Sohl and Koch OFR # 274: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Georgia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Polychaeta
- Serpulimorpha
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Hamulus onyx
Morton 1834
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| Hamulus onyx Morton | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ataphridae
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Ataphrus sp. n. sp.
Gabb 1869
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| Ataphrus n. sp. - originally entered as "Ataphrus n. sp." | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Turritella sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiopsidae
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Seila aff. quadrilira
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Seila aff. S. quadrilira - originally entered as "Seila aff. quadrilira" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Moreidae
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Hercorhynchus (Hercorhyncus) sp.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) sp. - originally entered as "Hercorhyncus sp." | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Liopeplum sp.
Dall 1890
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Liopeplum sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella serica
Conrad 1860
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Crenella serica Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Flemingostreidae
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Cubitostrea tecticosta
(Gabb 1860)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Exogyra sp.
Say 1820
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Exogyra sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Granocardium (Granocardium) lowei
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Trachycardium | ||||||||||
| Granocardium (Granocardium) lowei | ||||||||||
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Granocardium (Granocardium) tippananum
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Trachycardium | ||||||||||
| Granocardium (Granocardium) tippan | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Liothyris sp.
Conrad 1873
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Liothyris sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Aphrodina (Aphrodina) sp.
Conrad 1869
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Aphrodina (Aphrodina) sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula monmouthensis
Gardner 1916
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Corbula monmouthensis Gardner | ||||||||||
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Corbula sp.
Bruguière 1789
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Corbula sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella vadosa
Morton 1834
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) angulicostata
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) ang | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Micrabaciidae
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Micrabacia sp.
Milne-Edwards 1849
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| 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 | Member: | upper | ||
| Local section: | Ft. Gaines NE | Local bed: | 122 | ||
| 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 122 ft; USGS # 32259 | ||
| Database number: | 4310 | ||
| 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 16:22:59 |
| 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] |