PBDB Collection

Sohl and Koch OFR # 120 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Livingston; USGS # 6802 : 5400

Where: Sumter County, Alabama (32.6° N, 88.2° W: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 66.1° W)

• outcrop-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; gray claystone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Reposited in the USGS

• Stephenson pub 1914

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 4187: 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
Arcida - Cucullaeidae	"Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax" = Idonearca capax "Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax" = Idonearca capax Conrad 1858 clam Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad
Ostreida - Ostreidae	Ostrea sp. Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster Ostrea sp.
Ostreida - Gryphaeidae	Pycnodonte sp., "Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata, Gryphaeostrea vomer Pycnodonte sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1835 oyster Pycnodonte sp. "Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Say 1820 oyster Exogyra costata Say Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton 1828 oyster Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton
Pectinida - Plicatulidae	Plicatula (Plicatula) mullicaensis Plicatula (Plicatula) mullicaensis scallop Plicatula (Plicatula) mullicaensis
Carditida - Crassatellidae	Crassatella vadosa Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 clam Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Cardiida - Arcticidae	Veniella sp. Veniella sp. Stoliczka 1870 clam Veniella sp.
Gastropoda
Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae	Pterocerella sp. Pterocerella sp. Meek 1864 snail Pterocerella sp.
Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae	Napulus sp. Napulus sp. Stephenson 1941 snail Napulus sp.
Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae	Caveola sp. Caveola sp. Stephenson 1941 snail Caveola sp.
Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae	Drilluta sp., Bellifusus sp. Drilluta sp. Wade 1916 snail Drilluta sp. Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941 snail Bellifusus sp.
Neogastropoda - Melongenidae	Pyrifusus sp. Pyrifusus sp. Conrad 1858 snail Pyrifusus sp.
Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae	"Cypraea" sp. "Cypraea" sp. Linnaeus 1758 cowry Cyraea sp. - originally entered as "Cyraea sp."
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Gyrodes petrosus Gyrodes petrosus moon snail Gyrodes petrosus (Morton)
Cephalopoda
Ammonitida - Baculitidae	"Baculites columna" = Trachybaculites columna, Baculites tippahensis "Baculites columna" = Trachybaculites columna Morton 1834 ammonite Baculites columna Morton Baculites tippahensis ammonite Baculites tippahensis Conrad
Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae	Diplomoceras trabeatus Diplomoceras trabeatus ammonite Diplomoceras trabeatus (Morton)
Nautilida - Nautilidae	Eutrephoceras dekayi Eutrephoceras dekayi Morton 1834 Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton)