Sohl and Koch OFR # 162: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Lithophagidae indet.
Lithophagid borings
Trochocyathidae indet.
Trochocyathid coral
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus Morton 1834
1 specimen
recombined as Eubaculites carinatus
Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus
Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
Baculites sp.
Baculites tippahensis
1 specimen
Baculites tippahensis Conrad
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Striaticostatum sp. Sohl 1963
1 specimen
Striaticostatum sp.
Striaticostatum sillimani (Morton 1834)
2 specimens
original and current combination Epitonium sillimani
Striaticostatum sillimani (Morton)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
Turritella sp.
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (Conrad 1860)
1 specimen
original and current combination Turritella trilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Anchura ? noakensis
1 specimen
Anchura noakensis? Stephenson - originally entered as "Anchura noakensis ?"
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
? Hydrotribulus sp. Wade 1916
1 specimen
Hydeotribulus ? sp. - originally entered as "Hydeotribulus ? sp."
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Bellifusus sp.
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora leprosa (Morton 1834)
1 specimen
recombined as Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa
Xenophora leprosa (Morton)
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp. Sowerby 1814
1 specimen
Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Dimyidae
Atreta melleni
30 specimens
Atreta melleni (Stephenson)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula (Plicatula) mullicaensis
86 specimens
Plicatula (Plicatula) mullicaensis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
19 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) sellardsi Stephenson 1941
2 specimens
Lima (Lima) sellardsi Stephenson
Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad 1858
2 specimens
recombined as Limatula acutilineata
Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus (Spondylus) sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
Spondylus (Spondylus) sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae
Neithea (Neitheops) sp. (Stewart 1930)
7 specimens
original and current combination Neitheops
Neithea (Neitheops) sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb 1860)
12 specimens
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte sp. (Fischer von Waldheim 1835)
1 specimen
Pycnodonte sp.
Pycnodonte vesicularis (Lamarck 1806)
3 specimens
recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck
Exogyra costata (Say 1820)
8 specimens
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
Exogyra costata Say
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella elegantula Meek and Hayden 1862
Crenella elegantula Meek & Hayden
Crenella serica Conrad 1860
2 specimens
Crenella serica Conrad
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853
8 specimens
Liopistha protexta Conrad
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Clavipholas pectorosa
1 specimen
Claripholas pectorosa (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758
5 specimens
Cardium sp.
Bivalvia - Myoida
Eufistulina ripleyana
2 specimens
original and current combination Eufistulana
Eufistulana ripleyana (Stephenson) - originally entered as "Eufistulana ripleyana"
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Terebratulina floridana
10 specimens
Terebratulina floridana (Morton)
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (encrusting)
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (branching)
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus onyx Morton 1834
Hamulus onyx Morton
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
? Linthia sp. Desor 1853
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]