PBDB Collection

Sohl and Koch OFR # 156 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Braggs Cut; USGS # 30663

Where: Lowndes County, Alabama (32.0° N, 86.7° W: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 64.8° 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 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 4223: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Coral indet. Coral indet. Coral indeterminate
Bryozoa
-	Bryozoa indet. Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 Bryozoa (encrusting)
Polychaeta
Sabellida - Serpulidae	Serpula sp. Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758 Serpula sp.
Cephalopoda
Ammonitida - Scaphitidae	Discoscaphites conradi Discoscaphites conradi Morton 1834 ammonite Discoscaphites conradi (Morton) va
Nautilida - Nautilidae	Eutrephoceras dekayi Eutrephoceras dekayi Morton 1834 nautiloid Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton)
Gastropoda
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	Turritella sp. Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell Turritella sp.
Neogastropoda -	Neogastropoda indet. Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929 snail Neogastropods indeterminate
Bivalvia
Mytilida - Crenellidae	Crenella serica Crenella serica Conrad 1860 clam Crenella serica Conrad
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	Spondylus (Spondylus) sp. Spondylus (Spondylus) sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop Spondylus (Spondylus) sp.
Pectinida - Neitheoidae	Neithea (Neitheops) sp. Neithea (Neitheops) sp. Stewart 1930 scallop Neithea (Neitheops) sp.
Pectinida - Limidae	"Lima (Lima) acutilineata" = Limatula acutilineata, Lima (Lima) geronimoensis, Lima (Lima) deatsvillensis, Lima (Lima) sp. "Lima (Lima) acutilineata" = Limatula acutilineata Conrad 1858 file clam Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad Lima (Lima) geronimoensis Stephenson 1941 file clam Lima (Lima) geronimoensis Stephens Lima (Lima) deatsvillensis file clam Lima (Lima) deatsvillensis Stephen Lima (Lima) sp. Bruguiére 1796 file clam Lima (Lima) sp.
Pectinida - Anomiidae	Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833 jingle Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Pectinida - Plicatulidae	Plicatula (Plicatula) tetrica Plicatula (Plicatula) tetrica Conrad 1860 scallop Plicatula (Plicatula) tetrica Conr
Pectinida - Entoliidae	Syncyclonema simplicius Syncyclonema simplicius scallop Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
Ostreida - Ostreidae	Ostrea sp. Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster Ostrea sp.
Ostreida - Gryphaeidae	"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata, Pycnodonte sp. "Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Say 1820 oyster Exogyra costata Say Pycnodonte sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1835 oyster Pycnodonte sp.
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Cardium sp. Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle Cardium sp.
Carditida - Crassatellidae	Crassatella vadosa Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 clam Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton