Also known as Orion; USGS # 27913 : 27530
Where: Montgomery County, Alabama (32.0° N, 86.0° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 64.1° W)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Discoscaphites conradi ammonoid zone, basal Member (Prairie Bluff Formation), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• Haustator bilira assemblage zone
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, glauconitic, gray, sandy siltstone
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: original calcite
Reposited in the USGS
Collection methods: bulk,
• Sohl collection
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 4237: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa | |
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Demospongiae | |
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Sedentaria | |
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Polychaeta | |
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Cephalopoda | |
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"Perissonata sp." = Perrisonota
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"Lima (Lima) reticulata" = Pseudolimea reticulata, Lima (Lima) pelagica, "Lima (Lima) acutilineata" = Limatula acutilineata
"Lima (Lima) reticulata" = Pseudolimea reticulata Forbes 1845 file clam Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For
"Lima (Lima) acutilineata" = Limatula acutilineata Conrad 1858 file clam Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad
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Syncyclonema simplicius scallop Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
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"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
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Cucullaea (Idonearca) sp., "Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax" = Idonearca capax
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"Nymphalucina ? linearea" = Nymphalucina linearia
"Nymphalucina ? linearea" = Nymphalucina linearia Stephenson 1941 clam Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea"
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Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) percompressa, Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) sp., Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) terramaria, Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica, Corbula monmouthensis
Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) percompressa clam Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) perco - originally entered as "Caesticorbula percompressa"
Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) sp. Vincent 1910 clam Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) sp. - originally entered as "Caesticorbula sp."
Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) terramaria clam Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) terra - originally entered as "Caesticorbula terramaria"
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910 clam Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"
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Trachycardium eufaulensis, Protocardia (Brevicardium) sp., Granocardium (Granocardium) kummeli, Granocardium (Granocardium) lowei, Granocardium (Granocardium) tippananum
Protocardia (Brevicardium) sp. Beyrich 1845 cockle Protocardium (Brevicardium) sp. - originally entered as "Protocardium sp."
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Cyclorisma parva, Legumen ellipticum, Aphrodina (Aphrodina) ? eufaulensis, Aphrodina (Aphrodina) tippana, Cyprimeria sp.
Aphrodina (Aphrodina) ? eufaulensis venus clam Aphrodina (Aphrodina) ?eufaulensis - originally entered as "Aphrodina ? eufaulensis"
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"Uddenia texana" = Cuna texana
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Loxotoma sp. n. sp.
Loxotoma sp. n. sp. Fischer 1885 snail "Loxotoma n. sp. (Orion, AL)" - originally entered as "Loxotoma n. sp."
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Mathilda cf. cedarensis Stephenson 1941 snail Mathilda cf. M. cedarensis Stephen - originally entered as "Mathilda cf. cedarensis"
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Laxispira monilifera, Turritella chalybeatensis, Turritella sp. n. sp., Turritella vertebroides, Turritella tippana, "Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira, "Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira" = Haustator bilira
Turritella sp. n. sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell Turritella n. sp. (Multilirate) - originally entered as "Turritella n. sp."
"Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira Conrad 1860 turret shell Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C
"Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira" = Haustator bilira Stephenson 1941 turret shell Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St
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Cerithium aff. weeksi Wade 1926 cerith snail Cerithium aff. Certhium weeksi Wa - originally entered as "Cerithium aff. weeksi"
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Hercorhynchus (Hercorhyncus) sp. snail Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) sp. - originally entered as "Hercorhyncus sp."
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Fulgerca aff. attenuata Wade 1926 snail Fulgerca aff. A. attenuata (Wade) - originally entered as "Fulgerca aff. attenuata"
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"Anteglossia tennesseensis" = Rissoina tennesseensis
"Anteglossia tennesseensis" = Rissoina tennesseensis Wade 1926 snail Anteglosia tennesseensis (Wade) - originally entered as "Anteglosia tennesseensis"
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Scaphopoda | |
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Bryozoa | |
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