Sohl and Koch OFR # 135: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Crinoidae indet.
Crinoid columnal
metazoan indet.
Copralite
metazoan indet.
Worm Tubes
Trochocyathidae indet.
Trochocyathid coral
Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp.
Clione sp.
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Fish parts
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Shark parts
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
Echinoid sp. - originally entered as "Echinoidea sp."
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (encrusting)
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (branching)
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Terebratulina sp. d'Orbigny 1847
1 specimen
Terebratulina sp.
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860
3 specimens
Crenella serica Conrad
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798
6 specimens
Lithophaga sp.
Modiolus sp. (Lamarck 1801)
2 specimens
Modiolus sp.
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris subaustralis
4 specimens
Glycymeris subaustralis dOrbigny
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad 1858
61 specimens
recombined as Idonearca capax
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp. Sowerby 1814
6 specimens
Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Arctostrea aquilerae
2 specimens
Arctostrea aquilerae (Boese)
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Ostrea sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb 1860)
5 specimens
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte sp. (Fischer von Waldheim 1835)
3 specimens
Pycnodonte sp.
Pycnodonte vesicularis (Lamarck 1806)
6 specimens
recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck
Gryphaeostrea vomer (Morton 1828)
11 specimens
Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton
Exogyra costata (Say 1820)
17 specimens
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
Exogyra costata Say
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillia ensiformis Conrad 1858
2 specimens
recombined as Gervilliopsis ensiformis
Gervillia ensiformis (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (Stephenson 1941)
1 specimen
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus (Spondylus) sp. Linnaeus 1758
7 specimens
Spondylus (Spondylus) sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae
Neithea (Neitheops) bexarensis
3 specimens
original and current combination Neitheops
Neithea (Neitheops) bexarensis (St
Neithea (Neitheops) sp. (Stewart 1930)
1 specimen
original and current combination Neitheops
Neithea (Neitheops) sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula (Plicatula) mullicaensis
66 specimens
Plicatula (Plicatula) mullicaensis
Plicatula (Plicatula) sp. Lamarck 1801
25 specimens
Plicatula (Plicatula) sp.
Plicatula (Plicatula) sp. Lamarck 1801
3 specimens
Plicatula (Plicatula) sp. (fine ri
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
1 specimen
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Paranomia scabra
1 specimen
Paranomia scabra (Morton)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) sp. Bruguiére 1796
1 specimen
Lima (Lima) sp.
Lima (Lima) reticulata Forbes 1845
1 specimen
recombined as Lima reticulata
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834
107 specimens
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
1 specimen
Corbula sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758
15 specimens
Cardium sp.
Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853
1 specimen
Trachycardium sp.
Protocardia (Pachycardium) sp. (Conrad 1869)
2 specimens
Protocardium (Pachycardium) sp. - originally entered as "Protocardium sp."
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
15 specimens
Veniella conradi (Morton)
Tenea sp. Conrad 1870
1 specimen
Tenea sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Legumen ellipticum
4 specimens
Legumen ellipticum Conrad
Cyprimeria sp. Conrad 1864
5 specimens
Cyprimeria major Gardner
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Antillocaprinidae
Antillocaprina sp. Trechmann 1924
1 specimen
Antillocaprina sp.
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Caprinidae
Caprinidae indet. d'Orbigny 1850
1 specimen
Caprinid indeterminate
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea sp. (Menard 1807)
1 specimen
Panopea sp.
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853
13 specimens
Liopistha protexta Conrad
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) sp. (Dietrich 1933)
1 specimen
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) sp.
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) thoracica (Morton 1834)
20 specimens
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) tho
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp. Link 1807
1 specimen
Nuculana sp.
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula percrassa
1 specimen
Nucula percrassa Conrad
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton 1834)
19 specimens
Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
Helicoceras sp. d'Orbigny 1840
1 specimen
Helicoceras sp.
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus Morton 1834
33 specimens
recombined as Eubaculites carinatus
Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus
Baculites columna Morton 1834
8 specimens
recombined as Trachybaculites columna
Baculites columna Morton
Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799
Baculites sp.
Baculites tippahensis
82 specimens
Baculites tippahensis Conrad
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae
Diplomoceras trabeatus
2 specimens
Diplomoceras trabeatus (Morton)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Discoscaphites sp. Meek 1870
2 specimens
Discoscaphites sp.
