10 specimens
Cymbophora sp.
Cymbophora wordeni
1 specimen
Cymbophora wordeni (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
6 specimens
Veniella conradi (Morton)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner 1916
4 specimens
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner
Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) suffalciata
1 specimen
Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) suffa - originally entered as "Caesticorbula suffalciata"
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Laternulidae
Anatimya sp. Conrad 1860
1 specimen
Anatymya sp. - originally entered as "Anatymya sp."
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834
10 specimens
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) angulicostata
2 specimens
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) ang
Malacostraca
Malacostraca indet. (Latreille 1802)
Crab parts
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 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:Credilles Mill; USGS # 27024 : 26001 : 25520
Database number:4279
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 21:34:04
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]