Sohl and Koch OFR # 265 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Ft. Gaines NE 158 ft; USGS # 32268

Where: Clay County, Georgia (31.7° N, 85.1° W: paleocoordinates 34.6° N, 63.3° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Foraminiferal zonation from King and Skotnicki, 1992.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, sandy, carbonaceous claystone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Reposited in the USGS

Collection methods: core

• Subsurface data 1981-83

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 4301: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
Hamulus onyx Morton 1834
Hamulus onyx Morton
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus obnutus tusk shell
Cadulus obnutus (Conrad)
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium leve Stephenson 1923 tusk shell
Dentalium leve Stephenson
Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Unicardium concentricum clam
Unicardium concentricum (Conrad)
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Nymphalucina ? linearea" = Nymphalucina linearia, Myrtea stephensoni
"Nymphalucina ? linearea" = Nymphalucina linearia Stephenson 1941 clam
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea"
Myrtea stephensoni clam
Myrtea stephensoni Gardner
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula subradiata clam
Corbula subradiata Gardner
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853 cockle
Trachycardium sp.
Trachycardium eufaulensis Conrad 1860 cockle
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad)
Granocardium (Granocardium) sp. Gabb 1869 cockle
Granocardium (Granocardium) sp.
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
Tellina sp.
"Linearia metastriata" = Linearis tellin clam
Linearia metastriata Conrad
Aenona eufaulensis Conrad 1860 tellin clam
Aenona eufaulensis (Conrad)
Tellinimera gabbi tellin clam
Tellinimeria gabbi Gardner - originally entered as "Tellinimeria gabbi"
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Tenea parilis clam
Tenea parilis Conrad
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyclorisma parva venus clam
Cyclorisma parva (Gardner)
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora berryi clam
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
 Carditida - Condylocardiidae
"Uddenia texana" = Cuna texana
"Uddenia texana" = Cuna texana Stephenson 1941 clam
Uddenia texana Stephenson
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860 clam
Crenella serica Conrad
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis Stephenson 1941 scallop
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius scallop
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833 jingle
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Lima (Lima) reticulata" = Pseudolimea reticulata
"Lima (Lima) reticulata" = Pseudolimea reticulata Forbes 1845 file clam
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777 pearl oyster
Pteria sp.
 Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta Gabb 1860 oyster
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon eufaulensis clam
Nemodon eufaulensis (Gabb) [entered as Nemodon eufaulensis]
 Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca cuneata clam
Striarca cuneata Gabb
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula amica, "Nucula cuneifrons" = Nucula cunifrons
Nucula amica Gardner 1916 nut clam
Nucula amica Gardner
"Nucula cuneifrons" = Nucula cunifrons Conrad 1860 nut clam
Nucula cunifrons Conrad
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana whitfieldi, "Nuculana rostrotruncata" = Nuculana rostratruncata
Nuculana whitfieldi pointed nut clam
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
"Nuculana rostrotruncata" = Nuculana rostratruncata Gardner 1916 pointed nut clam
Nuculana rostrotruncata (Gardner)
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira rectilabrum Conrad 1858 moon snail
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Rissoa sp. n. sp.
Rissoa sp. n. sp. Fréminville 1814 snail
Rissoa n. sp. (lirate) - originally entered as "Rissoa n. sp."
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira" = Haustator bilira, Turritella sp. n. sp.
"Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira" = Haustator bilira Stephenson 1941 turret shell
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St
Turritella sp. n. sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Turritella n. sp. (noded spirals) - originally entered as "Turritella n. sp."
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
Eulima sp. Risso 1826 snail
Eulima sp.
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Aciculiscala acuta Sohl 1963 wentletrap
Aciculiscala acuta Sohl
 Trochoidea - Ataphridae
Ataphrus sp. n. sp.
Ataphrus sp. n. sp. Gabb 1869 snail
Ataphrus n. sp. - originally entered as "Ataphrus n. sp."
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail
Cylichna sp.
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
"Actaeon cicatricosus" = Acteon
"Actaeon cicatricosus" = Acteon snail
Acteon cicatricosus Sohl - originally entered as "Acteon cicatricosus"
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
"Ringicula (Ringiculella) clarki" = Ringicula (Ringiculina) clarki
"Ringicula (Ringiculella) clarki" = Ringicula (Ringiculina) clarki Durham 1944 snail
Ringicula (Ringiculella) clarki Ga
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Creonella cf. subangulata Sohl 1964 snail
Creonella cf. C. subangulata Sohl - originally entered as "Creonella cf. subangulata"
unclassified
  -
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Bone material
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae
Micrabacia sp. Milne-Edwards 1849 stony coral
Micrabacia spp.