Sohl and Koch OFR # 115: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Trochocyathidae indet.
Trochocyathid coral
Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp.
Clione sp.
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
Turritella sp.
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Striaticostatum sillimani (Morton 1834)
3 specimens
original and current combination Epitonium sillimani
Striaticostatum sillimani (Morton)
Gastropoda - Capulidae
Capulus spangleri
2 specimens
Capulus spangleri Henderson
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929
1 specimen
Neogastropods indeterminate
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis sp. (Conrad 1860)
1 specimen
Pyropsis spp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Sargana sp. Stephenson 1923
1 specimen
Sargana sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Drilluta sp. Wade 1916
1 specimen
Drilluta sp.
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus
2 specimens
Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus Con
Anchura sp. Conrad 1860
1 specimen
Anchura sp.
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Amaurellina sp. Fischer 1885
1 specimen
Amaurellina sp.
Gyrodes petrosus
2 specimens
Gyrodes petrosus (Morton)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Vetericardiella sp. Chavan 1969
1 specimen
Vetericardiella sp.
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853
1 specimen
Liopistha protexta Conrad
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Clavagellidae
Clavagella (Clavagella) armata Morton 1833
6 specimens
Clavagella (Clavagella) armata Mor
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
1 specimen
Veniella conradi (Morton)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad 1858
1 specimen
recombined as Idonearca capax
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca rostellata
1 specimen
Arca rostellata (Morton)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaeostrea vomer (Morton 1828)
4 specimens
Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton
Pycnodonte vesicularis (Lamarck 1806)
3 specimens
recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck
Exogyra sp. Say 1820
1 specimen
Exogyra sp.
Exogyra costata (Say 1820)
1 specimen
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
Exogyra costata Say
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea plumosa Morton 1833
1 specimen
Ostrea plumosa Morton
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb 1860)
2 specimens
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) reticulata Forbes 1845
1 specimen
recombined as Lima reticulata
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For
Lima (Lima) sp. Bruguiére 1796
2 specimens
Lima (Lima) sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula (Plicatula) mullicaensis
2 specimens
Plicatula (Plicatula) mullicaensis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
1 specimen
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Paranomia scabra
1 specimen
Paranomia scabra (Morton)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten (Pecten) venustus
1 specimen
Pecten (Pecten?) venustus Morton
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton 1834)
1 specimen
Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
Baculites sp.
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (encrusting)
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Reptilian tooth
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus squamosus
Hamulus squamosus Gabb
Hamulus onyx Morton 1834
Hamulus onyx Morton
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
Thecostraca
Cirripidea indet. Rafinesque 1816
Barnacles plates
    = Cirripedia indet. Rafinesque 1816
Hendy 2008
misspelling
Malacostraca
Malacostraca indet. (Latreille 1802)
Crab parts
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Sumter
Coordinates: 32.7° North, 88.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.1° North, 66.1° West
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
*Period:Late/Upper Cretaceous *Epoch:Late/Upper Senonian
*International age/stage:Middle - Late/Upper Maastrichtian
Key time interval:Late/Upper Maastrichtian Ammonoid zone: Discoscaphites conradi
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Prairie Bluff Member:lower
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Haustator bilira assemblage zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray sandstone
Environment:marine indet. Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:USGS
Collection method comments: Stephenson collection
Metadata
Also known as:N Livingston; USGS # 18636
Database number:4182
Authorizer:M. Kosnik, A. Hendy Enterer:M. Kosnik, A. Hendy
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-14 13:00:00 Last modified:2017-07-04 19:13:25
Access level:the public Released:1999-08-14 13:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
283. 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]

Secondary references:

26349 A. J. W. Hendy. 2008. Personal opinions and reidentification of pre-Cenozoic Mollusca. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
29915 J. A. Sessa, T. J. Bralower, M. E. Patzkowsky, J. C. Handley, and L. C. Ivany. 2012. Environmental and biological controls on the diversity and ecology of Late Cretaceous through early Paleogene marine ecosystems in the US Gulf Coastal Plain. Paleobiology 38(2):218-239 [M. Patzkowsky/J. Sessa/J. Sessa]