PBDB Collection

Sohl and Koch OFR # 157 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Braggs Cut; USGS # 30846

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; glauconitic, silty, sandy claystone

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 4224: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999, edited by Austin Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae	Micrabacia sp. Micrabacia sp. Milne-Edwards 1849 stony coral Micrabacia spp.
Demospongiae
Clavulina - Clionaidae	Cliona sp. Cliona sp. demosponge Clione sp.
unclassified
-	Vertebrata indet. Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801 Shark parts
Polychaeta
Serpulimorpha -	Hamulus onyx Hamulus onyx Morton 1834 Hamulus onyx Morton
Sabellida - Serpulidae	Serpula sp. Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758 Serpula sp.
Bivalvia
Mytilida - Crenellidae	Crenella serica Crenella serica Conrad 1860 clam Crenella serica Conrad
Ostreida - Ostreidae	Ostrea plumosa Ostrea plumosa Morton 1833 oyster Ostrea plumosa Morton
Ostreida - Flemingostreidae	Cubitostrea tecticosta Cubitostrea tecticosta Gabb 1860 oyster Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Ostreida - Gryphaeidae	Pycnodonte sp., Gryphaeostrea vomer, "Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Pycnodonte sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1835 oyster Pycnodonte sp. Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton 1828 oyster Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton "Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Say 1820 oyster Exogyra costata Say
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis, Spondylus (Spondylus) sp. Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis Stephenson 1941 scallop Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis ( Spondylus (Spondylus) sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop Spondylus (Spondylus) sp.
Pectinida - Neitheoidae	Neithea (Neitheops) quinquecostata Neithea (Neitheops) quinquecostata Sowerby 1814 scallop Neithea (Neitheops) quinquecostata
Pectinida - Plicatulidae	Plicatula (Plicatula) tetrica Plicatula (Plicatula) tetrica Conrad 1860 scallop Plicatula (Plicatula) tetrica Conr
Pectinida - Anomiidae	Anomia (Anomia) ornata, Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb 1876 jingle Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833 jingle Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Pectinida - Limidae	Lima (Lima) sp. Lima (Lima) sp. Bruguiére 1796 file clam Lima (Lima) sp.
Carditida - Crassatellidae	Crassatella vadosa Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 clam Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Pholadida - Corbulidae	Corbula sp. Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam Corbula sp.
Cardiida - Arcticidae	Veniella conradi Veniella conradi Morton 1833 clam Veniella conradi (Morton)
Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae	Pholadomya (Pholadomya) sp. Pholadomya (Pholadomya) sp. Sowerby 1823 clam Pholadomya (Pholadomya) sp.
Gastropoda
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	Laxispira monilifera, Turritella vertebroides Laxispira monilifera Sohl 1964 turret shell Laxispira monilifera Sohl Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell Turritella vertebroides Morton
Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae	Napulus sp. Napulus sp. Stephenson 1941 snail Napulus sp.
Thecostraca
Cirripedia -	Cirripedia indet. Cirripedia indet. Rafinesque 1816 barnacle Barnacles plates