Sohl and Koch OFR # 295: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana whitfieldi
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula amica
Gardner 1916
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Nucula amica Gardner | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis
(Gabb 1860)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Condylocardiidae
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Uddenia texana
Stephenson 1941
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2 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Cuna texana | ||||||||||
Uddenia texana Stephenson | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) percompressa
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) perco - originally entered as "Caesticorbula percompressa" | ||||||||||
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica
Vincent 1910
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65 specimens | |||||||||
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica" | ||||||||||
Corbula monmouthensis
Gardner 1916
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Legumen sp.
Conrad 1858
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Legumen sp. | ||||||||||
Cyclorisma parva
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Cyclorisma parva (Gardner) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trachycardium eufaulensis
(Conrad 1860)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Nymphalucina ? linearea
(Stephenson 1941)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Nymphalucina linearia | ||||||||||
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella elegantula
Meek and Hayden 1862
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Crenella elegantula Meek & Hayden | ||||||||||
Crenella serica
Conrad 1860
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Crenella serica Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Limopsidae
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Limopsis perbrevis
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Limopsis perbrevis Wade | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Striarca saffordi
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Striarca saffordi (Gardner) non Gab | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Syncyclonema simplicius
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59 specimens | |||||||||
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia (Anomia) argentaria
Morton 1833
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton | ||||||||||
Anomia (Anomia) ornata
Gabb 1876
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima (Lima) reticulata
Forbes 1845
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Lima reticulata | ||||||||||
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Cubitostrea tecticosta
(Gabb 1860)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb) | ||||||||||
Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus obnutus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cadulus obnutus (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium leve
Stephenson 1923
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Dentalium leve Stephenson | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira
(Stephenson 1941)
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8 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Haustator bilira | ||||||||||
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St | ||||||||||
Turritella chalybeatensis
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Turritella chalybeatensis Sohl | ||||||||||
Turritella paravertebroides
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Turritella paravertebroides Gardne | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Sargana stantoni
Weller 1907
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Sargana stantoni (Weller) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Euspira rectilabrum
(Conrad 1858)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Actaeon sp.
Oken 1815
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1 specimen | |||||||||
replaced by Acteon | ||||||||||
Acteon sp. - originally entered as "Acteon sp." | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Creonella triplicata
Wade 1917
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Creonella triplicata Wade | ||||||||||
Polychaeta
- Serpulimorpha
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Hamulus onyx
Morton 1834
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Hamulus onyx Morton | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Bryozoa (branching) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Pike |
Coordinates: | 31.9° North, 85.7° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 34.9° North, 63.9° 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: | Josie Well | Local bed: | 342 | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Foraminiferal zonation from King and Skotnicki, 1992. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray 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: | Josie Well; USGS # 32789 | ||
Database number: | 4329 | ||
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 21:55:56 |
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] |