PBDB Collection

Sohl and Koch OFR # 82 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as N Starkville; USGS # 25435

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 4156: 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.
Polychaeta
Sabellida - Serpulidae	Serpula sp. Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758 Serpula sp.
Bivalvia
Arcida - Glycymerididae	Glycymeris sp. Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam Glycymeris sp.
Arcida - Cucullaeidae	"Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax" = Idonearca capax "Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax" = Idonearca capax Conrad 1858 clam Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad
Myalinida - Inoceramidae	Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp. Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp. Sowerby 1814 clam Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp.
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
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	Chlamys (Radiopecten) mississippensis Chlamys (Radiopecten) mississippensis scallop Chlamys (Radiopecten) mississippen
Pectinida - Anomiidae	Paranomia scabra Paranomia scabra scallop Paranomia scabra (Morton)
Pectinida - Limidae	"Lima (Lima) acutilineata" = Limatula acutilineata, "Lima (Lima) reticulata" = Lima reticulata "Lima (Lima) acutilineata" = Limatula acutilineata Conrad 1858 file clam Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad "Lima (Lima) reticulata" = Lima reticulata Forbes 1845 file clam Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For
Carditida - Crassatellidae	Crassatella vadosa Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 clam Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Cardium sp., Protocardia (Pachycardium) spillmani Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle Cardium sp. Protocardia (Pachycardium) spillmani cockle Protocardium (Pachycardium) spillm - originally entered as "Protocardium spillmani"
Cardiida - Arcticidae	Veniella conradi Veniella conradi Morton 1833 clam Veniella conradi (Morton)
Cardiida - Veneridae	Cyprimeria alta Cyprimeria alta venus clam Cyprimeria alta Conrad
Cardiida - Mactridae	Cymbophora sp. Cymbophora sp. Gabb 1869 clam Cymbophora sp.
Poromyida - Poromyidae	Liopistha protexta Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853 clam Liopistha protexta Conrad
Pandorida - Laternulidae	Anatimya sp. Anatimya sp. Conrad 1860 clam Anatymya sp. - originally entered as "Anatymya sp."
Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae	Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) thoracica Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) thoracica Morton 1834 clam Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) tho
Nuculida - Nuculidae	Nucula percrassa, Nucula perequalis Nucula percrassa nut clam Nucula percrassa Conrad Nucula perequalis nut clam Nucula perequalis Conrad?
Cephalopoda
Nautilida - Nautilidae	"Eutrephoceras perlata" = Eutrephoceras perlatus "Eutrephoceras perlata" = Eutrephoceras perlatus Morton 1834 nautiloid Eutrephoceras perlata Morton
Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae	Nostoceras ? turrilites Nostoceras ? turrilites ammonite Nostoceras ? turrilites - originally entered as "Nostoceras ? turrilites"
Ammonitida - Baculitidae	Baculites sp. Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799 ammonite Baculites sp.
Gastropoda
Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae	? Calliomphalus sp. ? Calliomphalus sp. Cossmann 1888 snail Calliomphalus ? sp. - originally entered as "Calliomphalus ? sp."
Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae	Ellipsoscapha mortoni Ellipsoscapha mortoni Forbes 1845 snail Ellipsoscapha mortoni (Forbes)
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	Turritella sp., Turritella vertebroides Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell Turritella sp. Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell Turritella vertebroides Morton
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)
Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae	Napulus sp. Napulus sp. Stephenson 1941 snail Napulus sp.
Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae	? Pyropsis sp., Pyropsis sp. ? Pyropsis sp. Conrad 1860 snail Pyropsis ? sp. - originally entered as "Pyropsis ? sp." Pyropsis sp. Conrad 1860 snail Pyropsis spp.
Neogastropoda - Buccinidae	Ornopsis sp., Stantonella sp. Ornopsis sp. Wade 1916 true whelk Ornopsis sp. Stantonella sp. Wade 1926 true whelk Stantonella ? sp.
Neogastropoda - Melongenidae	Pyrifusus sp. Pyrifusus sp. Conrad 1858 snail Pyrifusus sp.
Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae	Graphidula sp., ? Drilluta sp., ? Bellifusus sp. Graphidula sp. Stephenson 1941 snail Graphidula sp. ? Drilluta sp. Wade 1916 snail Drilluta ? sp. - originally entered as "Drilluta ? sp." ? Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941 snail Bellifusus ? sp. - originally entered as "Bellifusus ? sp."
Neogastropoda - Volutidae	Longoconcha sp. Longoconcha sp. Stephenson 1941 volute Longoconcha spp.
Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae	Pugnellus sp., Anchura ? noakensis, Anchura sp. Pugnellus sp. Conrad 1860 snail Pugnellus sp. Anchura ? noakensis snail Anchura noakensis? Stephenson - originally entered as "Anchura noakensis ?" 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)
Neotaenioglossa - Trichotropidae	Turbinopsis sp., Turbinopsis cf. curta Turbinopsis sp. Conrad 1860 snail originally entered as "Turbinopsis " Turbinopsis cf. curta snail "? cf. curta" Turbinopsis ? cf. T. curta Whitfie - originally entered as "Turbinopsis ? cf. curta"