PBDB Collection

Sohl and Koch OFR # 20 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Center Hill Church; USGS # 32322

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; glauconitic, silty sandstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with 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 4111: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Demospongiae
Clavulina - Clionaidae	Cliona sp. Cliona sp. demosponge Clione sp.
Bryozoa
-	Bryozoa indet., Bryozoa indet. Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 Bryozoa (encrusting) Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 Bryozoa (branching)
Polychaeta
Serpulimorpha -	Hamulus squamosus, Hamulus onyx Hamulus squamosus Hamulus squamosus Gabb Hamulus onyx Morton 1834 Hamulus onyx Morton
Sedentaria
Sabellida - Serpulidae	Serpula sp. Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758 Serpula sp.
Cephalopoda
Nautilida - Nautilidae	Eutrephoceras dekayi Eutrephoceras dekayi Morton 1834 Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton)
Ammonoidea -	Ammonoidea indet. Ammonoidea indet. ammonite "Ammonite fragments": originally entered as "Ammonite"; changed by JA 30.6.04
Bivalvia
Arcida - Glycymerididae	Glycymeris rotundata Glycymeris rotundata clam Glycymeris rotundata (Gabb)
Arcida - Cucullaeidae	"Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax" = Idonearca capax "Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax" = Idonearca capax Conrad 1858 clam Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad
Ostreida - Ostreidae	Arctostrea falacata Arctostrea falacata oyster Arctostrea falacata (Gabb)
Ostreida - Flemingostreidae	Cubitostrea tecticosta Cubitostrea tecticosta Gabb 1860 oyster Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Ostreida - Gryphaeidae	Pycnodonte aff. belli, Pycnodonte vesicularis, "Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata, Gryphaeostrea vomer 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 Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton 1828 oyster Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton
Pectinida - Entoliidae	Syncyclonema simplicius Syncyclonema simplicius scallop Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis Stephenson 1941 scallop Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (
Pectinida - Anomiidae	Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833 jingle Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Pectinida - Limidae	"Lima (Lima) reticulata" = Pseudolimea reticulata, "Lima (Lima) acutilineata" = Limatula acutilineata, Lima (Lima) pelagica "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 Lima (Lima) pelagica Morton 1833 file clam Lima (Lima) pelagica (Morton)
Mytilida - Mytilidae	Lithophaga sp. Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel Lithophaga sp.
Mytilida - Crenellidae	Crenella serica, Crenella elegantula Crenella serica Conrad 1860 clam Crenella serica Conrad Crenella elegantula Meek and Hayden 1862 clam Crenella elegantula Meek & Hayden
Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae	Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) angulicostata Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) angulicostata clam Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) ang
Pholadida - Corbulidae	Corbula monmouthensis, Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica, Corbula sp. Corbula monmouthensis Gardner 1916 clam Corbula monmouthensis Gardner Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910 clam Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica" Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam Corbula sp.
Cardiida - Veneridae	Cyclorisma parva, Cyprimeria alta Cyclorisma parva venus clam Cyclorisma parva (Gardner) Cyprimeria alta venus clam Cyprimeria alta Conrad
Cardiida - Mactridae	Cymbophora berryi Cymbophora berryi clam Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Granocardium (Granocardium) tippananum, Trachycardium eufaulensis Granocardium (Granocardium) tippananum cockle Granocardium (Granocardium) tippan Trachycardium eufaulensis Conrad 1860 cockle Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad)
Carditida - Carditidae	Vetericardiella sp. Vetericardiella sp. Chavan 1969 clam Vetericardiella sp.
Carditida - Astartidae	Astarte culebrensis Astarte culebrensis clam Astarte? culebrensis (Stephenson)
Carditida - Crassatellidae	Crassatella vadosa Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 clam Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Gastropoda
Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae	Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus snail Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) amer
Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae	Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus snail Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus Con
Neogastropoda -	Neogastropoda indet. Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929 snail Neogastropods indeterminate
Neogastropoda - Volutidae	Liopeplum cf. nodosum, Longoconcha sp. Liopeplum cf. nodosum Sohl 1964 volute Liopeplum cf. L. nodosum - originally entered as "Liopeplum cf. nodosum" Longoconcha sp. Stephenson 1941 volute Longoconcha spp.
Neogastropoda - Buccinidae	? Hydrotribulus sp. ? Hydrotribulus sp. Wade 1916 true whelk Hydeotribulus ? sp. - originally entered as "Hydeotribulus ? sp."
Neogastropoda - Melongenidae	Deussenia bellalirata Deussenia bellalirata Conrad 1858 snail Deussenia bellalirata (Conrad)
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	Turritella tippana, "Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira, Turritella vertebroides, Laxispira monilifera Turritella tippana Conrad 1858 turret shell Turritella tippana Conrad "Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira Conrad 1860 turret shell Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell Turritella vertebroides Morton Laxispira monilifera Sohl 1964 turret shell Laxispira monilifera Sohl
Heterostropha - Architectonicidae	Architectonica (Granosolarium) sp. Architectonica (Granosolarium) sp. Röding 1798 sundial Architectonica (Granosolarium) sp.
Echinoidea
-	Echinoidea indet. Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin Echinoid sp. - originally entered as "Echinoidea sp."