PBDB Collection

Sohl and Koch OFR # 164 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as N Orion; USGS # 27914

Where: Montgomery County, Alabama (32.0° N, 86.0° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 64.1° 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; phosphatic, gray, 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 4231: 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
-	metazoan indet. metazoan indet. Worm Tubes
Deuteropoda
-	Malacostraca indet. Malacostraca indet. Latreille 1802 Crab parts
Bryozoa
-	Bryozoa indet. Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 Bryozoa (encrusting)
Cephalopoda
Ammonitida - Baculitidae	"Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus" = Eubaculites carinatus, Baculites sp., Baculites tippahensis, "Baculites columna" = Trachybaculites columna "Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus" = Eubaculites carinatus Morton 1834 ammonite Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799 ammonite Baculites sp. Baculites tippahensis ammonite Baculites tippahensis Conrad "Baculites columna" = Trachybaculites columna Morton 1834 ammonite Baculites columna Morton
Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae	Sphenodiscus sp. Sphenodiscus sp. Meek 1871 ammonite Sphenodiscus sp.
Nautilida - Nautilidae	Eutrephoceras dekayi Eutrephoceras dekayi Morton 1834 Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton)
Gastropoda
Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae	Ellipsoscapha mortoni Ellipsoscapha mortoni Forbes 1845 snail Ellipsoscapha mortoni (Forbes)
Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae	Cylichna sp. Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail Cylichna sp.
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	Turritella hilgardi, Turritella sp., Turritella vertebroides, "Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira Turritella hilgardi turret shell Turritella hilgardi Sohl Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell Turritella sp. Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell Turritella vertebroides Morton "Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira Conrad 1860 turret shell Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C
Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae	Anchura sp., Arrhoges (Latiala) sp. Anchura sp. Conrad 1860 snail Anchura sp. Arrhoges (Latiala) sp. Gabb 1868 snail Arrhoges (Latiala) sp.
Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae	"Xenophora leprosa" = Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa "Xenophora leprosa" = Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa Morton 1834 carrier shell Xenophora leprosa (Morton)
Neogastropoda -	Neogastropoda indet. Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929 snail Neogastropods indeterminate
Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae	Bellifusus sp. Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941 snail Bellifusus sp.
Neogastropoda - Buccinidae	Stantonella sp. Stantonella sp. Wade 1926 true whelk Stantonella sp.
Neogastropoda - Melongenidae	Pyrifusus sp. Pyrifusus sp. Conrad 1858 snail Pyrifusus sp.
Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae	Napulus sp. Napulus sp. Stephenson 1941 snail Napulus sp.
Basommatophora - Siphonariidae	Anisomyon sp. Anisomyon sp. Meek and Hayden 1860 pulmonate Anisomyon sp.
Bivalvia
Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae	Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) thoracica Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) thoracica Morton 1834 clam Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) tho
Carditida - Crassatellidae	Crassatella sp., Crassatella vadosa Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799 clam Crassatella sp. Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 clam Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae	Pholadomya (Pholadomya) sp. Pholadomya (Pholadomya) sp. Sowerby 1823 clam Pholadomya (Pholadomya) sp.
Poromyida - Poromyidae	Liopistha protexta Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853 clam Liopistha protexta Conrad
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Cardium sp. Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle Cardium sp.
Cardiida - Arcticidae	Veniella conradi Veniella conradi Morton 1833 clam Veniella conradi (Morton)
Cardiida - Veneridae	Legumen ellipticum Legumen ellipticum venus clam Legumen ellipticum Conrad
Hippuritida - Radiolitidae	Radiolitidae indet. Radiolitidae indet. Gray 1848 rudist Radiolitid indeterminate
Pholadida - Teredinidae	Teredo sp. Teredo sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam Toredo boring - originally entered as "Toredo sp."
Mytilida - Crenellidae	Crenella serica Crenella serica Conrad 1860 clam Crenella serica Conrad
Myalinida - Inoceramidae	Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp. Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp. Sowerby 1814 clam Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp.
Pectinida - Neitheoidae	Neithea (Neitheops) sp. Neithea (Neitheops) sp. Stewart 1930 scallop Neithea (Neitheops) sp.
Pectinida - Entoliidae	Syncyclonema simplicius Syncyclonema simplicius scallop Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
Pectinida - Anomiidae	Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833 jingle Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Ostreida - Pinnidae	Pinna (Pinna) sp. Pinna (Pinna) sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster Pinna (Pinna) sp.
Ostreida - Gryphaeidae	"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata, Pycnodonte vesicularis "Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Say 1820 oyster Exogyra costata Say Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck
Arcida - Cucullaeidae	"Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax" = Idonearca capax "Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax" = Idonearca capax Conrad 1858 clam Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad
Echinoidea
Spatangoida - Schizasteridae	? Linthia sp. ? Linthia sp. Desor 1853 heart urchin Linthia sp.? - originally entered as "Linthia ? sp."
unclassified
-	Vertebrata indet., Vertebrata indet. Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801 Bone material Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801 Shark parts
Demospongiae
Clavulina - Clionaidae	Cliona sp. Cliona sp. demosponge Clione sp.