Braggs-Ripley: Maastrichtian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Cliona microtuberum Stephenson 1941
Nuculana longifrons Conrad 1860
Syncyclonema simplicius Conrad 1860
? Pseudualimea reticulata
Flemingostea subspatulata
Aphrodina eufaulensis Conrad 1860
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula cretacea
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus onyx Morton 1834
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella tippana Conrad 1858
Turritella ? trilira Conrad 1860
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Gyrodes supraplicatus Conrad 1858
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad 1858)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Caveola sp. Stephenson 1941
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete gardnerae (Wade)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
? Drilluta sp. Wade 1916
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
cf. Liopeplum rugosum Stephenson 1955
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
cf. Sargana stantoni Weller 1907
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Anchura abrupta
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Acteon sp. Montfort 1810
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula ? clanki
Ringicula Ringiculini ? clanki
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna diversilirata Sohl 1964
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula suffalciata
Caestocorbula Parmicurbula suffalciata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Etea carolinensis Conrad 1875
Veniella conradi Morton 1833
? Tenea sp. Conrad 1870
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyclorisma parva
Cyprimeria depressa
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora cancellosa
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Aenona eufaulensis Conrad 1860
Linearia sp. (Conrad 1860)
original and current combination Linearis
New species
cf. Tellina marcosensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium kummeli
synonym of Trachycardium
Granocardium Granocardium kummeli
Trachycardium eufaulense
Protocardia spillmani
Protocardia Pachycardium spillmani
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina parvilineata (Shumard 1861)
? Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Scambula perplana Conrad 1869
Bivalvia - Carditida - Condylocardiidae
Uddenia texana Stephenson 1941
recombined as Cuna texana
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
? Astarte culebrensis
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Scabrotrigonia eufaulensis (Gabb 1860)
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella senica
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Botula carolinensis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys mississippiensis
Chlamys Radiopectin mississippiensis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia argentaria Morton 1833
Anomia Anomia argenteria
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
cf. Isognomon carolinensis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb 1860)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra costata (Say 1820)
original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
Gryphaeostrea vomer (Morton 1828)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon sp. Conrad 1869
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea littlei Gabb 1877
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae
Micrabacia sp. Milne-Edwards 1849
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Lowndes
Coordinates: 32.1° North, 86.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.3° North, 64.4° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
Key time interval:Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Selma Formation:Ripley
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: None given.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified sandstone
Lithology description: None given.
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: Some areas were sampled on the outcrop surface, others were excavated with pick and shovel and some more specimens came from screenwashing bulk sediments.
Taxonomic list comments:Faunal lists were supplemented by a US Geological Survey Open File Report (Sohl and Koch 1983). Most of the species listed from Ripley, Lower and Middle Prairie Bluff were taken from the Open File Report.
Metadata
Database number:83239
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:J. Sessa
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2008-08-12 14:45:49 Last modified:2010-10-04 08:54:04
Access level:the public Released:2008-08-12 14:45:49
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
27936. J. R. Bryan and D. S. Jones. 1989. Fabric of the Cretaceous-Tertiary Marine Macrofaunal Transition at Braggs, Alabama. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 69:279-301 [A. Miller/J. Sessa]