Sohl and Koch OFR # 244: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Georgia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Sphenodiscidae
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Sphenodiscus sp.
Meek 1871
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Sphenodiscus sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Ataphridae
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Ataphrus sp. n. sp.
Gabb 1869
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Ataphrus n. sp. - originally entered as "Ataphrus n. sp." | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Thylacus cretaceus
Conrad 1860
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Thylacus cretaceus Conrad | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira
(Stephenson 1941)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Haustator bilira | ||||||||||
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Buccinopsis crassicostata
Gabb 1876
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Buccinopsis crassicostata (Gabb) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Bellifusus sp.
Stephenson 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bellifusus sp. | ||||||||||
Drilluta sp.
Wade 1916
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Drilluta sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Deussenia bellalirata
Conrad 1858
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Deussenia bellalirata (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Liopeplum cretaceum
Conrad 1858
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Liopeplum cretaceum (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Striarca cuneata
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Striarca cuneata Gabb | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris rotundata
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Glycymeris rotundata (Gabb) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia (Anomia) ornata
Gabb 1876
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb | ||||||||||
Anomia (Anomia) sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Anomia (Anomia) sp. | ||||||||||
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria
Morton 1833
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima (Lima) reticulata
Forbes 1845
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4 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Lima reticulata | ||||||||||
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Syncyclonema simplicius
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis
(Stephenson 1941)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis ( | ||||||||||
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) sp.
Meek 1864
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Camptonectes (Comptonectes) sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella elegantula
Meek and Hayden 1862
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Crenella elegantula Meek & Hayden | ||||||||||
Crenella serica
Conrad 1860
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Crenella serica Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Lithophaga sp.
Röding 1798
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Lithophaga sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Poromyidae
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Liopistha protexta
Conrad 1853
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Liopistha protexta Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula sp.
Bruguière 1789
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10 specimens | |||||||||
Corbula sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Tenea parilis
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Tenea parilis Conrad | ||||||||||
Veniella conradi
Morton 1833
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Veniella conradi (Morton) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Cyprimeria depressa
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cyprimeria depressa Conrad | ||||||||||
Cyclorisma parva
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Cyclorisma parva (Gardner) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Cymbophora berryi
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16 specimens | |||||||||
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cardium sp. | ||||||||||
Granocardium (Granocardium) sp.
(Gabb 1869)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
synonym of Trachycardium | ||||||||||
Granocardium (Granocardium) sp. | ||||||||||
Protocardia (Pachycardium) sp.
(Conrad 1869)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Protocardium (Pachycardium) sp. - originally entered as "Protocardium sp." | ||||||||||
Trachycardium eufaulensis
(Conrad 1860)
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44 specimens | |||||||||
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Condylocardiidae
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Uddenia texana
Stephenson 1941
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10 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Cuna texana | ||||||||||
Uddenia texana Stephenson | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Vetericardiella crenalirata
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Vetericardiella crenalirata (Conra | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Crassatella sp. | ||||||||||
Crassatella vadosa
Morton 1834
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13 specimens | |||||||||
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton | ||||||||||
Bathytormus pteropsis
(Conrad 1860)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bathytormus pteropsis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana whitfieldi
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22 specimens | |||||||||
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner) | ||||||||||
Nuculana rostrotruncata
(Gardner 1916)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Nuculana rostratruncata | ||||||||||
Nuculana rostrotruncata (Gardner) | ||||||||||
Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpula sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Serpula sp. | ||||||||||
Malacostraca
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Malacostraca indet.
(Latreille 1802)
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Crab parts | ||||||||||
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
(Leske 1778)
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Echinoid sp. - originally entered as "Echinoidea sp." | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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Fish parts | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Georgia | County: | Quitman |
Coordinates: | 31.8° North, 85.0° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 34.6° North, 63.1° 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: | 70.60000 - 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,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 |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Museum repositories: | USGS |
Collection method comments: others collection |
Metadata
Also known as: | SSE Hatcher; USGS # 23221 | ||
Database number: | 4281 | ||
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 21:34:18 |
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] |