Sohl and Koch OFR # 214 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Batesville; USGS # 27898

Where: Barbour County, Alabama (31.9° N, 85.3° W: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 63.5° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Contusotruncana contusa foram zone, lower Member (Providence Formation), Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• Foraminiferal zonation from King and Skotnicki, 1992.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, silty, calcareous sandstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, 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 4251: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
Longitubus sp.
Longitubus sp.
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras dekayi Morton 1834
Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton)
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula percrassa nut clam
Nucula percrassa Conrad
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
Nuculana sp.
Nuculana whitfieldi pointed nut clam
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella elegantula Meek and Hayden 1862 clam
Crenella elegantula Meek & Hayden
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Lima (Lima) reticulata" = Pseudolimea reticulata, Lima (Lima) sp.
"Lima (Lima) reticulata" = Pseudolimea reticulata Forbes 1845 file clam
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For
Lima (Lima) sp. BruguiƩre 1796 file clam
Lima (Lima) sp.
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833 jingle
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Anomia (Anomia) sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle
Anomia (Anomia) sp.
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius scallop
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes sp. n. sp. Meek 1864 scallop
Camptonectes n. sp. (small convex) - originally entered as "Camptonectes n. sp."
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777 pearl oyster
Pteria sp.
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Say 1820 oyster
Exogyra costata Say
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon eufaulensis clam
Nemodon eufaulensis (Gabb) [entered as Nemodon eufaulensis]
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark
Arca sp.
Striarca sp. Conrad 1862 clam
Striarca sp.
 Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) sp. Dall 1886 clam
Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) sp.
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) sp. Vincent 1910 clam
Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) sp. - originally entered as "Caesticorbula sp."
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinimera buboana, "Linearia magnoliensis" = Linearis
Tellinimera buboana tellin clam
Tellinimeria buboana Stephenson - originally entered as "Tellinimeria buboana"
"Linearia magnoliensis" = Linearis tellin clam
Linearia magnoliensis Stephenson
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833 clam
Veniella conradi (Morton)
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora berryi clam
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 clam
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis Gabb 1860 clam
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae
Ellipsoscapha mortoni Forbes 1845 snail
Ellipsoscapha mortoni (Forbes)
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Laxispira monilifera Sohl 1964 turret shell
Laxispira monilifera Sohl
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell
Turritella vertebroides Morton
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941 snail
Bellifusus sp.
 Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858 snail
Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad)
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Dentalium sp. (ribbed)