PBDB Collection

Sohl and Koch OFR # 80 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as NW Starkville; USGS # 25434

Where: Okitibbeha County, Mississippi (33.5° N, 88.8° W: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 66.5° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Haustator bilira assemblage zone

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray, silty 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 4154: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
Nuculanida - Nuculanidae	Nuculana whitfieldi Nuculana whitfieldi pointed nut clam Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Cardium sp. Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle Cardium sp.
Cardiida - Arcticidae	Veniella conradi Veniella conradi Morton 1833 clam Veniella conradi (Morton)
Cardiida - Mactridae	Cymbophora sp. Cymbophora sp. Gabb 1869 clam Cymbophora sp.
Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae	Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) thoracica Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) thoracica Morton 1834 clam Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) tho
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
Arcida - Glycymerididae	Glycymeris sp. Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam Glycymeris sp.
Gastropoda
Neotaenioglossa - Trichotropidae	Turbinopsis cf. curta Turbinopsis cf. curta snail "? cf. curta" Turbinopsis ? cf. T. curta Whitfie - originally entered as "Turbinopsis ? cf. curta"
Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae	Anchura ? noakensis Anchura ? noakensis snail Anchura noakensis? Stephenson - originally entered as "Anchura noakensis ?"
Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae	"Xenophora leprosa" = Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa "Xenophora leprosa" = Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa Morton 1834 carrier shell Xenophora leprosa (Morton)
Neogastropoda - Volutidae	Longoconcha sp., Volutomorpha sp. Longoconcha sp. Stephenson 1941 volute Longoconcha spp. Volutomorpha sp. Gabb 1877 volute Volutomorpha sp.
Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae	Pyropsis sp. Pyropsis sp. Conrad 1860 snail Pyropsis spp.
Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae	Napulus sp. Napulus sp. Stephenson 1941 snail Napulus sp.
Neogastropoda - Buccinidae	Buccinopsis sp. Buccinopsis sp. Conrad 1857 true whelk Buccinopsis sp.
Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae	? Bellifusus sp. ? Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941 snail Bellifusus ? sp. - originally entered as "Bellifusus ? sp."
Neogastropoda - Melongenidae	Pyrifusus sp. Pyrifusus sp. Conrad 1858 snail Pyrifusus sp.
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Euspira cf. rectilabrum, Gyrodes abyssinus, Gyrodes petrosus Euspira cf. rectilabrum Conrad 1858 moon snail Euspira cf. Euspira rectilabrum (C - originally entered as "Euspira cf. rectilabrum" Gyrodes abyssinus moon snail Gyrodes abyssinus (Morton) Gyrodes petrosus moon snail Gyrodes petrosus (Morton)
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	Turritella sp. Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell Turritella sp.