Sohl and Koch OFR # 247: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Laxispira monilifera Sohl 1964
9 specimens
Laxispira monilifera Sohl
Turritella chalybeatensis
1 specimen
Turritella chalybeatensis Sohl
Gastropoda - Pickworthiidae
Urceolabrum tuberculatum
1 specimen
Urceolabrum turberculatum callistu
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Hercorhynchus (Hercorhyncus) tippanus Conrad 1860
1 specimen
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tippan - originally entered as "Hercorhyncus tippanus"
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Liopeplum canalis Conrad 1858
1 specimen
Liopeplum canalis (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858
1 specimen
Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Pseudomalaxis cf. pilsbryi
1 specimen
Pseudomalaxis cf. P. pilsbryi Harb - originally entered as "Pseudomalaxis cf. pilsbryi"
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca saffordi
2 specimens
Striarca saffordi (Gardner) non Gab
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
2 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) reticulata Forbes 1845
3 specimens
recombined as Lima reticulata
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius
11 specimens
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte vesicularis (Lamarck 1806)
1 specimen
recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck
Exogyra costata (Say 1820)
1 specimen
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
Exogyra costata Say
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenson 1941)
1 specimen
recombined as Nymphalucina linearia
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea"
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) ampulla
1 specimen
Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) ampulla Ga
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) percompressa
1 specimen
Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) perco - originally entered as "Caesticorbula percompressa"
Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) sp. Vincent 1910
8 specimens
Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) sp. - originally entered as "Caesticorbula sp."
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner 1916
2 specimens
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
1 specimen
Veniella conradi (Morton)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte culebrensis
1 specimen
Astarte? culebrensis (Stephenson)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Vetericardiella crenalirata
4 specimens
Vetericardiella crenalirata (Conra
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834
3 specimens
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis (Gabb 1860)
1 specimen
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana whitfieldi
3 specimens
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Dentalium sp. (ribbed)
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
Malacostraca
Malacostraca indet. (Latreille 1802)
Crab parts
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Shark parts
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Barbour
Coordinates: 32.0° North, 85.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.9° North, 63.6° 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
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Foraminiferal zonation from King and Skotnicki, 1992.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:phosphatic,gray lithified sandstone
Environment:marine indet. Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,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:2.3 mi S Johnson Cr; USGS # 26969
Database number:4284
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 21:35:51
Access level:the public Released:1999-08-14 13:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

281. N. F. Sohl and C. F. Koch. 1987. Upper Cretaceous (Maestrichtian) larger invertebrates from the Haustator bilira Assemblage Zone in the Atlantic Coastal Plain with further data for the East Gulf. USGS Open File Report 87-194:1-172 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]

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]