Sohl and Koch OFR # 277: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Georgia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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| Otolith | ||||||||||
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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| Fish parts | ||||||||||
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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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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium leve
Stephenson 1923
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Dentalium leve Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus obnutus
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23 specimens | |||||||||
| Cadulus obnutus (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Creonella cf. subangulata
Sohl 1964
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19 specimens | |||||||||
| Creonella cf. C. subangulata Sohl - originally entered as "Creonella cf. subangulata" | ||||||||||
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Creonella triplicata
Wade 1917
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10 specimens | |||||||||
| Creonella triplicata Wade | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Zikkuratia tabannensis
Sohl 1963
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| corrected as Zikkuratia tabanneensis | ||||||||||
| Zikkuratia tabannensis Sohl | ||||||||||
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Goniocylichna sp.
Wade 1926
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Goniocylichna sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ataphridae
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Ataphrus sp. n. sp.
Gabb 1869
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| Ataphrus n. sp. - originally entered as "Ataphrus n. sp." | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Scaphandridae
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Ellipsoscapha sp.
Stephenson 1941
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Ellipsoscapha ? sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Cylichna incisa
Stephenson 1941
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| Cylichna incisa Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira
(Stephenson 1941)
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21 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Haustator bilira | ||||||||||
| Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St | ||||||||||
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Turritella sp. n. sp.
Lamarck 1799
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131 specimens | |||||||||
| Turritella n. sp. (Multilirate) - originally entered as "Turritella n. sp." | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Pickworthiidae
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Urceolabrum sp.
Wade 1916
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Urceolabrum sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Aciculiscala acuta
Sohl 1963
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Aciculiscala acuta Sohl | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Euspira rectilabrum
(Conrad 1858)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiopsidae
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Seila aff. quadrilira
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Seila aff. S. quadrilira - originally entered as "Seila aff. quadrilira" | ||||||||||
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Seila sp.
Adams 1861
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Seila sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Triforidae
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Cerithiella aff. nodoliratum
Wade 1926
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Cerithiella aff. C. nodoliratum (W - originally entered as "Cerithiella aff. nodoliratum" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Rissoidae
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Rissoa sp. n. sp.
Fréminville 1814
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11 specimens | |||||||||
| Rissoa n. sp. (lirate) - originally entered as "Rissoa n. sp." | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Iravadiidae
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Nozeba sp. n. sp.
Iredale 1915
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Nozeba n. sp. - originally entered as "Nozeba n. sp." | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Graciliala sp.
Sohl 1960
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Graciliala sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula cuneifrons
(Conrad 1860)
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19 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Nucula cunifrons | ||||||||||
| Nucula cunifrons Conrad | ||||||||||
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Nucula amica
Gardner 1916
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Nucula amica Gardner | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiolus sedesclaris
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Modiolus sedesclaris Gardner | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis
(Stephenson 1941)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis ( | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia (Anomia) argentaria
Morton 1833
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Syncyclonema simplicius
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius" | ||||||||||
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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
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Nemodon eufaulensis
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Nemodon eufaulensis (Gabb) [entered as Nemodon eufaulensis] | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Striarca cuneata
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Striarca cuneata Gabb | ||||||||||
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Striarca saffordi
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9 specimens | |||||||||
| Striarca saffordi (Gardner) non Gab | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trachycardium sp.
Mörch 1853
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Trachycardium sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Aenona eufaulensis
Conrad 1860
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22 specimens | |||||||||
| Aenona eufaulensis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Tellinimera gabbi
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Tellinimeria gabbi Gardner - originally entered as "Tellinimeria gabbi" | ||||||||||
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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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Cyclorisma parva
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19 specimens | |||||||||
| Cyclorisma parva (Gardner) | ||||||||||
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Cyprimeria depressa
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| Cyprimeria depressa Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Cymbophora berryi
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27 specimens | |||||||||
| Cymbophora berryi (Gardner) | ||||||||||
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Cymbophora sp. n. sp.
Gabb 1869
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Cymbophora n. sp. (fine concentric - originally entered as "Cymbophora n. sp." | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula monmouthensis
Gardner 1916
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Corbula monmouthensis Gardner | ||||||||||
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Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) suffalciata
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) suffa - originally entered as "Caesticorbula suffalciata" | ||||||||||
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Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) terramaria
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) terra - originally entered as "Caesticorbula terramaria" | ||||||||||
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Corbula subradiata
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10 specimens | |||||||||
| Corbula subradiata Gardner | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Myrtea stephensoni
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Myrtea stephensoni Gardner | ||||||||||
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Nymphalucina ? linearea
(Stephenson 1941)
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109 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Nymphalucina linearia | ||||||||||
| Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella vadosa
Morton 1834
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Condylocardiidae
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Uddenia texana
Stephenson 1941
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342 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Cuna texana | ||||||||||
| Uddenia texana Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Malacostraca
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Malacostraca indet.
(Latreille 1802)
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| Crab 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: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Providence | ||||
| Local section: | Ft. Gaines NE | Local bed: | 117 | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Foraminiferal zonation from King and Skotnicki, 1992. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | silty,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 NE 117 ft; USGS # 32256 | ||
| Database number: | 4313 | ||
| 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 21:48:43 |
| 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] |