Sohl and Koch OFR # 266: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Georgia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Bone material
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium leve Stephenson 1923
14 specimens
Dentalium leve Stephenson
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus obnutus
2 specimens
Cadulus obnutus (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Creonella cf. subangulata Sohl 1964
3 specimens
Creonella cf. C. subangulata Sohl - originally entered as "Creonella cf. subangulata"
Creonella triplicata Wade 1917
1 specimen
Creonella triplicata Wade
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Goniocylichna sp. Wade 1926
1 specimen
Goniocylichna sp.
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula (Ringiculella) clarki Durham 1944
6 specimens
recombined as Ringicula (Ringiculina) clarki
Ringicula (Ringiculella) clarki Ga
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna incisa Stephenson 1941
10 specimens
Cylichna incisa Stephenson
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (Stephenson 1941)
2 specimens
recombined as Haustator bilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St
Turritella sp. n. sp. Lamarck 1799
2 specimens
Turritella n. sp. (Multilirate) - originally entered as "Turritella n. sp."
Turritella sp. n. sp. Lamarck 1799
11 specimens
Turritella n. sp. (noded spirals) - originally entered as "Turritella n. sp."
Gastropoda - Pickworthiidae
Urceolabrum sp. Wade 1916
1 specimen
Urceolabrum sp.
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Aciculiscala acuta Sohl 1963
1 specimen
Aciculiscala acuta Sohl
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad 1858)
1 specimen
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Triforidae
Cerithiella aff. nodoliratum Wade 1926
1 specimen
Cerithiella aff. C. nodoliratum (W - originally entered as "Cerithiella aff. nodoliratum"
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Rissoa sp. n. sp. Fréminville 1814
5 specimens
Rissoa n. sp. (lirate) - originally entered as "Rissoa n. sp."
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858
1 specimen
Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla (Ancillus) acutula (Stephenson 1941)
5 specimens
recombined as Ancillus acutula
Ancilla (Ancillus) acutula (Stephe
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Eulima sp. Risso 1826
1 specimen
Eulima sp.
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana whitfieldi
2 specimens
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula cuneifrons (Conrad 1860)
8 specimens
original and current combination Nucula cunifrons
Nucula cunifrons Conrad
Nucula percrassa
2 specimens
Nucula percrassa Conrad
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860
6 specimens
Crenella serica Conrad
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Ostrea sp.
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon sp. Conrad 1869
1 specimen
Nemodon sp.
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca cuneata
7 specimens
Striarca cuneata Gabb
Striarca saffordi
25 specimens
Striarca saffordi (Gardner) non Gab
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853
2 specimens
Trachycardium sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Aenona eufaulensis Conrad 1860
2 specimens
Aenona eufaulensis (Conrad)
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Tellina sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyclorisma parva
5 specimens
Cyclorisma parva (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
1 specimen
Corbula sp.
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenson 1941)
39 specimens
recombined as Nymphalucina linearia
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea"
Phacoides ? mattiformis
17 specimens
Phacoides ? mattiformis (Stephenso - originally entered as "Phacoides ? mattiformis"
Bivalvia - Carditida - Condylocardiidae
Uddenia texana Stephenson 1941
168 specimens
recombined as Cuna texana
Uddenia texana Stephenson
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte culebrensis
5 specimens
Astarte? culebrensis (Stephenson)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae
Micrabacia sp. Milne-Edwards 1849
Micrabacia spp.
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
Local section:Ft. Gaines NE Local bed:NE154
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Foraminiferal zonation from King and Skotnicki, 1992.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray sandy claystone
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 NE154 ft; USGS # 32267
Database number:4302
Authorizer:M. Kosnik Enterer:M. Kosnik
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-14 13:00:00 Last modified:2017-07-28 16:22:50
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]