Sohl and Koch OFR # 351: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, South Carolina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Sphenodiscus sp. Meek 1871
3 specimens
Sphenodiscus sp.
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
2 specimens
Turritella sp.
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834
1 specimen
Turritella vertebroides Morton
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (Stephenson 1941)
1 specimen
recombined as Haustator bilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
? Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Bellifusus ? sp. - originally entered as "Bellifusus ? sp."
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
? Pseudomalaxis sp. Fischer 1850
1 specimen
Pseudomalaxis ? sp. - originally entered as "Pseudomalaxis ? sp."
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon eufaulensis
1 specimen
Nemodon eufaulensis (Gabb) [entered as Nemodon eufaulensis]
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca saffordi
9 specimens
Striarca saffordi (Gardner) non Gab
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
6 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius
9 specimens
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb 1860)
5 specimens
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra costata (Say 1820)
2 specimens
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
Exogyra costata Say
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenson 1941)
4 specimens
recombined as Nymphalucina linearia
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea"
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910
7 specimens
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner 1916
9 specimens
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
1 specimen
Veniella conradi (Morton)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyprimeria depressa
5 specimens
Cyprimeria depressa Conrad
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora appressa
3 specimens
Cymbophora appressa (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad 1860)
3 specimens
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Aenona eufaulensis Conrad 1860
8 specimens
Aenona eufaulensis (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834
5 specimens
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis (Gabb 1860)
14 specimens
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula percrassa
7 specimens
Nucula percrassa Conrad
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana whitfieldi
7 specimens
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus onyx Morton 1834
Hamulus onyx Morton
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:South Carolina County:Florence
Coordinates: 34.0° North, 79.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.7° North, 57.3° 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:Late/Upper Maastrichtian Nannofossil zone: CC25-CC26
Age range of interval:70.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Peedee Member:lower
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Self-Trail (2002) reports that the Peedee Fm in South Carolina spans zones CC25a-CC26b. Haustator bilira assemblage zone.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray silty claystone
Environment:marine indet. Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
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:Elim; USGS # 32231
Database number:4342
Authorizer:M. Kosnik Enterer:M. Kosnik
Modifier:M. Manojlovic Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-14 13:00:00 Last modified:2016-07-25 21:57:12
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]