PBDB Collection

Sohl and Koch OFR # 269 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Ft. Gaines NE143 ft; USGS # 32264

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

• small collection-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.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray, argillaceous sandstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Reposited in the USGS

Collection methods: core

• Subsurface data 1981-83

Primary reference: N. F. Sohl and C. F. Koch. 1987. Upper Cretaceous (Maestrichtian) larger invertebrates from the Haustator bilira Assemblage Zone in the Atlantic Coastal Plain with further data for the East Gulf. USGS Open File Report 87-194:1-172 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 4305: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Polychaeta
Serpulimorpha -	Hamulus ? huntensis Hamulus ? huntensis Hamulus? huntensis Stephenson - originally entered as "Hamulus ? huntensis"
Gastropoda
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Euspira rectilabrum Euspira rectilabrum Conrad 1858 moon snail Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae	Dolicholatirus torquatus Dolicholatirus torquatus snail Dolicholatirus torquatus Sohl
Neogastropoda - Volutidae	Liopeplum canalis Liopeplum canalis Conrad 1858 volute Liopeplum canalis (Conrad)
Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae	Helicaulax formosa Helicaulax formosa snail Helicaulax formosa Stephenson
Trochoidea - Ataphridae	Ataphrus sp. n. sp. Ataphrus sp. n. sp. Gabb 1869 snail Ataphrus n. sp. - originally entered as "Ataphrus n. sp."
Trochoidea - Skeneidae	"Teinostoma clara" = Solariorbis clara "Teinostoma clara" = Solariorbis clara Sohl 1960 snail Teinostoma clara Sohl
Bivalvia
Nuculanida - Nuculanidae	Nuculana whitfieldi Nuculana whitfieldi pointed nut clam Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
Pholadida - Corbulidae	Corbula sp. Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam Corbula sp.
Cardiida - Tellinidae	Aenona sp., "Linearia sp." = Linearis Aenona sp. Conrad 1870 tellin clam Aenona sp. "Linearia sp." = Linearis Conrad 1860 tellin clam Linearia sp.
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Granocardium (Granocardium) tippananum, Protocardia (Pachycardium) spillmani Granocardium (Granocardium) tippananum cockle Granocardium (Granocardium) tippan Protocardia (Pachycardium) spillmani cockle Protocardium (Pachycardium) spillm - originally entered as "Protocardium spillmani"
Carditida - Crassatellidae	Crassatella vadosa Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 clam Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae	Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) angulicostata Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) angulicostata clam Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) ang
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis Stephenson 1941 scallop Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (
Arcida - Parallelodontidae	Nemodon cf. grandis Nemodon cf. grandis Wade 1926 clam Nemodon cf. Nemodon grandis Wade - originally entered as "Nemodon cf. grandis"
Arcida - Glycymerididae	Glycymeris rotundata Glycymeris rotundata clam Glycymeris rotundata (Gabb)