Sohl and Koch OFR # 162: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Lithophagidae indet.
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Lithophagid borings | ||||||||||
Trochocyathidae indet.
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Trochocyathid coral | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Baculitidae
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Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus
Morton 1834
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Eubaculites carinatus | ||||||||||
Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus | ||||||||||
Baculites sp.
Lamarck 1799
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Baculites sp. | ||||||||||
Baculites tippahensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Baculites tippahensis Conrad | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Striaticostatum sp.
Sohl 1963
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Striaticostatum sp. | ||||||||||
Striaticostatum sillimani
(Morton 1834)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Epitonium sillimani | ||||||||||
Striaticostatum sillimani (Morton) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Turritella sp. | ||||||||||
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira
(Conrad 1860)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
original and current combination Turritella trilira | ||||||||||
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Anchura ? noakensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Anchura noakensis? Stephenson - originally entered as "Anchura noakensis ?" | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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? Hydrotribulus sp.
Wade 1916
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Hydeotribulus ? sp. - originally entered as "Hydeotribulus ? sp." | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Bellifusus sp.
Stephenson 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bellifusus 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) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp.
Sowerby 1814
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Dimyidae
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Atreta melleni
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30 specimens | |||||||||
Atreta melleni (Stephenson) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula (Plicatula) mullicaensis
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86 specimens | |||||||||
Plicatula (Plicatula) mullicaensis | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia (Anomia) argentaria
Morton 1833
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19 specimens | |||||||||
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima (Lima) sellardsi
Stephenson 1941
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Lima (Lima) sellardsi Stephenson | ||||||||||
Lima (Lima) acutilineata
Conrad 1858
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2 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Limatula acutilineata | ||||||||||
Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus (Spondylus) sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Spondylus (Spondylus) sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Neitheidae
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Neithea (Neitheops) sp.
(Stewart 1930)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Neitheops | ||||||||||
Neithea (Neitheops) sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Flemingostreidae
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Cubitostrea tecticosta
(Gabb 1860)
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12 specimens | |||||||||
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Pycnodonte sp.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1835)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Pycnodonte sp. | ||||||||||
Pycnodonte vesicularis
(Lamarck 1806)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis | ||||||||||
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck | ||||||||||
Exogyra costata
(Say 1820)
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8 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata | ||||||||||
Exogyra costata Say | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella elegantula
Meek and Hayden 1862
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Crenella elegantula Meek & Hayden | ||||||||||
Crenella serica
Conrad 1860
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Crenella serica Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Poromyidae
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Liopistha protexta
Conrad 1853
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8 specimens | |||||||||
Liopistha protexta Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pholadidae
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Clavipholas pectorosa
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Claripholas pectorosa (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Cardium sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Myoida
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Eufistulina ripleyana
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2 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Eufistulana | ||||||||||
Eufistulana ripleyana (Stephenson) - originally entered as "Eufistulana ripleyana" | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Cancellothyrididae
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Terebratulina floridana
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10 specimens | |||||||||
Terebratulina floridana (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 | ||||||||||
Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Schizasteridae
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? Linthia sp.
Desor 1853
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Linthia sp.? - originally entered as "Linthia ? sp." | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Lowndes |
Coordinates: | 32.0° North, 86.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 35.1° North, 64.6° 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 argillaceous,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: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Museum repositories: | USGS |
Collection method comments: Stephenson collection |
Metadata
Also known as: | SW Sandy Ridge; USGS # 19075 | ||
Database number: | 4229 | ||
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 19:25:25 |
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] |