Sohl and Koch OFR # 301: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Georgia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiolus sedesclaris
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Modiolus sedesclaris Gardner | ||||||||||
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) reticulata
Forbes 1845
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Lima reticulata | ||||||||||
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia (Anomia) argentaria
Morton 1833
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Camptonectes (Camptonectes) sp.
Meek 1864
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Camptonectes (Comptonectes) sp. | ||||||||||
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis
(Stephenson 1941)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis ( | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Syncyclonema simplicius
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Striarca saffordi
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Striarca saffordi (Gardner) non Gab | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Bathytormus pteropsis
(Conrad 1860)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Bathytormus pteropsis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trachycardium eufaulensis
(Conrad 1860)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Cymbophora berryi
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula sp.
Bruguière 1789
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Corbula sp. | ||||||||||
Corbula monmouthensis
Gardner 1916
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Nymphalucina ? linearea
(Stephenson 1941)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Nymphalucina linearia | ||||||||||
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea" | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Paladmetidae
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Paladmete cancellaria
Conrad 1858
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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? Drilluta sp.
Wade 1916
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Drilluta ? sp. - originally entered as "Drilluta ? sp." | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Georgia | County: | Quitman |
Coordinates: | 31.8° North, 85.0° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 34.6° North, 63.1° 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: | Hatcher Well | Local bed: | 235 | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Foraminiferal zonation from King and Skotnicki, 1992. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray argillaceous,carbonaceous sandstone | ||
Environment: | marine indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
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: | Hatcher Well 1; USGS # 32797 : 98 | ||
Database number: | 4334 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Kosnik | Enterer: | M. Kosnik |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
Created: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 | Last modified: | 2017-07-28 16:23:21 |
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] |