Sohl and Koch OFR # 83 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as N Starkville; USGS # 25436

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, 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, 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 4157: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Discoscaphites conradi Morton 1834 ammonite
Discoscaphites conradi (Morton) va
Gastropoda
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Striaticostatum congestum Sohl 1964 wentletrap
Striaticostatum congestum Sohl
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Turritella sp.
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell
Turritella vertebroides Morton
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Anchura sp. Conrad 1860 snail
Anchura sp.
Pterocerella sp. Meek 1864 snail
Pterocerella sp.
 Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis sp. Conrad 1860 snail
Pyropsis spp.
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Graphidula sp. Stephenson 1941 snail
Graphidula sp.
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Longoconcha sp. Stephenson 1941 volute
Longoconcha spp.
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
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)
"Gyrodes spillmani" = Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani Gabb 1861 moon snail
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
"Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax" = Idonearca capax
"Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax" = Idonearca capax Conrad 1858 clam
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833 jingle
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Paranomia scabra scallop
Paranomia scabra (Morton)
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea (Neitheops) sp. Stewart 1930 scallop
Neithea (Neitheops) sp.
 Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta Gabb 1860 oyster
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck
Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton 1828 oyster
Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton
"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Say 1820 oyster
Exogyra costata Say
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853 clam
Liopistha protexta Conrad
 Pandorida - Clavagellidae
Clavagella sp. Blainville 1817 clam
Clavagella sp.
 Pandorida - Laternulidae
Plectomya sp. Loriol 1868 clam
Plectomya sp.
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833 clam
Veniella conradi (Morton)
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyprimeria alta venus clam
Cyprimeria alta Conrad
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora ? lintea clam
Cymbophora lintea Conrad? - originally entered as "Cymbophora lintea ?"
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium (Granocardium) sp. Gabb 1869 cockle
Granocardium (Granocardium) sp.
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) thoracica Morton 1834 clam
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) tho
Echinoidea
 Cassiduloida -
"Hardouinia weatherbyi" = Harduinia
"Hardouinia weatherbyi" = Harduinia sea urchin
Hardouinea weatherbyi deLoriol