Sohl and Koch OFR # 256: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Georgia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Cassiduloida
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Hardouinia sp.
d'Archiac and Haime 1853
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| corrected as Harduinia | ||||||||||
| Hardouinea sp. | ||||||||||
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Polychaeta
- Serpulimorpha
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Hamulus ? huntensis
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| Hamulus? huntensis Stephenson - originally entered as "Hamulus ? huntensis" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Cylichna sp.
Lovén 1846
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Cylichna sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Eucyclidae
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Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) nudus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) nud | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Euspira rectilabrum
(Conrad 1858)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Odontobasis sp.
Meek 1876
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Odantobasis ? sp. - originally entered as "Odantobasis sp." | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) angulicostata
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) ang | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Cymbophora berryi
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| Cymbophora berryi (Gardner) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Cyprimeria alta
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Cyprimeria alta Conrad | ||||||||||
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Cyclorisma parva
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Cyclorisma parva (Gardner) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Granocardium (Granocardium) tippananum
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Trachycardium | ||||||||||
| Granocardium (Granocardium) tippan | ||||||||||
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Trachycardium eufaulensis
(Conrad 1860)
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21 specimens | |||||||||
| Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Aenona eufaulensis
Conrad 1860
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Aenona eufaulensis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Linearia magnoliensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Linearis | ||||||||||
| Linearia magnoliensis Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica
Vincent 1910
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Bathytormus pteropsis
(Conrad 1860)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| Bathytormus pteropsis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Condylocardiidae
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Uddenia texana
Stephenson 1941
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Cuna texana | ||||||||||
| Uddenia texana Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris cf. rotundata
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Glycymeris cf. G. rotundata (Gabb) - originally entered as "Glycymeris cf. rotundata" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Flemingostreidae
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Cubitostrea tecticosta
(Gabb 1860)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pteriidae
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Pteria sp.
Scopoli 1777
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Pteria sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Camptonectes (Camptonectes) sp.
Meek 1864
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Camptonectes (Comptonectes) sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia (Anomia) argentaria
Morton 1833
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton | ||||||||||
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Anomia (Anomia) ornata
Gabb 1876
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Syncyclonema simplicius
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella serica
Conrad 1860
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| Crenella serica Conrad | ||||||||||
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Crenella elegantula
Meek and Hayden 1862
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Crenella elegantula Meek & Hayden | ||||||||||
| 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: | 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 | ||
| Local section: | Ft. Gaines NE | Local bed: | 206 | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Foraminiferal zonation from King and Skotnicki, 1992. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray lithified 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: | core |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
| Collection method comments: Subsurface data 1981-83 | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Ft. Gaines NE 206 ft; USGS # 32277 | ||
| Database number: | 4292 | ||
| 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 21:36:13 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 281. | N. F. Sohl and C. F. Koch. 1987. Upper Cretaceous (Maestrichtian) larger invertebrates from the Haustator bilira Assemblage Zone in the Atlantic Coastal Plain with further data for the East Gulf. USGS Open File Report 87-194:1-172 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik] |
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] |