Discoscaphites conradi (Morton 1834)
22 specimens
Discoscaphites conradi (Morton) va
Discoscaphites iris Conrad 1858
1 specimen
Discoscaphites iris Conrad
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Coahuilites sp. Böse 1928
1 specimen
Coahuilites sp.
? Coahuilites sp. Böse 1928
1 specimen
Coahuilites? sp. - originally entered as "Coahuilites ? sp."
Gastropoda - Patellida - Lottiidae
Acmaea sp. Eschscholtz 1830
1 specimen
Acmaea sp.
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Striaticostatum sillimani (Morton 1834)
3 specimens
original and current combination Epitonium sillimani
Striaticostatum sillimani (Morton)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Laxispira monilifera Sohl 1964
1 specimen
Laxispira monilifera Sohl
Turritella (Unilira) sp. n. sp. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
Turritella n. sp. (Unilira) - originally entered as "Turritella n. sp."
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
21 specimens
Turritella sp.
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (Conrad 1860)
1 specimen
original and current combination Turritella trilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834
7 specimens
Turritella vertebroides Morton
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Euspira sp. Agassiz 1837
3 specimens
Euspira sp.
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad 1858)
1 specimen
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
Gyrodes abyssinus
16 specimens
Gyrodes abyssinus (Morton)
Gyrodes petrosus
6 specimens
Gyrodes petrosus (Morton)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929
25 specimens
Neogastropods indeterminate
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Napulus octoliratus Conrad 1858
1 specimen
Napulus octoliratus Conrad
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Medionapus sp. Stephenson 1941
3 specimens
Medionapus sp.
Pyropsis sp. (Conrad 1860)
6 specimens
Pyropsis spp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Stantonella sp. Wade 1926
1 specimen
Stantonella sp.
Buccinopsis sp. Conrad 1857
4 specimens
Buccinopsis sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Pyrifusus sp. Conrad 1858
19 specimens
Pyrifusus sp.
Deussenia sp. Stephenson 1941
4 specimens
Deussenia sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Graphidula sp. Stephenson 1941
21 specimens
Graphidula sp.
Drilluta sp. Wade 1916
13 specimens
Drilluta sp.
Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941
13 specimens
Bellifusus sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Liopeplum sp. Dall 1890
1 specimen
Liopeplum sp.
Longoconcha sp. Stephenson 1941
4 specimens
Longoconcha spp.
Volutomorpha sp. Gabb 1877
1 specimen
Volutomorpha sp.
Volutomorpha aff. mutabilis Wade 1926
1 specimen
Volutomorpha aff. V. mutabilis Wad - originally entered as "Volutomorpha aff. mutabilis"
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Lowenstamia sp. Sohl 1964
2 specimens
Lowenstamia sp.
Sargana sp. Stephenson 1923
2 specimens
Sargana sp.
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Pugnellus sp. Conrad 1860
1 specimen
Pugnellus sp.
Arrhoges (Latiala) sp. (Gabb 1868)
1 specimen
Arrhoges (Latiala) sp.
Anchura sp. Conrad 1860
1 specimen
Anchura sp.
Pterocerella sp. Meek 1864
1 specimen
Pterocerella sp.
Pterocerella tippana
1 specimen
Pterocerella tippana (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora leprosa (Morton 1834)
13 specimens
recombined as Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa
Xenophora leprosa (Morton)
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Pseudamaura sp. Fischer 1885
2 specimens
spelled with current rank as Ampullina (Pseudamaura)
Pseudamaura sp.
Gastropoda - Siphonariidae
Anisomyon aff. borealis (Morton 1842)
2 specimens
Anisomyon aff. A. borealis (Morton - originally entered as "Anisomyon aff. borealis"
Malacostraca
Malacostraca indet. (Latreille 1802)
Crab parts
unclassified
Thalassinoides sp. Ehrenberg 1944
Thalassanoides - originally entered as "Thalassanoides "
Chondrites sp. von Sternberg 1833
Chondrites - originally entered as "Chondrites "
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Wilcox
Coordinates: 32.1° North, 87.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.5° North, 65.5° West
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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: calcareous 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:Shell Ck; USGS # 25497 : 25498 : 26989
Database number:4202
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 19:58:58
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]