PBDB Collection

Sohl and Koch OFR # 168 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Near China Grove; USGS # 27959

Where: Pike County, Alabama (32.0° N, 85.9° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 64.0° 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; gray, silty sandstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, 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 4235: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Vertebrata indet. Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801 Fish parts
Gastropoda
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	Turritella vertebroides, Laxispira monilifera Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell Turritella vertebroides Morton Laxispira monilifera Sohl 1964 turret shell Laxispira monilifera Sohl
Bivalvia
Nuculanida - Nuculanidae	Nuculana sp. Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam Nuculana sp.
Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae	Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis Gabb 1860 clam Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf
Carditida - Crassatellidae	Crassatella vadosa Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 clam Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Lucinida - Lucinidae	Lucina sp. Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam Lucina 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	Aenona sp. Aenona sp. Conrad 1870 tellin clam Aenona sp.
Arcida - Arcidae	Striarca sp. Striarca sp. Conrad 1862 clam Striarca sp.
Ostreida - Gryphaeidae	Pycnodonte sp., Pycnodonte vesicularis, "Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Pycnodonte sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1835 oyster Pycnodonte sp. Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck "Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Say 1820 oyster Exogyra costata Say
Ostreida - Ostreidae	Ostrea sp. Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster Ostrea sp.
Ostreida - Flemingostreidae	Cubitostrea tecticosta Cubitostrea tecticosta Gabb 1860 oyster Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
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"
Cephalopoda
Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae	Sphenodiscus sp. Sphenodiscus sp. Meek 1871 ammonite Sphenodiscus sp.
Polychaeta
Serpulimorpha -	Hamulus onyx Hamulus onyx Morton 1834 Hamulus onyx Morton