Sohl and Koch OFR # 224 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Alexanders Landing; USGS # 2551 : 28423 : 25995

Where: Barbour County, Alabama (31.8° N, 85.1° W: paleocoordinates 34.6° N, 63.3° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Contusotruncana contusa foram zone, lower Member (Providence Formation), Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• Foraminiferal zonation from King and Skotnicki, 1992.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, silty, calcareous sandstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Reposited in the USGS

Collection methods: bulk,

• Sohl 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 4261: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Lithophagidae indet.
Lithophagidae indet.
Lithophagid borings
Demospongiae
 Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp.
Cliona sp. demosponge
Clione sp.
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris rotundata
Glycymeris rotundata clam
Glycymeris rotundata (Gabb)
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Say 1820 oyster
Exogyra costata Say
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Flemingostrea sp. n. sp., Crassostrea cortex, Ostrea sp.
Flemingostrea sp. n. sp. Vredenburg 1916 oyster
Flemingostrea n. sp. (narrow form) - originally entered as "Flemingostrea n. sp."
Crassostrea cortex oyster
Crassostrea cortex (Conrad)
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Ostrea sp.
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) sp.
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) sp. Meek 1864 scallop
Camptonectes (Comptonectes) sp.
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) ornata
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb 1876 jingle
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius
Syncyclonema simplicius scallop
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis, Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) cerulea
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis Gabb 1860 clam
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) cerulea clam
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) cer
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina sp.
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam
Lucina sp.
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha protexta
Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853 clam
Liopistha protexta Conrad
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium (Granocardium) kummeli, Cardium sp., Trachycardium eufaulensis
Granocardium (Granocardium) kummeli cockle
Granocardium (Granocardium) kummel
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Cardium sp.
Trachycardium eufaulensis Conrad 1860 cockle
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad)
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
? Tellina sp., Solyma aff. elliptica, "Linearia sp." = Linearis
? Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
Tellina ? sp. - originally entered as "Tellina ? sp."
Solyma aff. elliptica Gabb 1861 tellin clam
Solyma aff. S. elliptica (Conrad) - originally entered as "Solyma aff. elliptica"
"Linearia sp." = Linearis Conrad 1860 tellin clam
Linearia sp.
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyprimeria alta
Cyprimeria alta venus clam
Cyprimeria alta Conrad
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi
Veniella conradi Morton 1833 clam
Veniella conradi (Morton)
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora sp.
Cymbophora sp. Gabb 1869 clam
Cymbophora sp.
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Scambula perplana, Bathytormus pteropsis, Crassatella vadosa
Scambula perplana Conrad 1869 clam
Scambula perplana Conrad
Bathytormus pteropsis Conrad 1860 clam
Bathytormus pteropsis (Conrad)
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 clam
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
indeterminate gastropods
 Trochoidea - Ataphridae
Ataphrus sp. n. sp.
Ataphrus sp. n. sp. Gabb 1869 snail
Ataphrus n. sp. - originally entered as "Ataphrus n. sp."
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Helicaulax formosa, Graciliala decemlirata, Pugnellus sp.
Helicaulax formosa snail
Helicaulax formosa Stephenson
Graciliala decemlirata Conrad 1858 snail
Graciliala decemlirata Conrad
Pugnellus sp. Conrad 1860 snail
Pugnellus sp.
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Deussenia sp.
Deussenia sp. Stephenson 1941 snail
Deussenia sp.
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Drilluta sp., "? Palaeopsephaea sp." = Paleopsephaea
Drilluta sp. Wade 1916 snail
Drilluta sp.
"? Palaeopsephaea sp." = Paleopsephaea Wade 1926 snail
Paleopsephaea ? sp. - originally entered as "Paleopsephaea ? sp."
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella vertebroides, "Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell
Turritella vertebroides Morton
"Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira Conrad 1860 turret shell
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp.
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
Echinoidea
 Cassiduloida -
"Hardouinia sp." = Harduinia
"Hardouinia sp." = Harduinia d'Archiac and Haime 1853 sea urchin
Hardouinea sp.
unclassified
  -
Vertebrata indet.
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Bone material
Mesostoma
  -
Mesostoma sp.
Mesostoma sp. Ehrenberg 1837
Mesostoma sp.