Sohl and Koch OFR # 284 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Ft. Gaines NE 107 ft; USGS # 32249

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, Providence Formation, Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• Foraminiferal zonation from King and Skotnicki, 1992.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, silty, sandy claystone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, 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 4320: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae
Micrabacia sp. Milne-Edwards 1849 stony coral
Micrabacia spp.
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. n. sp., "Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira" = Haustator bilira
Turritella sp. n. sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Turritella n. sp. (Multilirate) - originally entered as "Turritella n. sp."
"Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira" = Haustator bilira Stephenson 1941 turret shell
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Creonella triplicata Wade 1917 snail
Creonella triplicata Wade
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus obnutus tusk shell
Cadulus obnutus (Conrad)
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana whitfieldi pointed nut clam
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
 Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca saffordi clam
Striarca saffordi (Gardner) non Gab
 Carditida - Condylocardiidae
"Uddenia texana" = Cuna texana
"Uddenia texana" = Cuna texana Stephenson 1941 clam
Uddenia texana Stephenson
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Nymphalucina ? linearea" = Nymphalucina linearia, Myrtea stephensoni
"Nymphalucina ? linearea" = Nymphalucina linearia Stephenson 1941 clam
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea"
Myrtea stephensoni clam
Myrtea stephensoni Gardner
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Aenona eufaulensis Conrad 1860 tellin clam
Aenona eufaulensis (Conrad)
Tellinimera gabbi tellin clam
Tellinimeria gabbi Gardner - originally entered as "Tellinimeria gabbi"
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora berryi clam
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
Cymbophora wordeni clam
Cymbophora wordeni (Gardner)
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyclorisma parva venus clam
Cyclorisma parva (Gardner)
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula subradiata clam
Corbula subradiata Gardner