Sohl and Koch OFR # 278 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Ft. Gaines NE 115 ft; USGS # 32255

Where: Clay County, Georgia (31.7° N, 85.1° W: paleocoordinates 34.6° N, 63.3° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Foraminiferal zonation from King and Skotnicki, 1992.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, silty, carbonaceous claystone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Reposited in the USGS

Collection methods: core

• Subsurface data 1981-83

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 4314: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Ataphridae
Ataphrus sp. n. sp.
Ataphrus sp. n. sp. Gabb 1869 snail
Ataphrus n. sp. - originally entered as "Ataphrus n. sp."
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
Eulima sp. Risso 1826 snail
Eulima sp.
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. n. sp., "Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira" = Haustator bilira
Turritella sp. n. sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Turritella n. sp. (Multilirate) - originally entered as "Turritella n. sp."
"Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira" = Haustator bilira Stephenson 1941 turret shell
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St
 Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858 snail
Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad)
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira rectilabrum Conrad 1858 moon snail
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Rissoa sp. n. sp.
Rissoa sp. n. sp. Fréminville 1814 snail
Rissoa n. sp. (lirate) - originally entered as "Rissoa n. sp."
 Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae
Seila sp. Adams 1861 snail
Seila sp.
 Sorbeoconcha - Iravadiidae
Nozeba sp. n. sp.
Nozeba sp. n. sp. Iredale 1915 snail
Nozeba n. sp. - originally entered as "Nozeba n. sp."
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
"Zikkuratia tabannensis" = Zikkuratia tabanneensis
"Zikkuratia tabannensis" = Zikkuratia tabanneensis Sohl 1963 snail
Zikkuratia tabannensis Sohl
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Pyramidellidae indet. Gray 1840 snail
n. sp. n. gen. - originally entered as "n. gen. n. sp."
Creonella triplicata Wade 1917 snail
Creonella triplicata Wade
Creonella cf. subangulata Sohl 1964 snail
Creonella cf. C. subangulata Sohl - originally entered as "Creonella cf. subangulata"
 Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Mathilda aff. ripleyana Wade 1926 snail
Mathilda aff. M. ripleyana Wade - originally entered as "Mathilda aff. ripleyana"
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail
Cylichna sp.
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca cuneata clam
Striarca cuneata Gabb
Striarca saffordi clam
Striarca saffordi (Gardner) non Gab
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius scallop
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777 pearl oyster
Pteria sp.
 Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta Gabb 1860 oyster
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Nymphalucina ? linearea" = Nymphalucina linearia, Myrtea stephensoni
"Nymphalucina ? linearea" = Nymphalucina linearia Stephenson 1941 clam
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea"
Myrtea stephensoni clam
Myrtea stephensoni Gardner
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) suffalciata clam
Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) suffa - originally entered as "Caesticorbula suffalciata"
Corbula subradiata clam
Corbula subradiata Gardner
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyprimeria depressa venus clam
Cyprimeria depressa Conrad
Cyclorisma parva venus clam
Cyclorisma parva (Gardner)
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora berryi clam
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
Cymbophora sp. n. sp. Gabb 1869 clam
Cymbophora n. sp. (fine concentric - originally entered as "Cymbophora n. sp."
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853 cockle
Trachycardium sp.
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Aenona eufaulensis Conrad 1860 tellin clam
Aenona eufaulensis (Conrad)
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
Tellina sp.
 Carditida - Condylocardiidae
"Uddenia texana" = Cuna texana
"Uddenia texana" = Cuna texana Stephenson 1941 clam
Uddenia texana Stephenson
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula cuneifrons" = Nucula cunifrons Conrad 1860 nut clam
Nucula cunifrons Conrad
Nucula percrassa nut clam
Nucula percrassa Conrad
Nucula amica Gardner 1916 nut clam
Nucula amica Gardner
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus obnutus tusk shell
Cadulus obnutus (Conrad)
Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
Hamulus sp.
Hamulus sp.
unclassified
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Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Otolith