PBDB Collection

Sohl and Koch OFR # 162 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as SW Sandy Ridge; USGS # 19075

Where: Lowndes County, Alabama (32.0° N, 86.5° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 64.6° 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, argillaceous, calcareous sandstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Reposited in the USGS

• Stephenson 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 4229: 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., Trochocyathidae indet. Lithophagidae indet. Lithophagid borings Trochocyathidae indet. Trochocyathid coral
Echinoidea
Spatangoida - Schizasteridae	? Linthia sp. ? Linthia sp. Desor 1853 heart urchin Linthia sp.? - originally entered as "Linthia ? sp."
Rhynchonellata
Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae	Terebratulina floridana Terebratulina floridana Terebratulina floridana (Morton)
Bryozoa
-	Bryozoa indet., Bryozoa indet. Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 Bryozoa (encrusting) Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 Bryozoa (branching)
Polychaeta
Serpulimorpha -	Hamulus onyx Hamulus onyx Morton 1834 Hamulus onyx Morton
Cephalopoda
Ammonitida - Baculitidae	Baculites sp., Baculites tippahensis, "Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus" = Eubaculites carinatus Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799 ammonite Baculites sp. Baculites tippahensis ammonite Baculites tippahensis Conrad "Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus" = Eubaculites carinatus Morton 1834 ammonite Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus
Gastropoda
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	Turritella sp., "Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell Turritella sp. "Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira Conrad 1860 turret shell Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C
Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae	"Striaticostatum sillimani" = Epitonium sillimani, Striaticostatum sp. "Striaticostatum sillimani" = Epitonium sillimani Morton 1834 wentletrap Striaticostatum sillimani (Morton) Striaticostatum sp. Sohl 1963 wentletrap Striaticostatum sp.
Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae	Bellifusus sp. Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941 snail Bellifusus sp.
Neogastropoda - Buccinidae	? Hydrotribulus sp. ? Hydrotribulus sp. Wade 1916 true whelk Hydeotribulus ? sp. - originally entered as "Hydeotribulus ? sp."
Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae	Anchura ? noakensis Anchura ? noakensis snail Anchura noakensis? Stephenson - originally entered as "Anchura noakensis ?"
Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae	"Xenophora leprosa" = Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa "Xenophora leprosa" = Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa Morton 1834 carrier shell Xenophora leprosa (Morton)
Bivalvia
Mytilida - Crenellidae	Crenella serica, Crenella elegantula Crenella serica Conrad 1860 clam Crenella serica Conrad Crenella elegantula Meek and Hayden 1862 clam Crenella elegantula Meek & Hayden
Myalinida - Inoceramidae	Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp. Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp. Sowerby 1814 clam Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp.
Pectinida - Dimyidae	Atreta melleni Atreta melleni scallop Atreta melleni (Stephenson)
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) sellardsi "Lima (Lima) acutilineata" = Limatula acutilineata Conrad 1858 file clam Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad Lima (Lima) sellardsi Stephenson 1941 file clam Lima (Lima) sellardsi Stephenson
Pectinida - Anomiidae	Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833 jingle Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Pectinida - Plicatulidae	Plicatula (Plicatula) mullicaensis Plicatula (Plicatula) mullicaensis scallop Plicatula (Plicatula) mullicaensis
Ostreida - Flemingostreidae	Cubitostrea tecticosta Cubitostrea tecticosta Gabb 1860 oyster Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Ostreida - Gryphaeidae	"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata, Pycnodonte sp., Pycnodonte vesicularis "Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Say 1820 oyster Exogyra costata Say Pycnodonte sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1835 oyster Pycnodonte sp. Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Cardium sp. Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle Cardium sp.
Pholadida - Pholadidae	Clavipholas pectorosa Clavipholas pectorosa clam Claripholas pectorosa (Conrad)
Poromyida - Poromyidae	Liopistha protexta Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853 clam Liopistha protexta Conrad
Myoida -	Eufistulina ripleyana Eufistulina ripleyana clam Eufistulana ripleyana (Stephenson) - originally entered as "Eufistulana ripleyana"