Sohl and Koch OFR # 247: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Laxispira monilifera
Sohl 1964
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9 specimens | |||||||||
Laxispira monilifera Sohl | ||||||||||
Turritella chalybeatensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Turritella chalybeatensis Sohl | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Pickworthiidae
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Urceolabrum tuberculatum
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Urceolabrum turberculatum callistu | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Hercorhynchus (Hercorhyncus) tippanus
Conrad 1860
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tippan - originally entered as "Hercorhyncus tippanus" | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Liopeplum canalis
Conrad 1858
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Liopeplum canalis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Paladmetidae
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Paladmete cancellaria
Conrad 1858
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Pseudomalaxis cf. pilsbryi
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Pseudomalaxis cf. P. pilsbryi Harb - originally entered as "Pseudomalaxis cf. pilsbryi" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Striarca saffordi
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Striarca saffordi (Gardner) non Gab | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia (Anomia) argentaria
Morton 1833
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima (Lima) reticulata
Forbes 1845
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3 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Lima reticulata | ||||||||||
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Syncyclonema simplicius
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11 specimens | |||||||||
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Pycnodonte vesicularis
(Lamarck 1806)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis | ||||||||||
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck | ||||||||||
Exogyra costata
(Say 1820)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata | ||||||||||
Exogyra costata Say | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Nymphalucina ? linearea
(Stephenson 1941)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Nymphalucina linearia | ||||||||||
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Cuspidariidae
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Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) ampulla
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) ampulla Ga | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) percompressa
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) perco - originally entered as "Caesticorbula percompressa" | ||||||||||
Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) sp.
Vincent 1910
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8 specimens | |||||||||
Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) sp. - originally entered as "Caesticorbula sp." | ||||||||||
Corbula monmouthensis
Gardner 1916
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Veniella conradi
Morton 1833
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Veniella conradi (Morton) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte culebrensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Astarte? culebrensis (Stephenson) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Vetericardiella crenalirata
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Vetericardiella crenalirata (Conra | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella vadosa
Morton 1834
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis
(Gabb 1860)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana whitfieldi
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner) | ||||||||||
Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Dentalium sp. (ribbed) | ||||||||||
Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpula sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Serpula sp. | ||||||||||
Malacostraca
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Malacostraca indet.
(Latreille 1802)
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Crab parts | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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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] |