Sohl and Koch OFR # 119: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Heteromorpha ammonite
2 specimens
Heteromorph ammonite - originally entered as "Heteromorph ammonite"
Trochocyathidae indet.
Trochocyathid coral
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
Baculites sp. (Smooth-ovate)
Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
Baculites sp. (large)
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton 1834)
4 specimens
Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton)
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Striaticostatum sillimani (Morton 1834)
10 specimens
original and current combination Epitonium sillimani
Striaticostatum sillimani (Morton)
Striaticostatum asperum Sohl 1964
1 specimen
Striaticostatum asperum Sohl
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
18 specimens
Turritella sp.
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834
9 specimens
Turritella vertebroides Morton
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Pseudamaura sp. Fischer 1885
2 specimens
spelled with current rank as Ampullina (Pseudamaura)
Pseudamaura sp.
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora leprosa (Morton 1834)
1 specimen
recombined as Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa
Xenophora leprosa (Morton)
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Anchura sp. Conrad 1860
5 specimens
Anchura sp.
Pterocerella sp. Meek 1864
1 specimen
Pterocerella sp.
Pterocerella tippana
2 specimens
Pterocerella tippana (Conrad)
Pugnellus sp. Conrad 1860
3 specimens
Pugnellus sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929
24 specimens
Neogastropods indeterminate
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutomorpha sp. Gabb 1877
2 specimens
Volutomorpha sp.
Longoconcha sp. Stephenson 1941
6 specimens
Longoconcha spp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Lowenstamia sp. Sohl 1964
1 specimen
Lowenstamia sp.
Sargana sp. Stephenson 1923
6 specimens
Sargana sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis sp. (Conrad 1860)
6 specimens
Pyropsis spp.
Medionapus sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Medionapus sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Pyrifusus sp. Conrad 1858
13 specimens
Pyrifusus sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Stantonella sp. Wade 1926
1 specimen
Stantonella sp.
Buccinopsis sp. Conrad 1857
2 specimens
Buccinopsis sp.
Ornopsis sp. Wade 1916
4 specimens
Ornopsis sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Drilluta sp. Wade 1916
9 specimens
Drilluta sp.
Piestochilus sp. Meek 1864
1 specimen
Piestochilus sp.
Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941
18 specimens
Bellifusus sp.
Graphidula sp. Stephenson 1941
3 specimens
Graphidula sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Napulus sp. Stephenson 1941
3 specimens
Napulus sp.
Gastropoda - Capulidae
Capulus spangleri
16 specimens
Capulus spangleri Henderson
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Gyrodes abyssinus
Gyrodes abyssinus (Morton)
Gyrodes petrosus
7 specimens
Gyrodes petrosus (Morton)
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb 1861
2 specimens
recombined as Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb
Amaurellina stephensoni
2 specimens
Amaurellina stephensoni (Wade)
Euspira sp. Agassiz 1837
2 specimens
Euspira sp.
Gastropoda - Siphonariidae
Anisomyon sp. Meek and Hayden 1860
5 specimens
Anisomyon sp.
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Weeksia deplanata
1 specimen
Weeksia deplanata (Johnson)
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae
Ellipsoscapha mortoni Forbes 1845
1 specimen
Ellipsoscapha mortoni (Forbes)
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula percrassa
6 specimens
Nucula percrassa Conrad
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798
4 specimens
Lithophaga sp.
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860
9 specimens
Crenella serica Conrad
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb 1860)
9 specimens
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Arctostrea falacata
3 specimens
Arctostrea falacata (Gabb)
Ostrea mesenterica Morton 1834
1 specimen
recombined as Lopha mesenterica
Ostrea mesenterica Morton
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte sp. (Fischer von Waldheim 1835)
2 specimens
Pycnodonte sp.
