PBDB Collection

Sohl and Koch OFR # 152 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Braggs Cut; USGS # 30657

Where: Lowndes County, Alabama (32.0° N, 86.7° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 64.8° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Haustator bilira assemblage zone

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, argillaceous, calcareous sandstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, 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 4219: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
Mytilida - Crenellidae	Crenella serica Crenella serica Conrad 1860 clam Crenella serica Conrad
Mytilida - Mytilidae	? Brachidontes sp. ? Brachidontes sp. Swainson 1840 mussel Brachidontes ? sp. - originally entered as "Brachidontes ? sp."
Arcida - Parallelodontidae	Nemodon eufaulensis Nemodon eufaulensis clam Nemodon eufaulensis (Gabb) [entered as Nemodon eufaulensis]
Arcida - Cucullaeidae	"Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax" = Idonearca capax "Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax" = Idonearca capax Conrad 1858 clam Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad
Arcida - Arcidae	Striarca saffordi Striarca saffordi clam Striarca saffordi (Gardner) non Gab
Ostreida - Pinnidae	Pinna (Pinna) sp. Pinna (Pinna) sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster Pinna (Pinna) sp.
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis Stephenson 1941 scallop Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (
Pectinida - Anomiidae	Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833 jingle Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Pectinida - Limidae	Lima (Lima) sp., "Lima (Lima) acutilineata" = Limatula acutilineata, "Lima (Lima) reticulata" = Lima reticulata Lima (Lima) sp. Bruguiére 1796 file clam Lima (Lima) sp. "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
Pectinida - Entoliidae	Syncyclonema simplicius Syncyclonema simplicius scallop Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
Carditida - Crassatellidae	Crassatella vadosa Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 clam Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Pholadida - Pholadidae	Opertochasma sp. Opertochasma sp. Stephenson 1953 clam Opertochasma sp.
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Granocardium (Granocardium) lowei Granocardium (Granocardium) lowei cockle Granocardium (Granocardium) lowei
Cardiida - Icanotiidae	? Icanotia sp. ? Icanotia sp. Stoliczka 1870 clam Icanotia ? sp. - originally entered as "Icanotia ? sp."
Cardiida - Tellinidae	"Linearia metastriata" = Linearis "Linearia metastriata" = Linearis tellin clam Linearia metastriata Conrad
Cardiida - Arcticidae	Veniella sp., Veniella conradi Veniella sp. Stoliczka 1870 clam Veniella sp. Veniella conradi Morton 1833 clam Veniella conradi (Morton)
Cardiida - Veneridae	Cyclorisma parva Cyclorisma parva venus clam Cyclorisma parva (Gardner)
Cardiida - Mactridae	Cymbophora sp. Cymbophora sp. Gabb 1869 clam Cymbophora sp.
Solenida - Pharidae	Leptosolen biplicata Leptosolen biplicata Conrad 1858 clam Leptosolen biplicata (Conrad)
Poromyida - Poromyidae	Liopistha protexta Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853 clam Liopistha protexta Conrad
Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae	Pholadomya (Pholadomya) sp. Pholadomya (Pholadomya) sp. Sowerby 1823 clam Pholadomya (Pholadomya) sp.
Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae	Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis Gabb 1860 clam Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf
Nuculanida - Nuculanidae	Nuculana whitfieldi Nuculana whitfieldi pointed nut clam Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
Cephalopoda
Ammonitida - Baculitidae	"Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus" = Eubaculites carinatus, Baculites sp. "Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus" = Eubaculites carinatus Morton 1834 ammonite Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799 ammonite Baculites sp.
Ammonitida - Scaphitidae	Discoscaphites sp. Discoscaphites sp. Meek 1870 ammonite Discoscaphites sp.
Gastropoda
Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae	Cylichna sp. Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail Cylichna sp.
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	"Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira" = Haustator bilira, Laxispira monilifera, Turritella vertebroides "Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira" = Haustator bilira Stephenson 1941 turret shell Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St Laxispira monilifera Sohl 1964 turret shell Laxispira monilifera Sohl Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell Turritella vertebroides Morton
Neogastropoda - Buccinidae	Buccinopsis sp. Buccinopsis sp. Conrad 1857 true whelk Buccinopsis sp.
Neogastropoda - Nassariidae	? Fusus sp. ? Fusus sp. Bruguière 1789 snail Fusus ? sp. - originally entered as "Fusus ? sp."
Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae	Paladmete cancellaria Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858 snail Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad)