Sohl and Koch OFR # 304: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Georgia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Cassiduloida
Hardouinia sp. d'Archiac and Haime 1853
corrected as Harduinia
Hardouinea sp.
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (encrusting)
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus ? huntensis
Hamulus? huntensis Stephenson - originally entered as "Hamulus ? huntensis"
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium leve Stephenson 1923
1 specimen
Dentalium leve Stephenson
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella hilgardi
4 specimens
Turritella hilgardi Sohl
Laxispira monilifera Sohl 1964
3 specimens
Laxispira monilifera Sohl
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad 1858)
2 specimens
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929
Neogastropods indeterminate
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete laevis Sohl 1964
2 specimens
Paladmete laevis Sohl
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807
1 specimen
originally entered as "Xenophora "
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Arrhoges (Latiala) cf. lobata (Wade 1926)
1 specimen
recombined as Latiala lobata
Arrhoges (Latiala) cf. A. Lobata ( - originally entered as "Arrhoges cf. lobata"
Arrhoges (Latiala) sp. (Gabb 1868)
1 specimen
Arrhoges (Latiala) sp.
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula percrassa
2 specimens
Nucula percrassa Conrad
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) angulicostata
3 specimens
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) ang
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis (Gabb 1860)
4 specimens
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium (Granocardium) kummeli
11 specimens
synonym of Trachycardium
Granocardium (Granocardium) kummel
Granocardium (Granocardium) tippananum
1 specimen
synonym of Trachycardium
Granocardium (Granocardium) tippan
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad 1860)
12 specimens
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Linearia pectinis
1 specimen
original and current combination Linearis
Linearia pectinis Stephenson
Liothyris sp. Conrad 1873
2 specimens
Liothyris sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyclorisma parva
1 specimen
Cyclorisma parva (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Opertochasma sp. Stephenson 1953
1 specimen
Opertochasma sp.
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) percompressa
1 specimen
Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) perco - originally entered as "Caesticorbula percompressa"
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
1 specimen
Corbula sp.
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Bathytormus pteropsis (Conrad 1860)
2 specimens
Bathytormus pteropsis (Conrad)
Uddenia sp. Stephenson 1941
2 specimens
Uddenia sp.
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834
2 specimens
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Bivalvia - Carditida - Condylocardiidae
Uddenia texana Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
recombined as Cuna texana
Uddenia texana Stephenson
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca cuneata
4 specimens
Striarca cuneata Gabb
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris rotundata
3 specimens
Glycymeris rotundata (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb 1860)
3 specimens
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius
2 specimens
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad 1858
1 specimen
recombined as Limatula acutilineata
Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (Stephenson 1941)
10 specimens
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (
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:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Providence
Local section:Hatcher Well Local bed:221
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Foraminiferal zonation from King and Skotnicki, 1992.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray sandstone
Environment:marine indet. Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,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:Hatcher Well 1; USGS # 32801 : 2
Database number:4337
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 16:23:37
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]