Sohl and Koch OFR # 230: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Georgia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus ? huntensis
Hamulus? huntensis Stephenson - originally entered as "Hamulus ? huntensis"
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Gordenellidae
Promathilda (Clathrobaculus) cf. parvula Sohl 1960
1 specimen
Promathilda (Clathrobaculus) cf. P - originally entered as "Promathilda cf. parvula"
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Creonella cf. subangulata Sohl 1964
13 specimens
Creonella cf. C. subangulata Sohl - originally entered as "Creonella cf. subangulata"
Creonella triplicata Wade 1917
35 specimens
Creonella triplicata Wade
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula (Ringiculella) clarki Durham 1944
1 specimen
recombined as Ringicula (Ringiculina) clarki
Ringicula (Ringiculella) clarki Ga
Ringicula (Ringicula) culbertsoni Stephenson 1941
2 specimens
Ringicula (Ringicula) culbertsoni
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858
1 specimen
Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Fulgerca aff. attenuata (Wade 1926)
3 specimens
Fulgerca aff. A. attenuata (Wade) - originally entered as "Fulgerca aff. attenuata"
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Myobarbum laevigatum Sohl 1963
3 specimens
Myobarbum laevigatum Sohl
Liopeplum sp. Dall 1890
2 specimens
Liopeplum sp.
Liopeplum cretaceum Conrad 1858
2 specimens
Liopeplum cretaceum (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Bellifusus sp.
Remera flexicostata Sohl 1964
1 specimen
Remera flexicostata Sohl
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Stantonella interupta Conrad 1858
9 specimens
corrected as Stantonella interrupta
Stantonella interupta (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae
Seila sp. Adams 1861
1 specimen
Seila sp.
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb 1861
1 specimen
recombined as Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb
Polinices kummeli Sohl 1960
24 specimens
Polinices kummeli Sohl
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad 1858)
22 specimens
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Acteoninidae
Eoacteon linteus (Conrad 1858)
1 specimen
Ecoacteon linteus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Ecoacteon linteus"
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (Stephenson 1941)
146 specimens
recombined as Haustator bilira
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St
Turritella sp. n. sp. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
Turritella n. sp. (Multilirate) - originally entered as "Turritella n. sp."
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
2 specimens
Turritella sp.
Gastropoda - Ataphridae
Ataphrus sp. n. sp. Gabb 1869
1 specimen
Ataphrus n. sp. - originally entered as "Ataphrus n. sp."
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846
2 specimens
Cylichna sp.
Cylichna diversilirata Sohl 1964
3 specimens
Cylichna diversilirata Sohl
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad 1860)
28 specimens
Trachycardium eufaulensis (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Aenona eufaulensis Conrad 1860
4 specimens
Aenona eufaulensis (Conrad)
Tellina ? georgiana Gabb 1876
2 specimens
recombined as Sourimis georgiana
Tellina georgiana Gabb ? - originally entered as "Tellina georgiana ?"
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758
11 specimens
Tellina sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyclorisma parva
3 specimens
Cyclorisma parva (Gardner)
Cyprimeria depressa
39 specimens
Cyprimeria depressa Conrad
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora berryi
7 specimens
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula sp. (Gardner 1926)
1 specimen
original and current combination Corbula (Caryocorbula)
Caryocorbula sp.
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner 1916
62 specimens
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner
Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) terramaria
37 specimens
Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) terra - originally entered as "Caesticorbula terramaria"
Corbula subradiata
10 specimens
Corbula subradiata Gardner
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Laternulidae
Periplomya sp. Conrad 1870
1 specimen
Periplomya sp.
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenson 1941)
24 specimens
recombined as Nymphalucina linearia
Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea"
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816
2 specimens
Astarte? sp.
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Uddenia sp. Stephenson 1941
11 specimens
Uddenia sp.
Bathytormus pteropsis (Conrad 1860)
22 specimens
Bathytormus pteropsis (Conrad)
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) angulicostata
3 specimens
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) ang
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca cuneata
117 specimens
Striarca cuneata Gabb
Striarca saffordi
14 specimens
Striarca saffordi (Gardner) non Gab
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon eufaulensis
1 specimen
Nemodon eufaulensis (Gabb) [entered as Nemodon eufaulensis]
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius
31 specimens
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb 1876
24 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) ornata Gabb
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833
10 specimens
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (Stephenson 1941)
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) argillensis
1 specimen
Camptonectes (Campt.) argillenis (
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria rhombica
2 specimens
Pteria rhombica Gardner
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte sp. (Fischer von Waldheim 1835)
4 specimens
Pycnodonte sp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb 1860)
13 specimens
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea mesenterica Morton 1834
4 specimens
recombined as Lopha mesenterica
Ostrea mesenterica Morton
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana whitfieldi
7 specimens
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
Nuculana rostrotruncata (Gardner 1916)
5 specimens
recombined as Nuculana rostratruncata
Nuculana rostrotruncata (Gardner)
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula cuneifrons (Conrad 1860)
9 specimens
original and current combination Nucula cunifrons
Nucula cunifrons Conrad
Nucula percrassa
16 specimens
Nucula percrassa Conrad
Nucula amica Gardner 1916
23 specimens
Nucula amica Gardner
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Sphenodiscus sp. Meek 1871
1 specimen
Sphenodiscus sp.
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus obnutus
1 specimen
Cadulus obnutus (Conrad)
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium leve Stephenson 1923
7 specimens
Dentalium leve Stephenson
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Reptilian tooth
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Otolith
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Fish parts
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Bone material
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Shark parts
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
Echinoid sp. - originally entered as "Echinoidea sp."
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae
Micrabacia sp. Milne-Edwards 1849
Micrabacia spp.
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Georgia County:Clay
Coordinates: 31.7° North, 85.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.6° North, 63.3° 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:Early/Lower Maastrichtian Foram zone: Contusotruncana contusa
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Providence Member:upper
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Foraminiferal zonation from King and Skotnicki, 1992.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray silty,carbonaceous sandstone
Environment:marine indet. Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,original calcite
Size of fossils:mesofossils
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:12.9mi S Eufaula; USGS # 27560
Database number:4267
Authorizer:M. Kosnik Enterer:M. Kosnik
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-14 13:00:00 Last modified:2017-07-28 16:18:14
Access level:the public Released:1999-08-14 13:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
283. 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]

Secondary references:

29915 J. A. Sessa, T. J. Bralower, M. E. Patzkowsky, J. C. Handley, and L. C. Ivany. 2012. Environmental and biological controls on the diversity and ecology of Late Cretaceous through early Paleogene marine ecosystems in the US Gulf Coastal Plain. Paleobiology 38(2):218-239 [M. Patzkowsky/J. Sessa/J. Sessa]