Sohl and Koch OFR # 147: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae
- Clavulina
- Clionaidae
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Cliona sp.
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Clione sp. | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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Fish parts | ||||||||||
Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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Shark parts | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Turritella sp. | ||||||||||
Turritella vertebroides
Morton 1834
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Turritella vertebroides Morton | ||||||||||
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira
(Conrad 1860)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
original and current combination Turritella trilira | ||||||||||
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Acteoninidae
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Eoacteon sp.
Stephenson 1955
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Ecoacteon sp. - originally entered as "Ecoacteon sp." | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Pyropsidae
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Pyropsis sp.
(Conrad 1860)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Pyropsis spp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Longoconcha sp.
Stephenson 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Longoconcha spp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Lowenstamia cf. subplanus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Lowenstamia cf. L. subplanus (Gabb - originally entered as "Lowenstamia cf. subplanus" | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turbinellidae
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Napulus sp.
Stephenson 1941
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Napulus 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
- Aporrhaidae
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Pugnellus sp.
Conrad 1860
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Pugnellus sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Gyrodes abyssinus
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Gyrodes abyssinus (Morton) | ||||||||||
Gyrodes petrosus
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Gyrodes petrosus (Morton) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ringiculidae
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Ringicula (Ringicula) sp.
Deshayes 1838
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Ringicula (Ringicula) sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Malletiidae
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Malletia longfrons
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Malletia longfrons (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) thoracica
(Morton 1834)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) tho | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella vadosa
Morton 1834
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula sp.
Bruguière 1789
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Corbula sp. | ||||||||||
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica
Vincent 1910
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Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Veniella conradi
Morton 1833
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Veniella conradi (Morton) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Cardium sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella serica
Conrad 1860
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Crenella serica Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax
Conrad 1858
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7 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Idonearca capax | ||||||||||
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Gryphaeostrea vomer
(Morton 1828)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton | ||||||||||
Exogyra costata
(Say 1820)
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10 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata | ||||||||||
Exogyra costata Say | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima (Lima) acutilineata
Conrad 1858
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Limatula acutilineata | ||||||||||
Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula (Plicatula) tetrica
Conrad 1860
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9 specimens | |||||||||
Plicatula (Plicatula) tetrica Conr | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia (Anomia) argentaria
Morton 1833
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus (Spondylus) sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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17 specimens | |||||||||
Spondylus (Spondylus) sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Neitheidae
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Neithea (Neitheops) quinquecostata
(Sowerby 1814)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Neithea (Neitheops) quinquecostata | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Nautilidae
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Eutrephoceras dekayi
(Morton 1834)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton) | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Baculitidae
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Baculites columna
Morton 1834
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Trachybaculites columna | ||||||||||
Baculites columna Morton | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Bryozoa (encrusting) | ||||||||||
Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Bryozoa (branching) | ||||||||||
Polychaeta
- Serpulimorpha
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Hamulus onyx
Morton 1834
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Hamulus onyx Morton | ||||||||||
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: | Lowndes |
Coordinates: | 32.1° North, 86.8° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 35.3° North, 64.9° 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 sandy claystone | ||
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: | Braggs Cut; USGS # 30847 | ||
Database number: | 4214 | ||
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 21:07:31 |
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] |