PBDB Collection

Sohl and Koch OFR # 41 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Chalybeate Spring; USGS # 9516

Where: Tippah County, Mississippi (34.9° N, 88.9° W: paleocoordinates 38.5° N, 66.0° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Discoscaphites iris ammonoid zone, Owl Creek Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• Haustator bilira assemblage zone

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic, gray, argillaceous sandstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Reposited in the USGS

• Stephenson collection

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 4122: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
Ammonitida - Baculitidae	Baculites cf. grandis Baculites cf. grandis Hall and Meek 1854 ammonite Baculites cf. Baculites grandis Me - originally entered as "Baculites cf. grandis"
Gastropoda
Cerithioidea - Pickworthiidae	Urceolabrum sp. Urceolabrum sp. Wade 1916 snail Urceolabrum sp.
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	Turritella chalybeatensis, Turritella vertebroides Turritella chalybeatensis turret shell Turritella chalybeatensis Sohl Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell Turritella vertebroides Morton
Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae	Graciliala decemlirata, Helicaulax formosa Graciliala decemlirata Conrad 1858 snail Graciliala decemlirata Conrad Helicaulax formosa snail Helicaulax formosa Stephenson
Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae	Dolicholatirus torquatus Dolicholatirus torquatus snail Dolicholatirus torquatus Sohl
Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae	Caveola acuta Caveola acuta Wade 1926 snail Caveola acuta speciosa Sohl
Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae	Paladmete cancellaria Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858 snail Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad)
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Euspira rectilabrum Euspira rectilabrum Conrad 1858 moon snail Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
Opisthobranchia - Bullidae	Bullopsis cretacea Bullopsis cretacea Conrad 1858 snail Bullopsis cretacea (Conrad)
Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae	Cylichna diversilirata Cylichna diversilirata Sohl 1964 snail Cylichna diversilirata Sohl
Bivalvia
Nuculanida - Nuculanidae	Nuculana sp., Nuculana whitfieldi Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam Nuculana sp. Nuculana whitfieldi pointed nut clam Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
Nuculida - Nuculidae	Nucula percrassa, Nucula amica Nucula percrassa nut clam Nucula percrassa Conrad Nucula amica Gardner 1916 nut clam Nucula amica Gardner
Ostreida - Ostreidae	Ostrea plumosa Ostrea plumosa Morton 1833 oyster Ostrea plumosa Morton
Pectinida - Limidae	"Lima (Lima) acutilineata" = Limatula acutilineata "Lima (Lima) acutilineata" = Limatula acutilineata Conrad 1858 file clam Lima (Lima) acutilineata Conrad
Pectinida - Entoliidae	Syncyclonema simplicius Syncyclonema simplicius scallop Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis Stephenson 1941 scallop Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (
Myalinida - Inoceramidae	Tenuipteria argenteus Tenuipteria argenteus clam Tenuiptereus argenteus (Conrad)
Pandorida - Laternulidae	Periplomya applicata Periplomya applicata clam Periplomya applicata Conrad
Thraciida - Thraciidae	? Thracia sp. ? Thracia sp. Blainville 1824 clam Thracia ? sp. - originally entered as "Thracia ? sp."
Pholadida - Pholadidae	Clavipholas pectorosa Clavipholas pectorosa clam Claripholas pectorosa (Conrad)
Pholadida - Corbulidae	Corbula sp. Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam Corbula sp.
Cardiida - Veneridae	Cyprimeria depressa, Legumen ellipticum, Aphrodina (Aphrodina) tippana Cyprimeria depressa venus clam Cyprimeria depressa Conrad Legumen ellipticum venus clam Legumen ellipticum Conrad Aphrodina (Aphrodina) tippana venus clam Aphrodina (Aphrodina) tippana (Con
Cardiida - Tellinidae	Aenona eufaulensis Aenona eufaulensis Conrad 1860 tellin clam Aenona eufaulensis (Conrad)
Solenida - Pharidae	Leptosolen biplicata Leptosolen biplicata Conrad 1858 clam Leptosolen biplicata (Conrad)
Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae	Micrabacia sp. Micrabacia sp. Milne-Edwards 1849 stony coral Micrabacia spp.