PBDB Collection

Sohl and Koch OFR # 72 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as NNE Montpelier; USGS # 25429

Where: Clay County, Mississippi (33.8° N, 88.9° W: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 66.5° W)

• small collection-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, gray, silty, sandy lime mudstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Reposited in the USGS

Collection methods: bulk,

• Sohl collection

Primary reference: N. F. Sohl and C. F. Koch. 1983. Upper Cretaceous (Maestrichtian) Mollusca from the Haustator bilira Assemblage Zone in the East Gulf Coastal Plain. USGS Open File Report 83-451:1-239 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 4148: 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.
Bivalvia
Arcida - Arcidae	Arca sp. Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark Arca sp.
Arcida - Cucullaeidae	"Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax" = Idonearca capax "Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax" = Idonearca capax Conrad 1858 clam Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad
Pectinida - Plicatulidae	Plicatula (Plicatula) mullicaensis Plicatula (Plicatula) mullicaensis scallop Plicatula (Plicatula) mullicaensis
Pectinida - Anomiidae	Paranomia scabra Paranomia scabra scallop Paranomia scabra (Morton)
Ostreida - Ostreidae	"Ostrea mesenterica" = Lopha mesenterica "Ostrea mesenterica" = Lopha mesenterica Morton 1834 oyster Ostrea mesenterica Morton
Ostreida - Gryphaeidae	Pycnodonte vesicularis, "Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck "Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Say 1820 oyster Exogyra costata Say
Pandorida - Laternulidae	Anatimya sp. Anatimya sp. Conrad 1860 clam Anatymya sp. - originally entered as "Anatymya sp."
Poromyida - Poromyidae	Liopistha protexta Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853 clam Liopistha protexta Conrad
Cardiida - Veneridae	Legumen ellipticum, Aphrodina (Aphrodina) sp., Cyprimeria alta Legumen ellipticum venus clam Legumen ellipticum Conrad Aphrodina (Aphrodina) sp. Conrad 1869 venus clam Aphrodina (Aphrodina) sp. Cyprimeria alta venus clam Cyprimeria alta Conrad
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Protocardia (Pachycardium) spillmani, Cardium sp. Protocardia (Pachycardium) spillmani cockle Protocardium (Pachycardium) spillm - originally entered as "Protocardium spillmani" Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle Cardium sp.
Cardiida - Tellinidae	"Linearia pectinis" = Linearis "Linearia pectinis" = Linearis tellin clam Linearia pectinis Stephenson
Carditida - Crassatellidae	Crassatella vadosa Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 clam Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Gastropoda
Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae	Ellipsoscapha sp., Ellipsoscapha mortoni Ellipsoscapha sp. Stephenson 1941 snail Ellipsoscapha ? sp. Ellipsoscapha mortoni Forbes 1845 snail Ellipsoscapha mortoni (Forbes)
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	Turritella sp., Turritella vertebroides, "Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell Turritella sp. Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell Turritella vertebroides Morton "Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira Conrad 1860 turret shell Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C
Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae	Striaticostatum asperum Striaticostatum asperum Sohl 1964 wentletrap Striaticostatum asperum Sohl
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Gyrodes abyssinus, Gyrodes petrosus, Euspira cf. rectilabrum Gyrodes abyssinus moon snail Gyrodes abyssinus (Morton) Gyrodes petrosus moon snail Gyrodes petrosus (Morton) Euspira cf. rectilabrum Conrad 1858 moon snail Euspira cf. Euspira rectilabrum (C - originally entered as "Euspira cf. rectilabrum"
Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae	Anchura ? noakensis, Anchura sp. Anchura ? noakensis snail Anchura noakensis? Stephenson - originally entered as "Anchura noakensis ?" Anchura sp. Conrad 1860 snail Anchura sp.
Neogastropoda - Turridae	? Fusimilis sp. ? Fusimilis sp. Stephenson 1941 turrid Fusimilis ? sp. - originally entered as "Fusimilis ? sp."
Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae	? Bellifusus sp., ? Drilluta sp. ? Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941 snail Bellifusus ? sp. - originally entered as "Bellifusus ? sp." ? Drilluta sp. Wade 1916 snail Drilluta ? sp. - originally entered as "Drilluta ? sp."
Neogastropoda - Volutidae	Volutomorpha sp. Volutomorpha sp. Gabb 1877 volute Volutomorpha sp.
Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae	"Xenophora leprosa" = Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa "Xenophora leprosa" = Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa Morton 1834 carrier shell Xenophora leprosa (Morton)
Cephalopoda
Ammonitida - Baculitidae	Baculites sp., Baculites sp., Baculites tippahensis, "Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus" = Eubaculites carinatus Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799 ammonite Baculites sp. (Smooth-ovate) Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799 ammonite Baculites sp. (noded) Baculites tippahensis ammonite Baculites tippahensis Conrad "Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus" = Eubaculites carinatus Morton 1834 ammonite Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus
Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae	Helicoceras sp. Helicoceras sp. d'Orbigny 1840 ammonite Helicoceras sp.
Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae	Diplomoceras trabeatus Diplomoceras trabeatus ammonite Diplomoceras trabeatus (Morton)
Ammonitida - Scaphitidae	Discoscaphites conradi Discoscaphites conradi Morton 1834 ammonite Discoscaphites conradi (Morton) va
Nautilida - Nautilidae	"Eutrephoceras perlata" = Eutrephoceras perlatus "Eutrephoceras perlata" = Eutrephoceras perlatus Morton 1834 nautiloid Eutrephoceras perlata Morton
Bryozoa
-	Bryozoa indet. Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 Bryozoa (encrusting)
Echinoidea
Cassiduloida -	"Hardouinia dalli" = Harduinia "Hardouinia dalli" = Harduinia sea urchin Hardouinea dalli Clark