Sohl and Koch OFR # 244: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Georgia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca
Malacostraca indet. (Latreille 1802)
Crab parts
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana whitfieldi
22 specimens
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
Nuculana rostrotruncata (Gardner 1916)
1 specimen
recombined as Nuculana rostratruncata
Nuculana rostrotruncata (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798
1 specimen
Lithophaga sp.
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860
3 specimens
Crenella serica Conrad
Crenella elegantula Meek and Hayden 1862
1 specimen
Crenella elegantula Meek & Hayden
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) reticulata Forbes 1845
4 specimens
recombined as Lima reticulata
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Anomia (Anomia) sp.
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb 1876
1 specimen
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
4 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) sp. Meek 1864
4 specimens
Camptonectes (Comptonectes) sp.
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (Stephenson 1941)
3 specimens
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius
6 specimens
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris rotundata
4 specimens
Glycymeris rotundata (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca cuneata
1 specimen
Striarca cuneata Gabb
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Vetericardiella crenalirata
5 specimens
Vetericardiella crenalirata (Conra
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Bathytormus pteropsis (Conrad 1860)
1 specimen
Bathytormus pteropsis (Conrad)
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
Crassatella sp.
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834
13 specimens
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Bivalvia - Carditida - Condylocardiidae
Uddenia texana Stephenson 1941
10 specimens
recombined as Cuna texana
Uddenia texana Stephenson
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853
4 specimens
Liopistha protexta Conrad
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad 1860)
44 specimens
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad)
Protocardia (Pachycardium) sp. (Conrad 1869)
1 specimen
Protocardium (Pachycardium) sp. - originally entered as "Protocardium sp."
Granocardium (Granocardium) sp. (Gabb 1869)
4 specimens
synonym of Trachycardium
Granocardium (Granocardium) sp.
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Cardium sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora berryi
16 specimens
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
4 specimens
Veniella conradi (Morton)
Tenea parilis
3 specimens
Tenea parilis Conrad
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyclorisma parva
2 specimens
Cyclorisma parva (Gardner)
Cyprimeria depressa
1 specimen
Cyprimeria depressa Conrad
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
10 specimens
Corbula sp.
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Thylacus cretaceus Conrad 1860
1 specimen
Thylacus cretaceus Conrad
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Liopeplum cretaceum Conrad 1858
3 specimens
Liopeplum cretaceum (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Deussenia bellalirata Conrad 1858
6 specimens
Deussenia bellalirata (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinopsis crassicostata Gabb 1876
5 specimens
Buccinopsis crassicostata (Gabb)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Drilluta sp. Wade 1916
1 specimen
Drilluta sp.
Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Bellifusus sp.
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (Stephenson 1941)
3 specimens
recombined as Haustator bilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St
Gastropoda - Ataphridae
Ataphrus sp. n. sp. Gabb 1869
3 specimens
Ataphrus n. sp. - originally entered as "Ataphrus n. sp."
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Sphenodiscus sp. Meek 1871
6 specimens
Sphenodiscus sp.
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Fish parts
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
Echinoid sp. - originally entered as "Echinoidea sp."
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Georgia County:Quitman
Coordinates: 31.8° North, 85.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.6° North, 63.1° 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 lithified silty,calcareous 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
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:USGS
Collection method comments: others collection
Metadata
Also known as:SSE Hatcher; USGS # 23221
Database number:4281
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 21:34:18
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]