Sohl and Koch OFR # 90 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as ; USGS # 17242

Where: Noxubee County, Mississippi (33.1° N, 88.6° W: paleocoordinates 36.6° N, 66.4° W)

• outcrop-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, glauconitic, gray lime mudstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Reposited in the USGS

• others 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 4163: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
"Dictyarea indet." = Dictyaraea
"Dictyarea indet." = Dictyaraea Reuss 1867 stony coral
cf. Dictyarea
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Dasmosmilia sp.
Dasmosmilia sp. Pourtalès 1880 stony coral
Dasmosmilia sp.
Demospongiae
 Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp.
Cliona sp. demosponge
Clione sp.
unclassified
  -
Vertebrata indet.
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Bone material
Bivalvia
 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, Gryphaeostrea vomer
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck
Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton 1828 oyster
Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten (Pecten) venustus, Spondylus (Spondylus) sp. n. sp.
Pecten (Pecten) venustus scallop
Pecten (Pecten?) venustus Morton
Spondylus (Spondylus) sp. n. sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Spondylus (Spondylus) n. sp. - originally entered as "Spondylus n. sp."
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula (Plicatula) mullicaensis
Plicatula (Plicatula) mullicaensis scallop
Plicatula (Plicatula) mullicaensis
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833 jingle
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
 Hippuritida - Antillocaprinidae
Antillocaprina sp.
Antillocaprina sp. Trechmann 1924 rudist
Antillocaprina sp.
 Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) cf. jerseyensis
Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) cf. jerseyensis clam
Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) cf. jersey - originally entered as "Cuspidaria cf. jerseyensis"
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula percrassa
Nucula percrassa nut clam
Nucula percrassa Conrad
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Hamitidae
Hamites sp.
Hamites sp. Parkinson 1811 ammonite
Hamites? sp.
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites sp.
Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799 ammonite
Baculites sp.
 Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae
Diplomoceras trabeatus
Diplomoceras trabeatus ammonite
Diplomoceras trabeatus (Morton)
 Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Discoscaphites conradi
Discoscaphites conradi Morton 1834 ammonite
Discoscaphites conradi (Morton) va
 Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
"Pachydiscus sp." = Pachydiscus, "Parapachydiscus sp." = Pachydiscus
"Pachydiscus sp." = Pachydiscus Zittel 1884 ammonite
Pachydiscus sp.
"Parapachydiscus sp." = Pachydiscus Zittel 1884 ammonite
Parapachydiscus sp.
 Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
? Coahuilites sp., Sphenodiscus pleurisepta
? Coahuilites sp. Böse 1928 ammonite
Coahuilites? sp. - originally entered as "Coahuilites ? sp."
Sphenodiscus pleurisepta Conrad 1857 ammonite
Sphenodiscus pleurisepta (Conrad)
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae
Ellipsoscapha sp.
Ellipsoscapha sp. Stephenson 1941 snail
Ellipsoscapha ? sp.
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Margaritella sp.
Margaritella sp. Meek and Hayden 1860 snail
Margaritella sp.
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
"Striaticostatum sillimani" = Epitonium sillimani
"Striaticostatum sillimani" = Epitonium sillimani Morton 1834 wentletrap
Striaticostatum sillimani (Morton)
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp.
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Turritella sp.
 Sorbeoconcha - Acteoninidae
Eoacteon sp.
Eoacteon sp. Stephenson 1955 snail
Ecoacteon sp. - originally entered as "Ecoacteon sp."
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Gyrodes abyssinus, Gyrodes petrosus
Gyrodes abyssinus moon snail
Gyrodes abyssinus (Morton)
Gyrodes petrosus moon snail
Gyrodes petrosus (Morton)
 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., Buccinopsis sp.
Ornopsis sp. Wade 1916 true whelk
Ornopsis sp.
Stantonella sp. Wade 1926 true whelk
Stantonella ? sp.
Buccinopsis sp. Conrad 1857 true whelk
Buccinopsis sp.
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Pyrifusus sp.
Pyrifusus sp. Conrad 1858 snail
Pyrifusus sp.
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Graphidula sp., ? Drilluta sp.
Graphidula sp. Stephenson 1941 snail
Graphidula sp.
? Drilluta sp. Wade 1916 snail
Drilluta ? sp. - originally entered as "Drilluta ? sp."
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Longoconcha sp., Volutomorpha sp.
Longoconcha sp. Stephenson 1941 volute
Longoconcha spp.
Volutomorpha sp. Gabb 1877 volute
Volutomorpha sp.
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Anchura ? noakensis, Anchura 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)
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Ampullellinae indet.
Ampullellinae indet. snail
Ampullellinae indeterminate