Sohl and Koch OFR # 210: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus onyx Morton 1834
Hamulus onyx Morton
Longitubus sp.
Longitubus sp.
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites columna Morton 1834
2 specimens
recombined as Trachybaculites columna
Baculites columna Morton
Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799
2 specimens
Baculites sp.
Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus Morton 1834
recombined as Eubaculites carinatus
Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Discoscaphites conradi (Morton 1834)
2 specimens
Discoscaphites conradi (Morton) va
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Sphenodiscus sp. Meek 1871
6 specimens
Sphenodiscus sp.
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton 1834)
7 specimens
Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton)
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae
Ellipsoscapha mortoni Forbes 1845
1 specimen
Ellipsoscapha mortoni (Forbes)
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846
1 specimen
Cylichna sp.
Gastropoda - Patellida - Lottiidae
Acmaea sp. Eschscholtz 1830
1 specimen
Acmaea sp.
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (Stephenson 1941)
6 specimens
recombined as Haustator bilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St
Turritella hilgardi
1 specimen
Turritella hilgardi Sohl
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
12 specimens
Turritella sp.
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (Conrad 1860)
3 specimens
original and current combination Turritella trilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C
Turritella tippana Conrad 1858
20 specimens
Turritella tippana Conrad
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834
52 specimens
Turritella vertebroides Morton
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb 1861
5 specimens
recombined as Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb
Gyrodes supraplicatus Conrad 1858
3 specimens
Gyrodes supraplicatus (Conrad)
Euspira sp. Agassiz 1837
2 specimens
Euspira sp.
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad 1858)
2 specimens
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus aff. macnairyensis Wade 1926
1 specimen
Fusinus aff. F. macnairyensis Sohl - originally entered as "Fusinus aff. macnairyensis"
Anomalofusus sp. Wade 1916
1 specimen
Anomalofusus sp.
Graphidula aff. multicostata Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Graphidula aff. G. multicostata St - originally entered as "Graphidula aff. multicostata"
Hercorhynchus (Hercorhyncus) tippanus Conrad 1860
3 specimens
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tippan - originally entered as "Hercorhyncus tippanus"
Drilluta sp. Wade 1916
10 specimens
Drilluta sp.
Drilluta buboanus Sohl 1964
12 specimens
Drilluta buboanus Sohl
Drilluta cf. major Wade 1916
6 specimens
Drilluta cf. major Wade - originally entered as "Drilluta cf. major"
Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941
2 specimens
Bellifusus sp.
Bellifusus curvicostatus Wade 1926
1 specimen
Bellifusus curvicostatus crenulatu
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Ptychosyca inornata Gabb 1876
2 specimens
Ptchosyca inornata Gabb
Stantonella sp. Wade 1926
1 specimen
Stantonella sp.
Buccinopsis crassicostata Gabb 1876
1 specimen
Buccinopsis crassicostata (Gabb)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Deussenia sp. Stephenson 1941
3 specimens
Deussenia sp.
Deussenia bellalirata Conrad 1858
1 specimen
Deussenia bellalirata costata Sohl
Pyrifusus sp. Conrad 1858
1 specimen
Pyrifusus sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858
3 specimens
Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Moreidae
Hercorhynchus (Haplovoluta) quadriliratus
2 specimens
Hercorhyncus (Haplovoluta) quadril - originally entered as "Hercorhyncus quadriliratus"
Hercorhynchus (Hercorhyncus) sp.
4 specimens
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) sp. - originally entered as "Hercorhyncus sp."
Hercorhynchus (Haplovoluta) sp.
1 specimen
Hercorhyncus (Haplovoluta) sp. - originally entered as "Hercorhyncus sp."
Hercorhynchus (Haplovoluta) trililatus
2 specimens
Hercorhyncus (Haplovoluta) trilila - originally entered as "Hercorhyncus trililatus"
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis sp. (Conrad 1860)
1 specimen
Pyropsis spp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Beretra ripleyana Conrad 1858
1 specimen
Beretra ripleyana (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pholidotomidae
Morea sp. Conrad 1860
1 specimen
Morea sp.
Morea cf. rotunda Sohl 1964
1 specimen
Morea cf. rotunda Sohl - originally entered as "Morea cf. rotunda"
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Liopeplum sp. Dall 1890
1 specimen
Liopeplum sp.
Liopeplum cretaceum Conrad 1858
5 specimens
Liopeplum cretaceum (Conrad)
Liopeplum canalis Conrad 1858
3 specimens
Liopeplum canalis (Conrad)
Longoconcha sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Longoconcha spp.
Volutomorpha aspera Dall 1907
2 specimens
'Volutomorpha' aspera Dall
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus
34 specimens
Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus Con
Pugnellus (Pugnellus) goldmani
1 specimen
Pugnellus (Pugnellus) goldmani Gar
Pugnellus sp. Conrad 1860
2 specimens
Pugnellus sp.
