Sohl and Koch OFR # 233: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus onyx Morton 1834
Hamulus onyx Morton
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Acrilla sp. Adams and Adams 1860
1 specimen
? Acrilla? sp.
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789
1 specimen
Cerithium sp.
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella hilgardi
2 specimens
Turritella hilgardi Sohl
Turritella (Unilira) sp. n. sp. Lamarck 1799
57 specimens
Turritella n. sp. (Unilira) - originally entered as "Turritella n. sp."
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834
5 specimens
Turritella vertebroides Morton
Turritella tippana Conrad 1858
15 specimens
Turritella tippana Conrad
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (Conrad 1860)
5 specimens
original and current combination Turritella trilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (Stephenson 1941)
3 specimens
recombined as Haustator bilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St
Gastropoda - Acteoninidae
Eoacteon sp. Stephenson 1955
1 specimen
Ecoacteon sp. - originally entered as "Ecoacteon sp."
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Gyrodes sp. Conrad 1860
1 specimen
Gyrodes sp.
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad 1858)
4 specimens
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Triforidae
Cerithiella sp. Verrill 1882
1 specimen
Cerithiella sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Stantonella sp. Wade 1926
1 specimen
Stantonella sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Liopeplum canalis Conrad 1858
1 specimen
Liopeplum canalis (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Moreidae
Hercorhynchus (Hercorhyncus) sp.
1 specimen
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) sp. - originally entered as "Hercorhyncus sp."
Gastropoda - Ataphridae
Ataphrus sp. n. sp. Gabb 1869
20 specimens
Ataphrus n. sp. - originally entered as "Ataphrus n. sp."
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853
2 specimens
Liopistha protexta Conrad
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
30 specimens
Corbula sp.
Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) suffalciata
6 specimens
Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) suffa - originally entered as "Caesticorbula suffalciata"
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
1 specimen
Veniella conradi (Morton)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae
Glossus sp. Poli 1795
1 specimen
Glossus sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Aphrodina (Aphrodina) sp. Conrad 1869
1 specimen
Aphrodina (Aphrodina) ?
Cyclorisma sp. Dall 1902
5 specimens
Cyclorisma sp.
Cyprimeria sp. Conrad 1864
2 specimens
Cyprimeria major Gardner
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora berryi
6 specimens
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Linearia metastriata
1 specimen
original and current combination Linearis
Linearia metastriata Conrad
Linearia sp. n. sp. (Conrad 1860)
3 specimens
original and current combination Linearis
Linearia n. sp. (convex sulcate) - originally entered as "Linearia n. sp."
Linearia sp. (Conrad 1860)
5 specimens
original and current combination Linearis
Linearia sp.
Solyma aff. elliptica (Gabb 1861)
2 specimens
Solyma aff. S. elliptica (Conrad) - originally entered as "Solyma aff. elliptica"
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758
3 specimens
Cardium sp.
Granocardium (Granocardium) tippananum
45 specimens
synonym of Trachycardium
Granocardium (Granocardium) tippan
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad 1860)
2 specimens
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad)
Protocardia (Pachycardium) sp. (Conrad 1869)
2 specimens
Protocardium (Pachycardium) sp. - originally entered as "Protocardium sp."
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Myrtea stephensoni
4 specimens
Myrtea stephensoni Gardner
Phacoides ? mattiformis
6 specimens
Phacoides ? mattiformis (Stephenso - originally entered as "Phacoides ? mattiformis"
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834
22 specimens
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Vetericardiella sp. Chavan 1969
1 specimen
Vetericardiella sp.
Bivalvia - Carditida - Condylocardiidae
Uddenia texana Stephenson 1941
50 specimens
recombined as Cuna texana
Uddenia texana Stephenson
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis (Gabb 1860)
2 specimens
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) angulicostata
30 specimens
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) ang
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella elegantula Meek and Hayden 1862
9 specimens
Crenella elegantula Meek & Hayden
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lycettia tippanus
1 specimen
Lycettia tippanus (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (Stephenson 1941)
26 specimens
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillia sp. Defrance 1820
1 specimen
Gervillia sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
3 specimens
Ostrea sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb 1860)
2 specimens
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon sp. Conrad 1869
1 specimen
Nemodon sp.
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris rotundata
8 specimens
Glycymeris rotundata (Gabb)
Postligata wordeni
1 specimen
Postligata wordeni Gardner
Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp.
Clione sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Henry
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:upper
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Foraminiferal zonation from King and Skotnicki, 1992.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: silty 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:14.8mi S Eufaula; USGS # 26975
Database number:4270
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 21:30:42
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]