Sohl and Koch OFR # 276: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Georgia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Polychaeta
- Serpulimorpha
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Hamulus onyx
Morton 1834
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Hamulus onyx Morton | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana whitfieldi
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula percrassa
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Nucula percrassa Conrad | ||||||||||
Nucula amica
Gardner 1916
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Nucula amica Gardner | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella serica
Conrad 1860
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Crenella serica Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Flemingostreidae
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Cubitostrea tecticosta
(Gabb 1860)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima (Lima) sp.
Bruguiére 1796
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Lima (Lima) sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia (Anomia) argentaria
Morton 1833
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Syncyclonema simplicius
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Nemodon eufaulensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Nemodon eufaulensis (Gabb) [entered as Nemodon eufaulensis] | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Striarca cuneata
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9 specimens | |||||||||
Striarca cuneata Gabb | ||||||||||
Striarca saffordi
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11 specimens | |||||||||
Striarca saffordi (Gardner) non Gab | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte sp.
Sowerby 1816
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Astarte? sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Condylocardiidae
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Uddenia texana
Stephenson 1941
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123 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Cuna texana | ||||||||||
Uddenia texana Stephenson | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Granocardium (Granocardium) sp.
(Gabb 1869)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
synonym of Trachycardium | ||||||||||
Granocardium (Granocardium) sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellinimera gabbi
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Tellinimeria gabbi Gardner - originally entered as "Tellinimeria gabbi" | ||||||||||
Aenona eufaulensis
Conrad 1860
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24 specimens | |||||||||
Aenona eufaulensis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Cymbophora berryi
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13 specimens | |||||||||
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner) | ||||||||||
Cymbophora sp. n. sp.
Gabb 1869
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cymbophora n. sp. (fine concentric - originally entered as "Cymbophora n. sp." | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Cyclorisma parva
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Cyclorisma parva (Gardner) | ||||||||||
Cyprimeria depressa
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cyprimeria depressa Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula subradiata
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Corbula subradiata Gardner | ||||||||||
Corbula monmouthensis
Gardner 1916
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Nymphalucina ? linearea
(Stephenson 1941)
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84 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Nymphalucina linearia | ||||||||||
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis
(Gabb 1860)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf | ||||||||||
Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus obnutus
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28 specimens | |||||||||
Cadulus obnutus (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Cylichna incisa
Stephenson 1941
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Cylichna incisa Stephenson | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Zikkuratia tabannensis
Sohl 1963
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1 specimen | |||||||||
corrected as Zikkuratia tabanneensis | ||||||||||
Zikkuratia tabannensis Sohl | ||||||||||
Scobinidola sp.
Sohl 1963
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Scobinodola sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Creonella triplicata
Wade 1917
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Creonella triplicata Wade | ||||||||||
Creonella cf. subangulata
Sohl 1964
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Creonella cf. C. subangulata Sohl - originally entered as "Creonella cf. subangulata" | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Tornidae
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Teinostoma sp.
Adams and Adams 1853
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Teinostoma sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Rissoidae
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Rissoa sp. n. sp.
Fréminville 1814
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Rissoa n. sp. (lirate) - originally entered as "Rissoa n. sp." | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
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Fulgerca sp.
Stephenson 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Fulgerca sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Euspira rectilabrum
(Conrad 1858)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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" | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Eulimidae
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Eulima monmouthensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Eulima monmouthensis (Gardner) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira
(Stephenson 1941)
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10 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Haustator bilira | ||||||||||
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St | ||||||||||
Turritella sp. n. sp.
Lamarck 1799
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53 specimens | |||||||||
Turritella n. sp. (Multilirate) - originally entered as "Turritella n. sp." | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Pickworthiidae
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Urceolabrum sp.
Wade 1916
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Urceolabrum sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Ataphridae
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Ataphrus sp. n. sp.
Gabb 1869
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Ataphrus n. sp. - originally entered as "Ataphrus n. sp." | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonoidea
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Ammonoidea indet.
Zittel 1884
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1 specimen | |||||||||
"Ammonite fragments": originally entered as "Ammonite"; changed by JA 30.6.04 | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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Otolith | ||||||||||
Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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Fish parts | ||||||||||
Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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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] |