Pycnodonte vesicularis (Lamarck 1806)
3 specimens
recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck
Exogyra costata (Say 1820)
3 specimens
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
Exogyra costata Say
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad 1858
2 specimens
recombined as Limatula acutilineata
Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad
Lima (Lima) deatsvillensis
1 specimen
Lima (Lima) deatsvillensis Stephen
Lima (Lima) reticulata Forbes 1845
4 specimens
recombined as Lima reticulata
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula (Plicatula) sp. Lamarck 1801
4 specimens
Plicatula (Plicatula) sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Paranomia scabra
13 specimens
Paranomia scabra (Morton)
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
4 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Dimyidae
Atreta melleni
11 specimens
Atreta melleni (Stephenson)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten (Pecten) venustus
2 specimens
Pecten (Pecten?) venustus Morton
Chlamys (Radiopecten) mississippensis
4 specimens
Chlamys (Radiopecten) mississippen
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798
1 specimen
Chlamys sp.
Chlamys (Radiopecten) sp. Röding 1798
2 specimens
Chlamys (Radiopecten) sp.
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (Stephenson 1941)
1 specimen
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) sp. Meek 1864
5 specimens
Camptonectes (Comptonectes) sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae
Neithea (Neitheops) sp. (Stewart 1930)
1 specimen
original and current combination Neitheops
Neithea (Neitheops) sp.
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp. Sowerby 1814
20 specimens
Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp.
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad 1858
40 specimens
recombined as Idonearca capax
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca rostellata
7 specimens
Arca rostellata (Morton)
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) sp. (Dietrich 1933)
3 specimens
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) sp.
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) thoracica (Morton 1834)
2 specimens
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) tho
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis (Gabb 1860)
1 specimen
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Unicardium sp. d'Orbigny 1850
2 specimens
Unicardium sp.
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Phacoides ? mattiformis
3 specimens
Phacoides ? mattiformis (Stephenso - originally entered as "Phacoides ? mattiformis"
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Clavagellidae
Clavagella (Clavagella) armata Morton 1833
2 specimens
Clavagella (Clavagella) armata Mor
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910
1 specimen
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
3 specimens
Corbula sp.
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Caprinidae
Caprinidae indet. d'Orbigny 1850
1 specimen
Caprinid indeterminate
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyprimeria depressa
1 specimen
Cyprimeria depressa Conrad
Legumen ellipticum
5 specimens
Legumen ellipticum Conrad
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
13 specimens
Veniella conradi (Morton)
Etea sp. Conrad 1873
13 specimens
Etea sp.
Tenea sp. Conrad 1870
1 specimen
Tenea sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758
16 specimens
Cardium sp.
Granocardium (Granocardium) alabam
2 specimens
synonym of Trachycardium
Granocardium (Granocardium) alabam
Granocardium (Granocardium) kummeli
3 specimens
synonym of Trachycardium
Granocardium (Granocardium) kummel
Granocardium (Granocardium) lowei
synonym of Trachycardium
Granocardium (Granocardium) lowei
Granocardium (Granocardium) sp. (Gabb 1869)
3 specimens
synonym of Trachycardium
Granocardium (Granocardium) sp.
Protocardia (Pachycardium) sp. (Conrad 1869)
3 specimens
Protocardium (Pachycardium) sp. - originally entered as "Protocardium sp."
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Linearia sp. (Conrad 1860)
3 specimens
original and current combination Linearis
Linearia sp.
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799
2 specimens
Crassatella sp.
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834
5 specimens
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Vetericardiella sp. Chavan 1969
1 specimen
Vetericardiella sp.
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (encrusting)
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus onyx Morton 1834
Hamulus onyx Morton
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Shark parts
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
Echinoid sp. - originally entered as "Echinoidea sp."
Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp.
Clione sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Sumter
Coordinates: 32.6° 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 silty 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:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:USGS
Collection method comments: Sohl collection
Metadata
Also known as:NE Livingston; USGS # 25500
Database number:4186
Authorizer:M. Kosnik Enterer:M. Kosnik
Modifier:M. Manojlovic Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-14 13:00:00 Last modified:2016-07-25 19:36:59
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:

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]