Sohl and Koch OFR # 164: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
metazoan indet.
Worm Tubes
Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp.
Clione sp.
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Bone material
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Shark parts
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
? Linthia sp. Desor 1853
Linthia sp.? - originally entered as "Linthia ? sp."
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (encrusting)
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860
1 specimen
Crenella serica Conrad
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad 1858
2 specimens
recombined as Idonearca capax
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp. Sowerby 1814
4 specimens
Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte vesicularis (Lamarck 1806)
1 specimen
recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck
Exogyra costata (Say 1820)
1 specimen
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
Exogyra costata Say
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna (Pinna) sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Pinna (Pinna) sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae
Neithea (Neitheops) sp. (Stewart 1930)
2 specimens
original and current combination Neitheops
Neithea (Neitheops) sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
1 specimen
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius
3 specimens
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799
3 specimens
Crassatella sp.
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834
3 specimens
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Toredo boring - originally entered as "Toredo sp."
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758
4 specimens
Cardium sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
1 specimen
Veniella conradi (Morton)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Legumen ellipticum
2 specimens
Legumen ellipticum Conrad
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Radiolitidae indet. Gray 1848
1 specimen
Radiolitid indeterminate
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853
26 specimens
Liopistha protexta Conrad
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) sp. Sowerby 1823
2 specimens
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) sp.
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) thoracica (Morton 1834)
6 specimens
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) tho
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton 1834)
7 specimens
Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus Morton 1834
2 specimens
recombined as Eubaculites carinatus
Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus
Baculites columna Morton 1834
3 specimens
recombined as Trachybaculites columna
Baculites columna Morton
Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799
Baculites sp.
Baculites tippahensis
6 specimens
Baculites tippahensis Conrad
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Sphenodiscus sp. Meek 1871
1 specimen
Sphenodiscus sp.
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846
1 specimen
Cylichna sp.
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae
Ellipsoscapha mortoni Forbes 1845
1 specimen
Ellipsoscapha mortoni (Forbes)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella hilgardi
4 specimens
Turritella hilgardi Sohl
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
4 specimens
Turritella sp.
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (Conrad 1860)
2 specimens
original and current combination Turritella trilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834
1 specimen
Turritella vertebroides Morton
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929
11 specimens
Neogastropods indeterminate
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Napulus sp. Stephenson 1941
2 specimens
Napulus sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Stantonella sp. Wade 1926
1 specimen
Stantonella sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Pyrifusus sp. Conrad 1858
1 specimen
Pyrifusus sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Bellifusus sp.
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Arrhoges (Latiala) sp. (Gabb 1868)
1 specimen
Arrhoges (Latiala) sp.
Anchura sp. Conrad 1860
1 specimen
Anchura sp.
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora leprosa (Morton 1834)
3 specimens
recombined as Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa
Xenophora leprosa (Morton)
Gastropoda - Siphonariidae
Anisomyon sp. Meek and Hayden 1860
1 specimen
Anisomyon sp.
Malacostraca
Malacostraca indet. (Latreille 1802)
Crab parts
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Montgomery
Coordinates: 32.0° North, 86.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.0° North, 64.1° 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:lower
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Haustator bilira assemblage zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:phosphatic,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:N Orion; USGS # 27914
Database number:4231
Authorizer:M. Kosnik Enterer:M. Kosnik
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-14 13:00:00 Last modified:2017-07-27 19:25:47
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:

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]