Sohl and Koch OFR # 243: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Georgia

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