Sohl and Koch OFR # 211: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Fish parts
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Shark parts
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium ripleyana
1 specimen
Dentalium ripleyana Gabb
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton 1834)
3 specimens
Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton)
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Thylacus cretaceus Conrad 1860
1 specimen
Thylacus cretaceus Conrad
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
2 specimens
Turritella sp.
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834
7 specimens
Turritella vertebroides Morton
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (Conrad 1860)
2 specimens
original and current combination Turritella trilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C
Laxispira monilifera Sohl 1964
6 specimens
Laxispira monilifera Sohl
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad 1858)
2 specimens
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929
1 specimen
Neogastropods indeterminate
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858
1 specimen
Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Drilluta sp. Wade 1916
1 specimen
Drilluta sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinopsis solida Wade 1917
1 specimen
Buccinopsis solida (Wade)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Liopeplum canalis Conrad 1858
3 specimens
Liopeplum canalis (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Beretra sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Beretra sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis perlata (Conrad 1860)
1 specimen
Pyropsis perlata Conrad
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Helicaulax formosa
2 specimens
Helicaulax formosa Stephenson
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
? Pseudomalaxis sp. Fischer 1850
2 specimens
Pseudomalaxis ? sp. - originally entered as "Pseudomalaxis ? sp."
Margaritella pumila
1 specimen
Margaritella pumila Stephenson
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus
5 specimens
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) amer
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana whitfieldi
5 specimens
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Clavagellidae
Clavagella (Clavagella) armata Morton 1833
1 specimen
Clavagella (Clavagella) armata Mor
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853
3 specimens
Liopistha protexta Conrad
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner 1916
1 specimen
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
4 specimens
Corbula sp.
Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) sp. Vincent 1910
7 specimens
Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) sp. - originally entered as "Caesticorbula sp."
Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) terramaria
1 specimen
Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) terra - originally entered as "Caesticorbula terramaria"
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910
60 specimens
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Etea sp. Conrad 1873
2 specimens
Etea sp.
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
2 specimens
Veniella conradi (Morton)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyclorisma parva
1 specimen
Cyclorisma parva (Gardner)
Cyclorisma sp. Dall 1902
1 specimen
Cyclorisma sp.
Legumen ellipticum
2 specimens
Legumen ellipticum Conrad
Cyprimeria alta
5 specimens
Cyprimeria alta Conrad
Cyprimeria sp. Conrad 1864
4 specimens
Cyprimeria major Gardner
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora sp. Gabb 1869
4 specimens
Cymbophora sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Aenona eufaulensis Conrad 1860
1 specimen
Aenona eufaulensis (Conrad)
Linearia metastriata
2 specimens
original and current combination Linearis
Linearia metastriata Conrad
Linearia sp. (Conrad 1860)
1 specimen
original and current combination Linearis
Linearia sp.
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
Tellina sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Cardium sp.
Granocardium (Granocardium) tippananum
1 specimen
synonym of Trachycardium
Granocardium (Granocardium) tippan
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad 1860)
3 specimens
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad)
Protocardia (Brevicardium) sp. (Beyrich 1845)
11 specimens
Protocardium (Brevicardium) sp. - originally entered as "Protocardium sp."
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenson 1941)
2 specimens
recombined as Nymphalucina linearia
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea"
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834
18 specimens
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Uddenia sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Uddenia sp.
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Vetericardiella crenalirata
3 specimens
Vetericardiella crenalirata (Conra
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816
1 specimen
Astarte? sp.
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis (Gabb 1860)
9 specimens
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860
5 specimens
Crenella serica Conrad
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae
Neithea (Neitheops) quinquecostata (Sowerby 1814)
2 specimens
Neithea (Neitheops) quinquecostata
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (Stephenson 1941)
6 specimens
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma ? woodsi
1 specimen
Plagiostoma ? woodsi Wade - originally entered as "Plagiostoma ? woodsi"
Lima (Lima) reticulata Forbes 1845
8 specimens
recombined as Lima reticulata
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
4 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius
11 specimens
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb 1860)
3 specimens
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra costata (Say 1820)
6 specimens
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
Exogyra costata Say
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca sp. Conrad 1862
1 specimen
Striarca sp.
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon eufaulensis
2 specimens
Nemodon eufaulensis (Gabb) [entered as Nemodon eufaulensis]
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778
1 specimen
Glycymeris sp.
Postligata wordeni
1 specimen
Postligata wordeni Gardner
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea (Idonearca) sp. (Conrad 1862)
2 specimens
Cucullaea (Idonearca) sp.
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis sp. Sassi 1827
1 specimen
Limopsis sp.
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (encrusting)
Malacostraca
Malacostraca indet. (Latreille 1802)
Crab parts
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae
Micrabacia sp. Milne-Edwards 1849
Micrabacia spp.
Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp.
Clione sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Bullock
Coordinates: 32.0° North, 85.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.9° North, 63.8° 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: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
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Foraminiferal zonation from King and Skotnicki, 1992.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: 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:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:USGS
Collection method comments: Sohl collection
Metadata
Also known as:ENE Perote; USGS # 25479
Database number:4248
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 16:17:42
Access level:the public Released:1999-08-14 13:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
281. N. F. Sohl and C. F. Koch. 1987. Upper Cretaceous (Maestrichtian) larger invertebrates from the Haustator bilira Assemblage Zone in the Atlantic Coastal Plain with further data for the East Gulf. USGS Open File Report 87-194:1-172 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]

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]