Sohl and Koch OFR # 240: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Georgia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) flexicostata Sohl 1964
31 specimens
Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) flexicostata S
Pseudomalaxis stantoni Sohl 1960
2 specimens
Pseudomalaxis stantoni Sohl
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae
Micrabacia sp. Milne-Edwards 1849
Micrabacia spp.
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton 1834)
1 specimen
Eutrephoceras dekayi (Morton)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Sphenodiscus sp. Meek 1871
3 specimens
Sphenodiscus sp.
Gastropoda - Ataphridae
Ataphrus sp. n. sp. Gabb 1869
13 specimens
Ataphrus n. sp. - originally entered as "Ataphrus n. sp."
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) sp. (de Boury 1890)
1 specimen
Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) sp.
Gastropoda - Planaxidae
? Micreschara sp. n. sp. Cossmann 1891
Micreschara? n. sp. - originally entered as "Micreschara ? n. sp."
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
Turritella sp.
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (Conrad 1860)
7 specimens
original and current combination Turritella trilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (Stephenson 1941)
330 specimens
recombined as Haustator bilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St
Gastropoda - Pickworthiidae
Urceolabrum sp. Wade 1916
2 specimens
Urceolabrum sp.
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Arrhoges (Latiala) sp. (Gabb 1868)
4 specimens
Arrhoges (Latiala) sp.
Anchura ? noakensis
1 specimen
Anchura noakensis? Stephenson - originally entered as "Anchura noakensis ?"
Pugnellus (Pugnellus) goldmani
2 specimens
Pugnellus (Pugnellus) goldmani Gar
Pugnellus sp. Conrad 1860
1 specimen
Pugnellus sp.
Pterocerella sp. Meek 1864
2 specimens
Pterocerella sp.
Pterocerella tippana
4 specimens
Pterocerella tippana (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis sp. (Conrad 1860)
1 specimen
Pyropsis spp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinopsis crassicostata Gabb 1876
30 specimens
Buccinopsis crassicostata (Gabb)
Stantonella interupta Conrad 1858
116 specimens
corrected as Stantonella interrupta
Stantonella interupta (Conrad)
Ptychosyca inornata Gabb 1876
5 specimens
Ptchosyca inornata Gabb
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Remera flexicostata Sohl 1964
8 specimens
Remera flexicostata Sohl
Drilluta distans (Conrad 1860)
2 specimens
Drilluta distans (Conrad)
Dolicholatirus torquatus
1 specimen
Dolicholatirus torquatus Sohl
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Deussenia sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Deussenia sp.
Deussenia bellalirata Conrad 1858
10 specimens
Deussenia bellalirata (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Moreidae
Hercorhynchus (Haplovoluta) sp.
1 specimen
Hercorhyncus (Haplovoluta) sp. - originally entered as "Hercorhyncus sp."
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Gemmula sp. (Weinkauff 1875)
5 specimens
originally entered as "Gemmula "
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Napulus octoliratus Conrad 1858
3 specimens
Napulus octoliratus Conrad
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pholidotomidae
Morea sp. Conrad 1860
1 specimen
Morea sp.
Morea marylandica Gardner 1916
1 specimen
Morea marylandica Gardner
Morea transenna Stephenson 1955
3 specimens
Morea transenna Stephenson
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Fulgerca aff. attenuata (Wade 1926)
36 specimens
Fulgerca aff. A. attenuata (Wade) - originally entered as "Fulgerca aff. attenuata"
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Lowenstamia cucullata Sohl 1964
3 specimens
recombined as Sohliina cucullata
Lowenstamia cucullata Sohl
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Parafusus sp. Wade 1918
1 specimen
Parafus sp.
Myobarbum sp. Sohl 1963
4 specimens
Myobarbum sp.
Myobarbum laevigatum Sohl 1963
24 specimens
Myobarbum laevigatum Sohl
Liopeplum sp. Dall 1890
1 specimen
Liopeplum sp.
Liopeplum cretaceum Conrad 1858
70 specimens
Liopeplum cretaceum (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete laevis Sohl 1964
73 specimens
Paladmete laevis Sohl
Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858
2 specimens
Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices kummeli Sohl 1960
95 specimens
Polinices kummeli Sohl
Euspira sp. Agassiz 1837
3 specimens
Euspira sp.
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad 1858)
224 specimens
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
Amauropsis sp. n. sp. Mörch 1857
16 specimens
Amauropsis n. sp. - originally entered as "Amauropsis n. sp."
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb 1861
10 specimens
recombined as Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb
Gastropoda - Triforidae
Cerithiella sp. Verrill 1882
2 specimens
Cerithiella sp.