Arrhoges (Latiala) plenacosta
5 specimens
Arrhoges cf. A. (Latiala) plenacos
Arrhoges (Latiala) sp. (Gabb 1868)
1 specimen
Arrhoges (Latiala) sp.
Graciliala sp. Sohl 1960
1 specimen
Graciliala sp.
Graciliala decemlirata Conrad 1858
2 specimens
Graciliala decemlirata Conrad
Anchura ? noakensis
6 specimens
Anchura noakensis? Stephenson - originally entered as "Anchura noakensis ?"
Anchura sp. Conrad 1860
2 specimens
Anchura sp.
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana whitfieldi
97 specimens
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula percrassa
11 specimens
Nucula percrassa Conrad
Nucula amica Gardner 1916
4 specimens
Nucula amica Gardner
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798
8 specimens
Lithophaga sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (Stephenson 1941)
13 specimens
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) sp. Bruguiére 1796
1 specimen
Lima (Lima) sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
36 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius
38 specimens
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777
2 specimens
Pteria sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
19 specimens
Ostrea sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra costata (Say 1820)
5 specimens
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
Exogyra costata Say
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon eufaulensis
11 specimens
Nemodon eufaulensis (Gabb) [entered as Nemodon eufaulensis]
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea (Idonearca) littlei Gabb 1877
1 specimen
Cucullaea (Idonearca) littlei Gabb
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad 1858
21 specimens
recombined as Idonearca capax
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca sp. Conrad 1862
7 specimens
Striarca sp.
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris rotundata
25 specimens
Glycymeris rotundata (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium (Granocardium) sp. n. sp. (Gabb 1869)
12 specimens
synonym of Trachycardium
Granocardium (Granocardium) n. sp. - originally entered as "Granocardium n. sp."
Granocardium (Granocardium) sp. n. sp. (Gabb 1869)
synonym of Trachycardium
Granocardium (Granocardium) n. sp. (all large spines) - originally entered as "Granocardium n. sp."
Granocardium (Granocardium) sp. (Gabb 1869)
9 specimens
synonym of Trachycardium
Granocardium (Granocardium) sp.
Granocardium (Granocardium) tholi
1 specimen
synonym of Trachycardium
Granocardium (Granocardium) tholi
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Cardium sp.
Protocardia (Pachycardium) spillmani
1 specimen
Protocardium (Pachycardium) spillm - originally entered as "Protocardium spillmani"
Trachycardium sp. n. sp. Mörch 1853
1 specimen
Trachycardium n. sp. (large) - originally entered as "Trachycardium n. sp."
Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853
1 specimen
Trachycardium sp.
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad 1860)
1 specimen
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
? Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
Tellina ? sp. - originally entered as "Tellina ? sp."
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae
Glossus sp. Poli 1795
1 specimen
Glossus sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyclorisma sp. Dall 1902
1 specimen
Cyclorisma sp.
Legumen sp. Conrad 1858
4 specimens
Legumen sp.
Cyprimeria alta
9 specimens
Cyprimeria alta Conrad
Cyprimeria sp. Conrad 1864
2 specimens
Cyprimeria major Gardner
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora berryi
6 specimens
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
8 specimens
Veniella conradi (Morton)
Tenea parilis
1 specimen
Tenea parilis Conrad
Tenea sp. Conrad 1870
1 specimen
Tenea sp.
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) sp. Vincent 1910
10 specimens
Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) sp. - originally entered as "Caesticorbula sp."
Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) suffalciata
14 specimens
Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) suffa - originally entered as "Caesticorbula suffalciata"
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910
15 specimens
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
2 specimens
Corbula sp.
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Clavipholas pectorosa
2 specimens
Claripholas pectorosa (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Leptosolen biplicata (Conrad 1858)
5 specimens
Leptosolen biplicata (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea monmouthensis
5 specimens
Panopea monmouthensis Gardner
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853
9 specimens
Liopistha protexta Conrad
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) sp. Sowerby 1823
1 specimen
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) sp.
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834
12 specimens
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Scambula perplana Conrad 1869
1 specimen
Scambula perplana Conrad
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Vetericardiella sp. Chavan 1969
1 specimen
Vetericardiella sp.
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis (Gabb 1860)
12 specimens
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf
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Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Bullock
Coordinates: 31.9° North, 85.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.9° North, 63.8° 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 argillaceous 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:Double Ck; USGS # 26990 : 25484
Database number:4247
Authorizer:M. Kosnik Enterer:M. Kosnik
Modifier:M. Manojlovic Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-14 13:00:00 Last modified:2016-07-25 21:17:39
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]