Sohl and Koch OFR # 243: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Georgia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca
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Malacostraca indet.
(Latreille 1802)
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Crab parts | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana whitfieldi
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19 specimens | |||||||||
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula sp.
Lamarck 1799
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Nucula sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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? Brachidontes sp.
Swainson 1840
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Brachidontes ? sp. - originally entered as "Brachidontes ? sp." | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella serica
Conrad 1860
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Crenella serica Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Flemingostreidae
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Cubitostrea tecticosta
(Gabb 1860)
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19 specimens | |||||||||
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Ostrea sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima (Lima) reticulata
Forbes 1845
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Lima reticulata | ||||||||||
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia (Anomia) ornata
Gabb 1876
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb | ||||||||||
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria
Morton 1833
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10 specimens | |||||||||
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Syncyclonema simplicius
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris rotundata
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40 specimens | |||||||||
Glycymeris rotundata (Gabb) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Nemodon eufaulensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Nemodon eufaulensis (Gabb) [entered as Nemodon eufaulensis] | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea (Idonearca) sp.
(Conrad 1862)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Cucullaea (Idonearca) sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Striarca cuneata
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10 specimens | |||||||||
Striarca cuneata Gabb | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Condylocardiidae
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Uddenia texana
Stephenson 1941
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15 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Cuna texana | ||||||||||
Uddenia texana Stephenson | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Pholadomya (Pholadomya) sp.
Sowerby 1823
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trachycardium sp.
Mörch 1853
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Trachycardium sp. | ||||||||||
Granocardium (Granocardium) tippananum
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6 specimens | |||||||||
synonym of Trachycardium | ||||||||||
Granocardium (Granocardium) tippan | ||||||||||
Cardium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cardium sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellinimera buboana
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Tellinimeria buboana Stephenson - originally entered as "Tellinimeria buboana" | ||||||||||
Aenona eufaulensis
Conrad 1860
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Aenona eufaulensis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Linearia sp.
(Conrad 1860)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Linearis | ||||||||||
Linearia sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Cymbophora appressa
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Cymbophora appressa (Gabb) | ||||||||||
Cymbophora berryi
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10 specimens | |||||||||
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Etea sp.
Conrad 1873
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Etea sp. | ||||||||||
Tenea parilis
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Tenea parilis Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Legumen sp.
Conrad 1858
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Legumen sp. | ||||||||||
Cyprimeria sp.
Conrad 1864
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cyprimeria major Gardner | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Glossidae
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Glossus sp.
Poli 1795
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Glossus sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) sp.
Vincent 1910
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) sp. - originally entered as "Caesticorbula sp." | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Mactromyidae
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Unicardium concentricum
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Unicardium concentricum (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Nymphalucina ? linearea
(Stephenson 1941)
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21 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Nymphalucina linearia | ||||||||||
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) angulicostata
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) ang | ||||||||||
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) sp.
(Dietrich 1933)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Cylichna sp.
Lovén 1846
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cylichna sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turbinellidae
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Napulus sp.
Stephenson 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Napulus sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Liopeplum cretaceum
Conrad 1858
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Liopeplum cretaceum (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Stantonella sp.
Wade 1926
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Stantonella sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Bellifusus sp.
Stephenson 1941
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Bellifusus sp. | ||||||||||
Remera sp.
Stephenson 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Remera sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira
(Stephenson 1941)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Haustator bilira | ||||||||||
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St | ||||||||||
Turritella vertebroides
Morton 1834
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Turritella vertebroides Morton | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Ataphridae
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Ataphrus sp. n. sp.
Gabb 1869
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Ataphrus n. sp. - originally entered as "Ataphrus n. sp." | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Sphenodiscidae
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Sphenodiscus sp.
Meek 1871
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Sphenodiscus sp. | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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Otolith | ||||||||||
Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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Bone material | ||||||||||
Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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Shark parts | ||||||||||
Echinoidea
- Cassiduloida
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Hardouinia sp.
d'Archiac and Haime 1853
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corrected as Harduinia | ||||||||||
Hardouinea sp. | ||||||||||
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, 63.2° 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: | 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 calcareous,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: | Pataula Ck; USGS # 28439 | ||
Database number: | 4280 | ||
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 21:34:11 |
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] |