PBDB Collection

Sohl and Koch OFR # 159 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Braggs Cut; USGS # 30659

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, middle Member (Prairie Bluff Formation), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• Haustator bilira assemblage zone

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, sandy, calcareous 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 4226: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Lithophagidae indet. Lithophagidae indet. Lithophagid borings
Echinoidea
-	Echinoidea indet. Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin Echinoid sp. - originally entered as "Echinoidea sp."
Polychaeta
Sabellida - Serpulidae	Serpula sp. Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758 Serpula sp.
Serpulimorpha -	Hamulus onyx Hamulus onyx Morton 1834 Hamulus onyx Morton
Gastropoda
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	Turritella hilgardi, Turritella sp., "Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira, "Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira" = Haustator bilira, Laxispira monilifera Turritella hilgardi turret shell Turritella hilgardi Sohl Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell Turritella sp. "Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira Conrad 1860 turret shell Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C "Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira" = Haustator bilira Stephenson 1941 turret shell Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St Laxispira monilifera Sohl 1964 turret shell Laxispira monilifera Sohl
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Gyrodes sp. Gyrodes sp. Conrad 1860 moon snail Gyrodes sp.
Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae	Paladmete cancellaria Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858 snail Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad)
Neogastropoda - Nassariidae	? Fusus sp. ? Fusus sp. Bruguière 1789 snail Fusus ? sp. - originally entered as "Fusus ? sp."
Bivalvia
Nuculanida - Malletiidae	Malletia longfrons Malletia longfrons clam Malletia longfrons (Conrad)
Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae	Pholadomya (Pholadomya) sp. Pholadomya (Pholadomya) sp. Sowerby 1823 clam Pholadomya (Pholadomya) sp.
Pholadida - Corbulidae	Corbula sp., Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam Corbula sp. Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910 clam Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"
Cardiida - Arcticidae	Veniella conradi Veniella conradi Morton 1833 clam Veniella conradi (Morton)
Cardiida - Mactridae	Cymbophora berryi Cymbophora berryi clam Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
Cardiida - Tellinidae	"Linearia metastriata" = Linearis "Linearia metastriata" = Linearis tellin clam Linearia metastriata Conrad
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Protocardia (Brevicardium) sp. Protocardia (Brevicardium) sp. Beyrich 1845 cockle Protocardium (Brevicardium) sp. - originally entered as "Protocardium sp."
Carditida - Crassatellidae	Crassatella vadosa Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 clam Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Carditida - Carditidae	Vetericardiella crenalirata Vetericardiella crenalirata clam Vetericardiella crenalirata (Conra
Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae	Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis, Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) sp. Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis Gabb 1860 clam Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) sp. Dietrich 1933 clam Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) sp.
Mytilida - Crenellidae	Crenella serica Crenella serica Conrad 1860 clam Crenella serica Conrad
Pectinida - Limidae	"Lima (Lima) reticulata" = Lima reticulata "Lima (Lima) reticulata" = Lima reticulata Forbes 1845 file clam Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For
Pectinida - Anomiidae	Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833 jingle Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Pectinida - Entoliidae	Syncyclonema simplicius Syncyclonema simplicius scallop Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
Ostreida - Flemingostreidae	Cubitostrea tecticosta Cubitostrea tecticosta Gabb 1860 oyster Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Ostreida - Gryphaeidae	Pycnodonte vesicularis, Exogyra sp., "Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata, Gryphaeostrea vomer Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck Exogyra sp. Say 1820 oyster Exogyra sp. "Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Say 1820 oyster Exogyra costata Say Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton 1828 oyster Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton
Arcida - Parallelodontidae	Nemodon eufaulensis Nemodon eufaulensis clam Nemodon eufaulensis (Gabb) [entered as Nemodon eufaulensis]
Bryozoa
-	Bryozoa indet. Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 Bryozoa (encrusting)
Demospongiae
Clavulina - Clionaidae	Cliona sp. Cliona sp. demosponge Clione sp.