Gastropoda - Iravadiidae
Nozeba sp. n. sp. Iredale 1915
10 specimens
Nozeba n. sp. - originally entered as "Nozeba n. sp."
Gastropoda - Acteoninidae
? Troostella sp. Wade 1926
6 specimens
Troostella ? sp. - originally entered as "Troostella ? sp."
Eoacteon linteus (Conrad 1858)
8 specimens
Ecoacteon linteus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Ecoacteon linteus"
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Tornatellaea sp. Conrad 1860
2 specimens
Tornatellaea sp.
Zikkuratia tabannensis Sohl 1963
3 specimens
corrected as Zikkuratia tabanneensis
Zikkuratia tabannensis Sohl
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula (Ringiculella) clarki Durham 1944
11 specimens
recombined as Ringicula (Ringiculina) clarki
Ringicula (Ringiculella) clarki Ga
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Creonella triplicata Wade 1917
54 specimens
Creonella triplicata Wade
Creonella cf. subangulata Sohl 1964
18 specimens
Creonella cf. C. subangulata Sohl - originally entered as "Creonella cf. subangulata"
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Gordenellidae
Promathilda (Clathrobaculus) cf. parvula Sohl 1960
5 specimens
Promathilda (Clathrobaculus) cf. P - originally entered as "Promathilda cf. parvula"
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846
1 specimen
Cylichna sp.
Cylichna incisa Stephenson 1941
6 specimens
Cylichna incisa Stephenson
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
? Volvulella sp. n. sp. Newton 1891
2 specimens
Volvulella ? n. sp. - originally entered as "Volvulella ? n. sp."
Volvulella sp. n. sp. Newton 1891
Volvulella n. sp. m - originally entered as "Volvulella n. sp."
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Nerita sp. n. sp. Linnaeus 1758
6 specimens
Nerita n. sp. - originally entered as "Nerita n. sp."
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon eufaulensis
47 specimens
Nemodon eufaulensis (Gabb) [entered as Nemodon eufaulensis]
Nemodon sp. n. sp. Conrad 1869
2 specimens
Nemodon n. sp. (large) - originally entered as "Nemodon n. sp."
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca cuneata
1387 specimens
Striarca cuneata Gabb
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
Arca sp.
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea (Idonearca) sp. (Conrad 1862)
1 specimen
Cucullaea (Idonearca) sp.
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad 1858
2 specimens
recombined as Idonearca capax
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad
Cucullaea (Idonearca) littlei Gabb 1877
5 specimens
Cucullaea (Idonearca) littlei Gabb
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Postligata wordeni
17 specimens
Postligata wordeni Gardner
Glycymeris rotundata
27 specimens
Glycymeris rotundata (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb 1876
162 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
133 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) reticulata Forbes 1845
1 specimen
recombined as Lima reticulata
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius
32 specimens
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (Stephenson 1941)
22 specimens
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777
2 specimens
Pteria sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna (Pinna) sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Pinna (Pinna) sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb 1860)
99 specimens
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra sp. Say 1820
1 specimen
Exogyra sp.
Exogyra costata (Say 1820)
2 specimens
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
Exogyra costata Say
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Crassostrea cortex
5 specimens
Crassostrea cortex (Conrad)
Ostrea plumosa Morton 1833
1 specimen
Ostrea plumosa Morton
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860
16 specimens
Crenella serica Conrad
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp. (Lamarck 1801)
1 specimen
Modiolus sp.
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenson 1941)
89 specimens
recombined as Nymphalucina linearia
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea"
Myrtea stephensoni
10 specimens
Myrtea stephensoni Gardner
Phacoides ? mattiformis
6 specimens
Phacoides ? mattiformis (Stephenso - originally entered as "Phacoides ? mattiformis"
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) grandis Stephenson 1941
2 specimens
Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) grandis St
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Clavipholas pectorosa
1 specimen
Claripholas pectorosa (Conrad)
Clavipholas sp. Conrad 1868
1 specimen
Claripholas sp.
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) terramaria
14 specimens
Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) terra - originally entered as "Caesticorbula terramaria"
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner 1916
339 specimens
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
145 specimens
Corbula sp.
Corbula subradiata
19 specimens
Corbula subradiata Gardner
Corbula torta
40 specimens
Corbula torta Stephenson
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Tenea parilis
23 specimens
Tenea parilis Conrad
Etea sp. Conrad 1873
2 specimens
Etea sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Aphrodina (Aphrodina) sp. Conrad 1869
3 specimens
Aphrodina (Aphrodina) ?
