Sohl and Koch OFR # 144: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Trochocyathidae indet.
Trochocyathid coral
Scaphopoda
Scaphopoda indet. Bronn 1862
1 specimen
Scaphopod
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Dentalium sp.
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula (Ringicula) sp. Deshayes 1838
1 specimen
Ringicula (Ringicula) sp.
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Actaeon sp. Oken 1815
1 specimen
replaced by Acteon
Acteon sp. - originally entered as "Acteon sp."
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (Conrad 1860)
1 specimen
original and current combination Turritella trilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834
1 specimen
Turritella vertebroides Morton
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (Stephenson 1941)
25 specimens
recombined as Haustator bilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St
Laxispira monilifera Sohl 1964
10 specimens
Laxispira monilifera Sohl
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Graciliala sp. Sohl 1960
2 specimens
Graciliala sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Drilluta sp. Wade 1916
1 specimen
Drilluta sp.
Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Bellifusus sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Beretra ripleyana Conrad 1858
3 specimens
Beretra ripleyana (Conrad)
Amuletum sp. Stephenson 1941
2 specimens
Amuletum sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858
4 specimens
Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus
1 specimen
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) amer
Calliomphalus sp. Cossmann 1888
1 specimen
Calliomphalus sp.
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Sulcoretusa (Moniloretusa) sp. Sohl 1963
1 specimen
Sulcoretusa (Moniloretusa) sp.
Sulcoretusa (Moniloretusa) sp. Sohl 1963
1 specimen
Sulcoretusa (Moniloretusa) sp.
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp. Link 1807
19 specimens
Nuculana sp.
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860
1 specimen
Crenella serica Conrad
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
11 specimens
Ostrea sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
2 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius
10 specimens
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon eufaulensis
1 specimen
Nemodon eufaulensis (Gabb) [entered as Nemodon eufaulensis]
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca sp. Conrad 1862
5 specimens
Striarca sp.
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Arca sp.
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797
6 specimens
Lucina sp.
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910
127 specimens
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora berryi
13 specimens
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Aenona sp. Conrad 1870
1 specimen
Aenona sp.
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Leptosolen biplicata (Conrad 1858)
1 specimen
Leptosolen biplicata (Conrad)
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus onyx Morton 1834
Hamulus onyx Morton
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Otolith
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Fish parts
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: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:middle
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Haustator bilira assemblage zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray silty,calcareous claystone
Environment:marine indet. Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,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:; USGS # 30735
Database number:4211
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 21:03:06
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]