Sohl and Koch OFR # 241 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Credilles Mill; USGS # 25520 : 26001 : 27024

Where: Clay County, Georgia (31.7° N, 85.1° W: paleocoordinates 34.6° N, 63.3° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Contusotruncana contusa foram zone, upper 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; lithified, 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 4278: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Lithophagidae indet.
Lithophagid borings
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Bone material
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 clam
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Cardium sp.
Granocardium (Granocardium) tippananum cockle
Granocardium (Granocardium) tippan
Trachycardium eufaulensis Conrad 1860 cockle
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad)
Protocardia (Pachycardium) spillmani cockle
Protocardium (Pachycardium) spillm - originally entered as "Protocardium spillmani"
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp. n. sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
Tellina n. sp. (fine concentrics a - originally entered as "Tellina n. sp."
Liothyris cf. carolinensis Conrad 1875 tellin clam
Liothyris cf. L. carolinensis (Con - originally entered as "Liothyris cf. carolinensis"
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Aphrodina (Aphrodina) tippana venus clam
Aphrodina (Aphrodina) tippana (Con
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) angulicostata clam
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) ang
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Ostrea sp.
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra sp. Say 1820 oyster
Exogyra sp.
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis Stephenson 1941 scallop
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius scallop
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833 jingle
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea (Idonearca) littlei Gabb 1877 clam
Cucullaea (Idonearca) littlei Gabb
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris rotundata clam
Glycymeris rotundata (Gabb)
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860 clam
Crenella serica Conrad
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Sphenodiscus sp. Meek 1871 ammonite
Sphenodiscus sp.
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Longoconcha sp. Stephenson 1941 volute
Longoconcha spp.
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinopsis sp. Conrad 1857 true whelk
Buccinopsis sp.
Stantonella sp. Wade 1926 true whelk
Stantonella sp.
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp., "Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira, Turritella vertebroides
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