Sohl and Koch OFR # 203: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Micrabaciidae
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Micrabacia sp.
Milne-Edwards 1849
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| Micrabacia spp. | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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| Bryozoa (branching) | ||||||||||
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Polychaeta
- Serpulimorpha
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Hamulus onyx
Morton 1834
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| Hamulus onyx Morton | ||||||||||
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Longitubus sp.
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| Longitubus sp. | ||||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Dentalium sp. | ||||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus sp.
Philippi 1844
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| Cadulus sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella serica
Conrad 1860
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| Crenella serica Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Nemodon eufaulensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Nemodon eufaulensis (Gabb) [entered as Nemodon eufaulensis] | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax
Conrad 1858
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Idonearca capax | ||||||||||
| Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Striarca cuneata
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Striarca cuneata Gabb | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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16 specimens | |||||||||
| Ostrea sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Pinna (Pinna) sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Pinna (Pinna) sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pteriidae
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Pteria sp.
Scopoli 1777
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Pteria sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Camptonectes (Camptonectes) argillensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Camptonectes (Campt.) argillenis ( | ||||||||||
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Camptonectes (Camptonectes) sp.
Meek 1864
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| Camptonectes (Comptonectes) sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia (Anomia) argentaria
Morton 1833
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10 specimens | |||||||||
| Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima (Lima) sp.
Bruguiére 1796
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Lima (Lima) sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Syncyclonema simplicius
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16 specimens | |||||||||
| Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula sp.
Bruguière 1789
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21 specimens | |||||||||
| Corbula sp. | ||||||||||
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Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) sp.
Vincent 1910
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) sp. - originally entered as "Caesticorbula sp." | ||||||||||
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Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica
Vincent 1910
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33 specimens | |||||||||
| Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Granocardium (Granocardium) cf. bowenae
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Trachycardium | ||||||||||
| Granocardium (G.) cf. G. (G.) bowe - originally entered as "Granocardium cf. bowenae" | ||||||||||
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Trachycardium sp.
Mörch 1853
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Trachycardium sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Aenona eufaulensis
Conrad 1860
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Aenona eufaulensis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Linearia metastriata
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Linearis | ||||||||||
| Linearia metastriata Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Cyclorisma sp.
Dall 1902
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23 specimens | |||||||||
| Cyclorisma sp. | ||||||||||
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Cyprimeria alta
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| Cyprimeria alta Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Poromyidae
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Liopistha protexta
Conrad 1853
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Liopistha protexta Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis
(Gabb 1860)
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9 specimens | |||||||||
| Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana whitfieldi
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28 specimens | |||||||||
| Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner) | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Baculitidae
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Baculites columna
Morton 1834
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Trachybaculites columna | ||||||||||
| Baculites columna Morton | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Scaphitidae
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Scaphites sp.
Parkinson 1811
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Scaphites sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Eucyclidae
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? Calliomphalus sp.
Cossmann 1888
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Calliomphalus ? sp. - originally entered as "Calliomphalus ? sp." | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira
(Stephenson 1941)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Haustator bilira | ||||||||||
| Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St | ||||||||||
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Laxispira monilifera
Sohl 1964
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Laxispira monilifera Sohl | ||||||||||
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Turritella hilgardi
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Turritella hilgardi Sohl | ||||||||||
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Turritella sp. | ||||||||||
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Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira
(Conrad 1860)
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18 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Turritella trilira | ||||||||||
| Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C | ||||||||||
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Turritella vertebroides
Morton 1834
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| Turritella vertebroides Morton | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Drilluta sp.
Wade 1916
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Drilluta sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Paladmetidae
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Paladmete cancellaria
Conrad 1858
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15 specimens | |||||||||
| Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Moreidae
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Hercorhynchus (Hercorhyncus) sp.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) sp. - originally entered as "Hercorhyncus sp." | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Longoconcha sp.
Stephenson 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Longoconcha spp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Pugnellus sp.
Conrad 1860
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Pugnellus sp. | ||||||||||
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Anchura sp.
Conrad 1860
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Anchura sp. | ||||||||||
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Malacostraca
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Malacostraca indet.
(Latreille 1802)
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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: | outcrop |
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: | Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Foram zone: | Contusotruncana contusa |
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Providence | Member: | lower | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Foraminiferal zonation from King and Skotnicki, 1992. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray lithified silty,calcareous sandstone | ||
| Environment: | marine indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite,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 # 27912 : 27528 | ||
| Database number: | 4240 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Kosnik | Enterer: | M. Kosnik |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 | Last modified: | 2017-07-28 16:16:25 |
| 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] |