Sohl and Koch OFR # 276: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Georgia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus onyx Morton 1834
Hamulus onyx Morton
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana whitfieldi
5 specimens
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula percrassa
1 specimen
Nucula percrassa Conrad
Nucula amica Gardner 1916
2 specimens
Nucula amica Gardner
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860
2 specimens
Crenella serica Conrad
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb 1860)
1 specimen
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) sp. Bruguiére 1796
1 specimen
Lima (Lima) sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
3 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius
1 specimen
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon eufaulensis
1 specimen
Nemodon eufaulensis (Gabb) [entered as Nemodon eufaulensis]
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca cuneata
9 specimens
Striarca cuneata Gabb
Striarca saffordi
11 specimens
Striarca saffordi (Gardner) non Gab
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816
3 specimens
Astarte? sp.
Bivalvia - Carditida - Condylocardiidae
Uddenia texana Stephenson 1941
123 specimens
recombined as Cuna texana
Uddenia texana Stephenson
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium (Granocardium) sp. (Gabb 1869)
1 specimen
synonym of Trachycardium
Granocardium (Granocardium) sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinimera gabbi
1 specimen
Tellinimeria gabbi Gardner - originally entered as "Tellinimeria gabbi"
Aenona eufaulensis Conrad 1860
24 specimens
Aenona eufaulensis (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora berryi
13 specimens
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
Cymbophora sp. n. sp. Gabb 1869
1 specimen
Cymbophora n. sp. (fine concentric - originally entered as "Cymbophora n. sp."
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyclorisma parva
7 specimens
Cyclorisma parva (Gardner)
Cyprimeria depressa
1 specimen
Cyprimeria depressa Conrad
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula subradiata
7 specimens
Corbula subradiata Gardner
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner 1916
7 specimens
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenson 1941)
84 specimens
recombined as Nymphalucina linearia
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea"
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis (Gabb 1860)
1 specimen
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus obnutus
28 specimens
Cadulus obnutus (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna incisa Stephenson 1941
3 specimens
Cylichna incisa Stephenson
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Zikkuratia tabannensis Sohl 1963
1 specimen
corrected as Zikkuratia tabanneensis
Zikkuratia tabannensis Sohl
Scobinidola sp. Sohl 1963
1 specimen
Scobinodola sp.
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Creonella triplicata Wade 1917
7 specimens
Creonella triplicata Wade
Creonella cf. subangulata Sohl 1964
5 specimens
Creonella cf. C. subangulata Sohl - originally entered as "Creonella cf. subangulata"
Gastropoda - Tornidae
Teinostoma sp. Adams and Adams 1853
1 specimen
Teinostoma sp.
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Rissoa sp. n. sp. Fréminville 1814
3 specimens
Rissoa n. sp. (lirate) - originally entered as "Rissoa n. sp."
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Fulgerca sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Fulgerca sp.
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad 1858)
4 specimens
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae
Seila aff. quadrilira
1 specimen
Seila aff. S. quadrilira - originally entered as "Seila aff. quadrilira"
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Eulima monmouthensis
1 specimen
Eulima monmouthensis (Gardner)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (Stephenson 1941)
10 specimens
recombined as Haustator bilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St
Turritella sp. n. sp. Lamarck 1799
53 specimens
Turritella n. sp. (Multilirate) - originally entered as "Turritella n. sp."
Gastropoda - Pickworthiidae
Urceolabrum sp. Wade 1916
1 specimen
Urceolabrum sp.
Gastropoda - Ataphridae
Ataphrus sp. n. sp. Gabb 1869
4 specimens
Ataphrus n. sp. - originally entered as "Ataphrus n. sp."
Cephalopoda - Ammonoidea
Ammonoidea indet. Zittel 1884
1 specimen
"Ammonite fragments": originally entered as "Ammonite"; changed by JA 30.6.04
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Otolith
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Fish parts
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Shark 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: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:70.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Providence
Local section:Ft. Gaines NE Local bed:118
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Foraminiferal zonation from King and Skotnicki, 1992.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray silty 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 NE 118 ft; USGS # 32257
Database number:4312
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 21:48:35
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]