Sohl and Koch OFR # 17 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Center Hill Church; USGS # 32325

Where: Pontotoc County, Mississippi (34.4° N, 88.9° W: paleocoordinates 37.9° N, 66.3° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gansserina gansseri foram zone, Chiwapa Formation, Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• No forams have been recovered from this unit, it is assigned to the Gansserina gansseri zone by Mancini et al. (1996) by sequence stratigraphy and the biostratigraphy of surrounding units. Haustator bilira assemblage zone.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: mesofossils

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 4108: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Demospongiae
 Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp. demosponge
Clione sp.
Gastropoda
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) nudus snail
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) nud
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp., Turritella tippana, "Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Turritella sp.
Turritella tippana Conrad 1858 turret shell
Turritella tippana Conrad
"Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira Conrad 1860 turret shell
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C
 Neogastropoda -
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929 snail
Neogastropods indeterminate
 Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
"Paladmete gardneri" = Paladmete gardnerae
"Paladmete gardneri" = Paladmete gardnerae Wade snail
Paladmete gardneri Wade
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira rectilabrum Conrad 1858 moon snail
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella Shumard 1861 snail
Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella Sh
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833 jingle
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Lima (Lima) reticulata" = Lima reticulata
"Lima (Lima) reticulata" = Lima reticulata Forbes 1845 file clam
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius scallop
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis Stephenson 1941 scallop
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea (Neitheops) bexarensis scallop
Neithea (Neitheops) bexarensis (St
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte aff. belli oyster
Pycnodonte aff. P. belli - originally entered as "Pycnodonte aff. belli"
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck
"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Say 1820 oyster
Exogyra costata Say
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella elegantula Meek and Hayden 1862 clam
Crenella elegantula Meek & Hayden
Crenella serica Conrad 1860 clam
Crenella serica Conrad
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel
Lithophaga sp.
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora berryi clam
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium (Granocardium) kummeli cockle
Granocardium (Granocardium) kummel
Granocardium (Granocardium) tippananum cockle
Granocardium (Granocardium) tippan
Trachycardium eufaulensis Conrad 1860 cockle
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad)
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte culebrensis clam
Astarte? culebrensis (Stephenson)
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis Gabb 1860 clam
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (encrusting)
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (branching)
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
 Serpulimorpha -
Hamulus squamosus
Hamulus squamosus Gabb
Deuteropoda
  -
Malacostraca indet. Latreille 1802
Crab parts
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Echinoid sp. - originally entered as "Echinoidea sp."