Sohl and Koch OFR # 357: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, South Carolina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (Conrad 1860)
1 specimen
original and current combination Turritella trilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C
Laxispira monilifera Sohl 1964
5 specimens
Laxispira monilifera Sohl
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Eulima sp. Risso 1826
1 specimen
Eulima sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929
1 specimen
Neogastropods indeterminate
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad 1858)
3 specimens
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Ataphridae
Ataphrus sp. n. sp. Gabb 1869
1 specimen
Ataphrus n. sp. - originally entered as "Ataphrus n. sp."
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus
1 specimen
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) amer
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846
2 specimens
Cylichna sp.
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana whitfieldi
4 specimens
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860
12 specimens
Crenella serica Conrad
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb 1860)
1 specimen
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) pelagica (Morton 1833)
32 specimens
Lima (Lima) pelagica (Morton)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
20 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius
25 specimens
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778
1 specimen
Glycymeris sp.
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon eufaulensis
3 specimens
Nemodon eufaulensis (Gabb) [entered as Nemodon eufaulensis]
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis (Gabb 1860)
4 specimens
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Unicardium concentricum
2 specimens
Unicardium concentricum (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenson 1941)
2 specimens
recombined as Nymphalucina linearia
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea"
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910
27 specimens
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
3 specimens
Veniella conradi (Morton)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium (Granocardium) lowei
2 specimens
synonym of Trachycardium
Granocardium (Granocardium) lowei
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Linearia metastriata
2 specimens
original and current combination Linearis
Linearia metastriata Conrad
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Uddenia sp. Stephenson 1941
2 specimens
Uddenia sp.
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (encrusting)
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus squamosus
Hamulus squamosus Gabb
Hamulus onyx Morton 1834
Hamulus onyx Morton
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae
Micrabacia sp. Milne-Edwards 1849
Micrabacia spp.
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:South Carolina County:Florence
Coordinates: 33.9° North, 79.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.5° North, 57.0° 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:Late/Upper Maastrichtian Nannofossil zone: CC25-CC26
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Peedee Member:lower
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Self-Trail (2002) reports that the Peedee Fm in South Carolina spans zones CC25a-CC26b. Haustator bilira assemblage zone.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray sandstone
Environment:marine indet. Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:USGS
Collection method comments: Sohl collection
Metadata
Also known as:Dead river Landing-2; USGS # 32330
Database number:4347
Authorizer:M. Kosnik Enterer:M. Kosnik
Modifier:M. Manojlovic Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-14 13:00:00 Last modified:2016-07-25 21:58:24
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]