Sohl and Koch OFR # 149: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
rhizopodea indet.
Forams
Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp.
Clione sp.
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Dasmosmilia sp. Pourtalès 1880
Dasmosmilia sp.
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Discoscaphites conradi (Morton 1834)
4 specimens
Discoscaphites conradi (Morton) va
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus Morton 1834
1 specimen
recombined as Eubaculites carinatus
Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus
Baculites columna Morton 1834
5 specimens
recombined as Trachybaculites columna
Baculites columna Morton
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Calliomphalus (Planolateralis) sp. Cossmann 1888
1 specimen
Calliomphalus (Planolateralis) sp.
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Weeksia sp. Stephenson 1941
3 specimens
Weeksia sp.
Gastropoda - Vasidae
Lupira sp. Stephenson 1941
2 specimens
Lupira sp.
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Thylacus cretaceus Conrad 1860
7 specimens
Thylacus cretaceus Conrad
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
Calyptraea sp.
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Laxispira monilifera Sohl 1964
2 specimens
Laxispira monilifera Sohl
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
67 specimens
Turritella sp.
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (Conrad 1860)
2 specimens
original and current combination Turritella trilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834
12 specimens
Turritella vertebroides Morton
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (Stephenson 1941)
11 specimens
recombined as Haustator bilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Arrhoges (Latiala) cf. lobata (Wade 1926)
1 specimen
recombined as Latiala lobata
Arrhoges (Latiala) cf. A. Lobata ( - originally entered as "Arrhoges cf. lobata"
Anchura ? noakensis
12 specimens
Anchura noakensis? Stephenson - originally entered as "Anchura noakensis ?"
Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus
4 specimens
Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus Con
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis sp. (Conrad 1860)
2 specimens
Pyropsis spp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Ornopsis sp. Wade 1916
3 specimens
Ornopsis sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941
15 specimens
Bellifusus sp.
? Drilluta sp. Wade 1916
1 specimen
Drilluta ? sp. - originally entered as "Drilluta ? sp."
Piestochilus sp. Meek 1864
1 specimen
Piestochilus sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Pyrifusus sp. Conrad 1858
8 specimens
Pyrifusus sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Napulus sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Napulus sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Lowenstamia cf. subplanus
7 specimens
Lowenstamia cf. L. subplanus (Gabb - originally entered as "Lowenstamia cf. subplanus"
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Longoconcha sp. Stephenson 1941
9 specimens
Longoconcha spp.
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora leprosa (Morton 1834)
14 specimens
recombined as Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa
Xenophora leprosa (Morton)
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Euspira sp. Agassiz 1837
2 specimens
Euspira sp.
Gyrodes abyssinus
6 specimens
Gyrodes abyssinus (Morton)
Gyrodes petrosus
10 specimens
Gyrodes petrosus (Morton)
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Turboella sp. n. sp. Leach in Gray 1847
1 specimen
Turboella n. sp. - originally entered as "Turboella n. sp."
Gastropoda - Acteoninidae
Eoacteon sp. Stephenson 1955
1 specimen
Ecoacteon sp. - originally entered as "Ecoacteon sp."
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae
Ellipsoscapha mortoni Forbes 1845
3 specimens
Ellipsoscapha mortoni (Forbes)
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
11 specimens
Bivalves indeterminate
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad 1858
35 specimens
recombined as Idonearca capax
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula (Plicatula) tetrica Conrad 1860
27 specimens
Plicatula (Plicatula) tetrica Conr
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
5 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) sp. Bruguiére 1796
7 specimens
Lima (Lima) sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (Stephenson 1941)
3 specimens
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus (Spondylus) sp. Linnaeus 1758
60 specimens
Spondylus (Spondylus) sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae
Neithea (Neitheops) quinquecostata (Sowerby 1814)
11 specimens
Neithea (Neitheops) quinquecostata
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna (Pinna) sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Pinna (Pinna) sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb 1860)
5 specimens
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte vesicularis (Lamarck 1806)
18 specimens
recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck
Gryphaeostrea vomer (Morton 1828)
42 specimens
Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton
Exogyra costata (Say 1820)
120 specimens
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
Exogyra costata Say
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860
2 specimens
Crenella serica Conrad
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798
4 specimens
Lithophaga sp.
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha sp. n. sp. Meek 1864
4 specimens
Liopistha n. sp. (narrow) - originally entered as "Liopistha n. sp."
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Opertochasma sp. Stephenson 1953
1 specimen
Opertochasma sp.
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) sp. Vincent 1910
2 specimens
Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) sp. - originally entered as "Caesticorbula sp."
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910
11 specimens
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Tenea sp. Conrad 1870
1 specimen
Tenea sp.
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
16 specimens
Veniella conradi (Morton)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Aphrodina (Aphrodina) sp. Conrad 1869
2 specimens
Aphrodina (Aphrodina) sp.
Legumen ellipticum
1 specimen
Legumen ellipticum Conrad
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium (Granocardium) alabam
13 specimens
synonym of Trachycardium
Granocardium (Granocardium) alabam
Granocardium (Granocardium) lowei
synonym of Trachycardium
Granocardium (Granocardium) lowei
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Linearia sp. (Conrad 1860)
1 specimen
original and current combination Linearis
Linearia sp.
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834
45 specimens
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) thoracica (Morton 1834)
14 specimens
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) tho
Bivalvia - Myoida
Eufistulina ripleyana
2 specimens
original and current combination Eufistulana
Eufistulana ripleyana (Stephenson) - originally entered as "Eufistulana ripleyana"
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula percrassa
6 specimens
Nucula percrassa Conrad
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp. Link 1807
1 specimen
Nuculana sp.
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Perissonata protexta
1 specimen
original and current combination Perrisonota
Perissonata protexta (Conrad) non G
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (encrusting)
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (branching)
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Reptilian tooth
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus squamosus
Hamulus squamosus Gabb
Hamulus onyx Morton 1834
Hamulus onyx Morton
Malacostraca
Malacostraca indet. (Latreille 1802)
Crab parts
Thecostraca
Cirripidea indet. Rafinesque 1816
Barnacles plates
    = Cirripedia indet. Rafinesque 1816
Hendy 2008
misspelling
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
Echinoid sp. - originally entered as "Echinoidea sp."
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Linthia variabilis Slocom 1909
Linthia variabilis Slocum
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Fish parts
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Bone material
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Shark parts
Chondrites sp. von Sternberg 1833
Chondrites - originally entered as "Chondrites "
Thalassinoides sp. Ehrenberg 1944
Thalassanoides - originally entered as "Thalassanoides "
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Lowndes
Coordinates: 32.0° North, 86.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.2° 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:70.60000 - 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:glauconitic,gray lithified sandy lime mudstone
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 # 30669
Database number:4216
Authorizer:M. Kosnik, A. Hendy Enterer:M. Kosnik, A. Hendy
Modifier:M. Manojlovic Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-14 13:00:00 Last modified:2016-07-25 21:07:47
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:

26349 A. J. W. Hendy. 2008. Personal opinions and reidentification of pre-Cenozoic Mollusca. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
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]