Sohl and Koch OFR # 280: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Georgia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca
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Malacostraca indet.
(Latreille 1802)
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Crab parts | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana sp.
Link 1807
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Nuculana sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pteriidae
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Pteria sp.
Scopoli 1777
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Pteria sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Condylocardiidae
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Uddenia texana
Stephenson 1941
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12 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Cuna texana | ||||||||||
Uddenia texana Stephenson | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Aenona eufaulensis
Conrad 1860
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21 specimens | |||||||||
Aenona eufaulensis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Cymbophora berryi
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60 specimens | |||||||||
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Cyclorisma parva
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Cyclorisma parva (Gardner) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula subradiata
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Corbula subradiata Gardner | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Myrtea stephensoni
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Myrtea stephensoni Gardner | ||||||||||
Nymphalucina ? linearea
(Stephenson 1941)
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59 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Nymphalucina linearia | ||||||||||
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea" | ||||||||||
Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus obnutus
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Cadulus obnutus (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Zikkuratia tabannensis
Sohl 1963
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2 specimens | |||||||||
corrected as Zikkuratia tabanneensis | ||||||||||
Zikkuratia tabannensis Sohl | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Creonella triplicata
Wade 1917
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Creonella triplicata Wade | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Iravadiidae
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Nozeba sp. n. sp.
Iredale 1915
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Nozeba n. sp. - originally entered as "Nozeba n. sp." | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Rissoidae
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Rissoa sp. n. sp.
Fréminville 1814
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9 specimens | |||||||||
Rissoa n. sp. (lirate) - originally entered as "Rissoa n. sp." | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Euspira rectilabrum
(Conrad 1858)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira
(Stephenson 1941)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Haustator bilira | ||||||||||
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St | ||||||||||
Turritella sp. n. sp.
Lamarck 1799
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11 specimens | |||||||||
Turritella n. sp. (Multilirate) - originally entered as "Turritella n. sp." | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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Otolith | ||||||||||
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: | 112 | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Foraminiferal zonation from King and Skotnicki, 1992. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray carbonaceous 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 112 ft; USGS # 32253 | ||
Database number: | 4316 | ||
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 21:49:09 |
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] |