Sohl and Koch OFR # 216 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Baker Hill; USGS # 30679

Where: Pike County, Alabama (31.9° N, 86.1° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 64.2° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Contusotruncana contusa foram zone, lower Member (Providence Formation), Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• Foraminiferal zonation from King and Skotnicki, 1992.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; silty sandstone

Size class: mesofossils

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 4253: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799 ammonite
Baculites sp.
Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell
Calyptraea sp.
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Laxispira monilifera, Turritella hilgardi, Turritella sp., "Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira, Turritella vertebroides, "Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira" = Haustator bilira
Laxispira monilifera Sohl 1964 turret shell
Laxispira monilifera Sohl
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 vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell
Turritella vertebroides Morton
"Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira" = Haustator bilira Stephenson 1941 turret shell
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Helicaulax formosa snail
Helicaulax formosa Stephenson
 Neogastropoda -
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929 snail
Neogastropods indeterminate
 Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Medionapus sp. Stephenson 1941 snail
Medionapus sp.
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
"Stantonella interupta" = Stantonella interrupta
"Stantonella interupta" = Stantonella interrupta Conrad 1858 true whelk
Stantonella interupta (Conrad)
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941 snail
Bellifusus sp.
Drilluta sp. Wade 1916 snail
Drilluta sp.
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutomorpha sp. Gabb 1877 volute
Volutomorpha sp.
 Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858 snail
Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad)
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Pseudomalaxis pateriformis Stephenson 1955 snail
Pseudomalaxis pateriformis Stephen
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon eufaulensis clam
Nemodon eufaulensis (Gabb) [entered as Nemodon eufaulensis]
 Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca cuneata clam
Striarca cuneata Gabb
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
"Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax" = Idonearca capax
"Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax" = Idonearca capax Conrad 1858 clam
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Postligata sp. Gardner 1916 clam
Postligata sp.
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833 jingle
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) sellardsi Stephenson 1941 file clam
Lima (Lima) sellardsi Stephenson
"Lima (Lima) acutilineata" = Limatula acutilineata Conrad 1858 file clam
Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad
Lima (Lima) sp. Bruguiére 1796 file clam
Lima (Lima) sp.
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius scallop
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis Stephenson 1941 scallop
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) sp. Meek 1864 scallop
Camptonectes (Comptonectes) sp.
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Phelopteria linguiformis pearl oyster
Phelopteria linguiformis (Evans & Shu
 Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta Gabb 1860 oyster
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte sp. n. sp., "Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
Pycnodonte sp. n. sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1835 oyster
Pycnodonte n. sp. - originally entered as "Pycnodonte n. sp."
"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Say 1820 oyster
Exogyra costata Say
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Nymphalucina ? linearea" = Nymphalucina linearia Stephenson 1941 clam
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea"
Myrtea stephensoni clam
Myrtea stephensoni Gardner
Phacoides ? mattiformis clam
Phacoides ? mattiformis (Stephenso - originally entered as "Phacoides ? mattiformis"
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853 clam
Liopistha protexta Conrad
 Pandorida - Laternulidae
Anatimya anteradiata Conrad 1860 clam
Anatymya anteradiata Conrad - originally entered as "Anatymya anteradiata"
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) terramaria clam
Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) terra - originally entered as "Caesticorbula terramaria"
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910 clam
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner 1916 clam
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
Corbula sp.
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833 clam
Veniella conradi (Morton)
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyprimeria depressa venus clam
Cyprimeria depressa Conrad
Legumen ellipticum venus clam
Legumen ellipticum Conrad
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora berryi clam
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
Cymbophora sp. Gabb 1869 clam
Cymbophora sp.
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium (Granocardium) lowei cockle
Granocardium (Granocardium) lowei
Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853 cockle
Trachycardium sp.
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Linearia magnoliensis" = Linearis, "Linearia metastriata" = Linearis, "Linearia sp." = Linearis, Aenona eufaulensis, Tellina sp.
"Linearia magnoliensis" = Linearis tellin clam
Linearia magnoliensis Stephenson
"Linearia metastriata" = Linearis tellin clam
Linearia metastriata Conrad
"Linearia sp." = Linearis Conrad 1860 tellin clam
Linearia sp.
Aenona eufaulensis Conrad 1860 tellin clam
Aenona eufaulensis (Conrad)
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
Tellina sp.
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
Astarte? sp.
 Carditida - Carditidae
Vetericardiella crenalirata clam
Vetericardiella crenalirata (Conra
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Scambula perplana Conrad 1869 clam
Scambula perplana Conrad
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799 clam
Crassatella sp.
Bathytormus pteropsis Conrad 1860 clam
Bathytormus pteropsis (Conrad)
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis Gabb 1860 clam
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) sp. Dietrich 1933 clam
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) sp.
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula percrassa nut clam
Nucula percrassa Conrad
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
Nucula sp.
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana whitfieldi pointed nut clam
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus obnutus tusk shell
Cadulus obnutus (Conrad)
Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
Hamulus onyx Morton 1834
Hamulus onyx Morton
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Echinoid sp. - originally entered as "Echinoidea sp."