Sohl and Koch OFR # 236: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bryozoa (branching)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834
1 specimen
Turritella vertebroides Morton
Gastropoda - Iravadiidae
Nozeba sp. n. sp. Iredale 1915
15 specimens
Nozeba n. sp. - originally entered as "Nozeba n. sp."
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Neogastropoda indet. Thiele 1929
2 specimens
Neogastropods indeterminate
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pholidotomidae
Schizobasis sp. Wade 1916
1 specimen
Schizobasis sp.
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Pugnellus sp. Conrad 1860
2 specimens
Pugnellus sp.
Graciliala sp. Sohl 1960
1 specimen
Graciliala sp.
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lycettia tippanus
3 specimens
Lycettia tippanus (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) sp. Meek 1864
1 specimen
Camptonectes (Comptonectes) sp.
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (Stephenson 1941)
10 specimens
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
8 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna (Pinna) sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Pinna (Pinna) sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb 1860)
1 specimen
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Arca sp.
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris rotundata
12 specimens
Glycymeris rotundata (Gabb)
Postligata wordeni
1 specimen
Postligata wordeni Gardner
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium (Granocardium) kummeli
22 specimens
synonym of Trachycardium
Granocardium (Granocardium) kummel
Protocardia (Pachycardium) spillmani
1 specimen
Protocardium (Pachycardium) spillm - originally entered as "Protocardium spillmani"
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad 1860)
27 specimens
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinimera buboana
10 specimens
Tellinimeria buboana Stephenson - originally entered as "Tellinimeria buboana"
Tellinimera gabbi
23 specimens
Tellinimeria gabbi Gardner - originally entered as "Tellinimeria gabbi"
Solyma aff. elliptica (Gabb 1861)
2 specimens
Solyma aff. S. elliptica (Conrad) - originally entered as "Solyma aff. elliptica"
Linearia magnoliensis
1 specimen
original and current combination Linearis
Linearia magnoliensis Stephenson
Linearia sp. (Conrad 1860)
4 specimens
original and current combination Linearis
Linearia sp.
Liothyris cf. carolinensis Conrad 1875
5 specimens
Liothyris cf. L. carolinensis (Con - originally entered as "Liothyris cf. carolinensis"
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758
5 specimens
Tellina sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyprimeria alta
38 specimens
Cyprimeria alta Conrad
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
1 specimen
Veniella conradi (Morton)
Tenea parilis
1 specimen
Tenea parilis Conrad
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
2 specimens
Corbula sp.
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Phacoides ? mattiformis
3 specimens
Phacoides ? mattiformis (Stephenso - originally entered as "Phacoides ? mattiformis"
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834
3 specimens
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) angulicostata
26 specimens
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) ang
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) cerulea
1 specimen
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) cer
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae
Micrabacia sp. Milne-Edwards 1849
Micrabacia spp.
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Barbour
Coordinates: 31.8° 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:gray lithified sandstone
Environment:marine indet. Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
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:Henry Co line; USGS # 27523
Database number:4273
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 21:31:06
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]