Sohl and Koch OFR # 465 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Tinton Falls; USGS # 29244

Where: Monmouth County, New Jersey (40.3° N, 74.1° W: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 49.6° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Discoscaphites iris ammonoid zone, Tinton Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• Haustator bilira assemblage zone

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, glauconitic, sideritic, gray sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with calcite

Reposited in the USGS

Collection methods: bulk,

• Sohl collection

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 4377: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Demospongiae
 Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp. demosponge
Clione sp.
Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) angulicostata clam
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) ang
 Cardiida - Glossidae
Glossus sp. Poli 1795 clam
Glossus sp.
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833 clam
Veniella conradi (Morton)
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora sp. Gabb 1869 clam
Cymbophora sp.
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium (Granocardium) kummeli cockle
Granocardium (Granocardium) kummel
Protocardia (Pachycardium) sp. Conrad 1869 cockle
Protocardium (Pachycardium) sp. - originally entered as "Protocardium sp."
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris rotundata clam
Glycymeris rotundata (Gabb)
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
"Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax" = Idonearca capax
"Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax" = Idonearca capax Conrad 1858 clam
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten (Pecten) venustus scallop
Pecten (Pecten?) venustus Morton
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) sp. Meek 1864 scallop
Camptonectes (Comptonectes) sp.
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius scallop
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Lima (Lima) reticulata" = Lima reticulata
"Lima (Lima) reticulata" = Lima reticulata Forbes 1845 file clam
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777 pearl oyster
Pteria sp.
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea plumosa Morton 1833 oyster
Ostrea plumosa Morton
"Ostrea mesenterica" = Lopha mesenterica Morton 1834 oyster
Ostrea mesenterica Morton
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck
Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton 1828 oyster
Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton
Exogyra sp. Say 1820 oyster
Exogyra sp.
Gastropoda
 Basommatophora - Siphonariidae
Anisomyon sp. Meek and Hayden 1860 pulmonate
Anisomyon? sp.
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira" = Haustator bilira, Turritella sp.
"Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira" = Haustator bilira Stephenson 1941 turret shell
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Turritella sp.
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
"Arrhoges (Latiala) cf. lobata" = Latiala lobata
"Arrhoges (Latiala) cf. lobata" = Latiala lobata Wade 1926 snail
Arrhoges (Latiala) cf. A. Lobata ( - originally entered as "Arrhoges cf. lobata"
 Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis sp. Conrad 1860 snail
Pyropsis spp.
 Sorbeoconcha - Perissityidae
Hercorhynchus (Hercorhyncus) pagodaformis Sohl 1964 true whelk
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) pagoda - originally entered as "Hercorhyncus pagodaformis"
Drilluta cf. buboanus Sohl 1964 true whelk
Drilluta cf. buboanus Sohl - originally entered as "Drilluta cf. buboanus"
Pyrifusus sp. Conrad 1858 true whelk
Pyrifusus sp.
 Caenogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Euspira rectilabrum Conrad 1858 moon snail
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
"Striaticostatum sillimani" = Epitonium sillimani
"Striaticostatum sillimani" = Epitonium sillimani Morton 1834 wentletrap
Striaticostatum sillimani (Morton)
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus snail
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) amer
Calliomphalus (Planolateralis) microcancelli Stephenson 1941 snail
Calliomphalus (Planolateralis) mic
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Sphenodiscus lobatus Tuomey 1856 ammonite
Sphenodiscus lobatus (Toumey)
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (branching)
Deuteropoda
  -
Malacostraca indet. Latreille 1802
Crab parts