Cyprimeria alta
1 specimen
Cyprimeria alta Conrad
Cyprimeria depressa
127 specimens
Cyprimeria depressa Conrad
Cyclorisma parva
3 specimens
Cyclorisma parva (Gardner)
Cyclorisma sp. Dall 1902
21 specimens
Cyclorisma sp.
Legumen ellipticum
5 specimens
Legumen ellipticum Conrad
Legumen sp. Conrad 1858
2 specimens
Legumen sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora appressa
20 specimens
Cymbophora appressa (Gabb)
Cymbophora berryi
21 specimens
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
Cymbophora sp. Gabb 1869
1 specimen
Cymbophora sp.
Cymbophora wordeni
25 specimens
Cymbophora wordeni (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad 1860)
189 specimens
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina ? georgiana Gabb 1876
8 specimens
recombined as Sourimis georgiana
Tellina georgiana Gabb ? - originally entered as "Tellina georgiana ?"
Solyma sp. Conrad 1870
1 specimen
Solyma ? sp.
Solyma aff. elliptica (Gabb 1861)
42 specimens
Solyma aff. S. elliptica (Conrad) - originally entered as "Solyma aff. elliptica"
Liothyris cf. carolinensis Conrad 1875
28 specimens
Liothyris cf. L. carolinensis (Con - originally entered as "Liothyris cf. carolinensis"
Linearia magnoliensis
21 specimens
original and current combination Linearis
Linearia magnoliensis Stephenson
Linearia sp. n. sp. (Conrad 1860)
25 specimens
original and current combination Linearis
Linearia n. sp. (convex sulcate) - originally entered as "Linearia n. sp."
Aenona eufaulensis Conrad 1860
85 specimens
Aenona eufaulensis (Conrad)
Tellinimera buboana
11 specimens
Tellinimeria buboana Stephenson - originally entered as "Tellinimeria buboana"
Tellinimera gabbi
11 specimens
Tellinimeria gabbi Gardner - originally entered as "Tellinimeria gabbi"
Tellina sp. n. sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
Tellina n. sp. (fine concentrics a - originally entered as "Tellina n. sp."
Tellina sp. n. sp. Linnaeus 1758
7 specimens
Tellina n. sp. (smooth) - originally entered as "Tellina n. sp."
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Tellina sp.
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Leptosolen biplicata (Conrad 1858)
21 specimens
Leptosolen biplicata (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea aff. subplicata
1 specimen
Panopea aff. P. subplicata (Shumar - originally entered as "Panopea aff. subplicata"
Bivalvia - Carditida - Condylocardiidae
Uddenia texana Stephenson 1941
352 specimens
recombined as Cuna texana
Uddenia texana Stephenson
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799
70 specimens
Crassatella sp.
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834
33 specimens
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Bathytormus pteropsis (Conrad 1860)
50 specimens
Bathytormus pteropsis (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis (Gabb 1860)
1 specimen
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) angulicostata
9 specimens
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) ang
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula cuneifrons (Conrad 1860)
27 specimens
original and current combination Nucula cunifrons
Nucula cunifrons Conrad
Nucula percrassa
148 specimens
Nucula percrassa Conrad
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799
3 specimens
Nucula sp.
Nucula amica Gardner 1916
90 specimens
Nucula amica Gardner
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp. n. sp. Link 1807
1 specimen
Nuculana n. sp. (large and concentr - originally entered as "Nuculana n. sp."
Nuculana whitfieldi
76 specimens
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Perissonata sp. n. sp. (Conrad 1869)
11 specimens
original and current combination Perrisonota
Perissonata n. sp. (lg. smooth) - originally entered as "Perissonata n. sp."
Perissonata protexta
3 specimens
original and current combination Perrisonota
Perissonata protexta (Conrad) non G
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus obnutus
7 specimens
Cadulus obnutus (Conrad)
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium leve Stephenson 1923
11 specimens
Dentalium leve Stephenson
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Reptilian tooth
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus sp.
Hamulus sp.
Malacostraca
Malacostraca indet. (Latreille 1802)
Crab parts
Echinoidea - Cassiduloida
Hardouinia sp. d'Archiac and Haime 1853
corrected as Harduinia
Hardouinea sp.
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Otolith
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Fish parts
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Shark parts
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Georgia County:Clay
Coordinates: 31.7° North, 85.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.6° North, 63.3° 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:70.60000 - 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:gray silty,carbonaceous 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:The Narrows; USGS # 6412 : 25922 : 25935 : 27562 : 28442 : 25556
Database number:4277
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 21:33:49
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]