Sohl and Koch OFR # 225: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae
Micrabacia sp. Milne-Edwards 1849
Micrabacia spp.
Echinoidea - Cassiduloida
Hardouinia sp. d'Archiac and Haime 1853
corrected as Harduinia
Hardouinea sp.
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (encrusting)
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus onyx Morton 1834
Hamulus onyx Morton
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860
1 specimen
Crenella serica Conrad
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Postligata sp. Gardner 1916
1 specimen
Postligata sp.
Glycymeris sp. n. sp. Da Costa 1778
2 specimens
Glycymeris n. sp. (many teeth) - originally entered as "Glycymeris n. sp."
Glycymeris rotundata
31 specimens
Glycymeris rotundata (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
27 specimens
Ostrea sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb 1860)
5 specimens
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillia sp. Defrance 1820
1 specimen
Gervillia sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (Stephenson 1941)
21 specimens
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
6 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Anomia (Anomia) sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Anomia (Anomia) sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius
1 specimen
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834
4 specimens
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Uddenia sp. Stephenson 1941
4 specimens
Uddenia sp.
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Vetericardiella sp. Chavan 1969
1 specimen
Vetericardiella sp.
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797
1 specimen
Lucina sp.
Myrtea stephensoni
1 specimen
Myrtea stephensoni Gardner
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenson 1941)
5 specimens
recombined as Nymphalucina linearia
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea"
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
Cardium sp.
Granocardium (Granocardium) kummeli
62 specimens
synonym of Trachycardium
Granocardium (Granocardium) kummel
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad 1860)
17 specimens
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad)
Protocardia (Brevicardium) sp. (Beyrich 1845)
1 specimen
Protocardium (Brevicardium) sp. - originally entered as "Protocardium sp."
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinimera buboana
1 specimen
Tellinimeria buboana Stephenson - originally entered as "Tellinimeria buboana"
Tellinimera gabbi
6 specimens
Tellinimeria gabbi Gardner - originally entered as "Tellinimeria gabbi"
Liothyris sp. Conrad 1873
4 specimens
Liothyris sp.
Liothyris cf. carolinensis Conrad 1875
4 specimens
Liothyris cf. L. carolinensis (Con - originally entered as "Liothyris cf. carolinensis"
Aenona eufaulensis Conrad 1860
4 specimens
Aenona eufaulensis (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
6 specimens
Veniella conradi (Morton)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyclorisma parva
4 specimens
Cyclorisma parva (Gardner)
Aphrodina (Aphrodina) sp. Conrad 1869
1 specimen
Aphrodina (Aphrodina) sp.
Cyprimeria alta
22 specimens
Cyprimeria alta Conrad
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora berryi
5 specimens
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) cerulea
12 specimens
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) cer
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) sp. (Dietrich 1933)
15 specimens
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) sp.
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis (Gabb 1860)
3 specimens
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf
Gastropoda - Ataphridae
Ataphrus sp. n. sp. Gabb 1869
1 specimen
Ataphrus n. sp. - originally entered as "Ataphrus n. sp."
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella tippana Conrad 1858
3 specimens
Turritella tippana Conrad
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad 1858)
1 specimen
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
Polinices kummeli Sohl 1960
1 specimen
Polinices kummeli Sohl
Amaurellina stephensoni
1 specimen
Amaurellina stephensoni (Wade)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinopsis sp. Conrad 1857
1 specimen
Buccinopsis sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Deussenia sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Deussenia sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Remera sp. Stephenson 1941
2 specimens
Remera sp.
? Palaeopsephaea sp. (Wade 1926)
1 specimen
original and current combination Paleopsephaea
Paleopsephaea ? sp. - originally entered as "Paleopsephaea ? sp."
? Drilluta sp. Wade 1916
1 specimen
Drilluta ? sp. - originally entered as "Drilluta ? sp."
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Moreidae
Hercorhynchus (Hercorhyncus) sp.
1 specimen
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) sp. - originally entered as "Hercorhyncus sp."
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pholidotomidae
Schizobasis sp. Wade 1916
3 specimens
Schizobasis sp.
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Graciliala decemlirata Conrad 1858
4 specimens
Graciliala decemlirata Conrad
Pterocerella sp. Meek 1864
1 specimen
Pterocerella sp.
unclassified
Mesostoma sp. Ehrenberg 1837
1 specimen
Mesostoma sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Barbour
Coordinates: 31.7° North, 85.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.6° North, 63.3° 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 Member:lower
Stratigraphic resolution:member
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:10 mi S Eufaula; USGS # 28425
Database number:4262
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 21:29:40
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]