PBDB Collection

Sohl and Koch OFR # 75 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as E Montpelier; USGS # 25432

Where: Clay County, Mississippi (33.7° N, 88.9° W: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 66.5° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Discoscaphites conradi ammonoid zone, lower Member (Prairie Bluff Formation), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• Haustator bilira assemblage zone

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, glauconitic, gray, 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 4151: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Polychaeta
Sabellida - Serpulidae	Serpula sp. Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758 Serpula sp.
Cephalopoda
Ammonitida - Turrilitidae	? Turrilites sp. ? Turrilites sp. Lamarck 1801 ammonite Turrilites sp.? - originally entered as "Turrilites ? sp."
Gastropoda
Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae	Ellipsoscapha mortoni Ellipsoscapha mortoni Forbes 1845 snail Ellipsoscapha mortoni (Forbes)
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	"Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira, Turritella vertebroides "Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira Conrad 1860 turret shell Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell Turritella vertebroides Morton
Neotaenioglossa - Trichotropidae	Turbinopsis sp. Turbinopsis sp. Conrad 1860 snail originally entered as "Turbinopsis "
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Gyrodes petrosus, Euspira cf. rectilabrum 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"
Neogastropoda - Buccinidae	Ornopsis (Pornosis) sp. Ornopsis (Pornosis) sp. Wade 1916 true whelk Ornopsis (Pornosis?) s.
Neogastropoda - Melongenidae	Deussenia sp., Pyrifusus sp. Deussenia sp. Stephenson 1941 snail Deussenia sp. Pyrifusus sp. Conrad 1858 snail Pyrifusus sp.
Neogastropoda - Volutidae	Longoconcha sp. Longoconcha sp. Stephenson 1941 volute Longoconcha spp.
Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae	Pugnellus sp., Pugnellus sp., Pterocerella sp., Anchura sp. Pugnellus sp. Conrad 1860 snail originally entered as "Pugnellus " Pugnellus sp. Conrad 1860 snail Pugnellus sp. Pterocerella sp. Meek 1864 snail Pterocerella sp. Anchura sp. Conrad 1860 snail Anchura sp.
Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae	"Xenophora leprosa" = Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa "Xenophora leprosa" = Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa Morton 1834 carrier shell Xenophora leprosa (Morton)
Bivalvia
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	Pecten (Pecten) venustus Pecten (Pecten) venustus scallop Pecten (Pecten?) venustus Morton
Ostreida - Ostreidae	Arctostrea falacata Arctostrea falacata oyster Arctostrea falacata (Gabb)
Ostreida - Gryphaeidae	"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata "Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Say 1820 oyster Exogyra costata Say
Arcida - Cucullaeidae	"Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax" = Idonearca capax "Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax" = Idonearca capax Conrad 1858 clam Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Cardium sp. Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle Cardium sp.
Cardiida - Tellinidae	"Linearia pectinis" = Linearis "Linearia pectinis" = Linearis tellin clam Linearia pectinis Stephenson
Cardiida - Arcticidae	Etea cf. carolinensis Etea cf. carolinensis Conrad 1875 clam Etea cf. Etea carolinensis Conrad - originally entered as "Etea cf. carolinensis"
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
Demospongiae
Clavulina - Clionaidae	Cliona sp. Cliona sp. demosponge Clione sp.