Sohl and Koch OFR # 140: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Nautilidae
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Eutrephoceras dekayi
(Morton 1834)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton) | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Scaphitidae
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Discoscaphites conradi
(Morton 1834)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Discoscaphites conradi (Morton) va | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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10 specimens | |||||||||
Turritella sp. | ||||||||||
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira
(Conrad 1860)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
original and current combination Turritella trilira | ||||||||||
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C | ||||||||||
Turritella vertebroides
Morton 1834
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Turritella vertebroides Morton | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
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Neogastropoda indet.
Thiele 1929
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10 specimens | |||||||||
Neogastropods indeterminate | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Pyropsidae
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Pyropsis sp.
(Conrad 1860)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Pyropsis spp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Ornopsis sp.
Wade 1916
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Ornopsis sp. | ||||||||||
Stantonella sp.
Wade 1926
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Stantonella sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Bellifusus sp.
Stephenson 1941
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Bellifusus sp. | ||||||||||
Graphidula sp.
Stephenson 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Graphidula sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Pyrifusus sp.
Conrad 1858
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Pyrifusus sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turbinellidae
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Napulus sp.
Stephenson 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Napulus sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Sargana sp.
Stephenson 1923
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Sargana sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Eutritonium sp.
Cossmann 1904
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1 specimen | |||||||||
synonym of Charonia | ||||||||||
Eutritonium sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Xenophoridae
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Xenophora leprosa
(Morton 1834)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa | ||||||||||
Xenophora leprosa (Morton) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Euspira sp.
Agassiz 1837
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Euspira sp. | ||||||||||
Gyrodes abyssinus
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Gyrodes abyssinus (Morton) | ||||||||||
Gyrodes petrosus
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Gyrodes petrosus (Morton) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Nonacteonina sp.
(Stephenson 1941)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
original and current combination Nonactaeonina | ||||||||||
Nonacteonina sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia (Anomia) argentaria
Morton 1833
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Neitheidae
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Neithea (Neitheops) quinquecostata
(Sowerby 1814)
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Neithea (Neitheops) quinquecostata | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Gryphaeostrea vomer
(Morton 1828)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton | ||||||||||
Exogyra costata
(Say 1820)
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original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata | ||||||||||
Exogyra costata Say | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Botula ripleyana
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Botula ripleyana (Gabb) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Hippuritida
- Caprinidae
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Caprinidae indet.
d'Orbigny 1850
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Caprinid indeterminate | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Protocardia (Brevicardium) sp.
(Beyrich 1845)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Protocardium (Brevicardium) sp. - originally entered as "Protocardium sp." | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Crassatella sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) thoracica
(Morton 1834)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) tho | ||||||||||
Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpula sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Serpula sp. | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Dallas |
Coordinates: | 32.1° North, 87.0° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 35.3° North, 65.1° 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: | 70.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Prairie Bluff | Member: | basal | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Haustator bilira assemblage zone |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported | ||
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 pub 1914 |
Metadata
Also known as: | E Carlowville; USGS # 172 | ||
Database number: | 4207 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Kosnik | Enterer: | M. Kosnik |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
Created: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 | Last modified: | 2017-07-04 19:22:59 |
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] |