Sohl and Koch OFR # 248: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Polychaeta
- Serpulimorpha
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Hamulus onyx
Morton 1834
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Hamulus onyx Morton | ||||||||||
Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpula sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Serpula sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Vetericardiella crenalirata
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15 specimens | |||||||||
Vetericardiella crenalirata (Conra | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella vadosa
Morton 1834
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Pholadomya (Pholadomya) sp.
Sowerby 1823
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Poromyidae
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Cymella bella
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Cymella bella Conrad | ||||||||||
Liopistha protexta
Conrad 1853
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Liopistha protexta Conrad | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) percompressa
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) perco - originally entered as "Caesticorbula percompressa" | ||||||||||
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica
Vincent 1910
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43 specimens | |||||||||
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica" | ||||||||||
Corbula monmouthensis
Gardner 1916
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16 specimens | |||||||||
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Cymbophora berryi
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Cyclorisma parva
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Cyclorisma parva (Gardner) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Veniella conradi
Morton 1833
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11 specimens | |||||||||
Veniella conradi (Morton) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Granocardium (Granocardium) lowei
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16 specimens | |||||||||
synonym of Trachycardium | ||||||||||
Granocardium (Granocardium) lowei | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Linearia metastriata
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4 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Linearis | ||||||||||
Linearia metastriata Conrad | ||||||||||
Aenona eufaulensis
Conrad 1860
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Aenona eufaulensis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis
(Gabb 1860)
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21 specimens | |||||||||
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp.
Sowerby 1814
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima (Lima) reticulata
Forbes 1845
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12 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Pseudolimea reticulata | ||||||||||
Lima (Lima) reticulata Lyell & For | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia (Anomia) argentaria
Morton 1833
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15 specimens | |||||||||
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Syncyclonema simplicius
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87 specimens | |||||||||
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius" | ||||||||||
Syncyclonema ? kingi
Stephenson 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Syncylonema ? kingi (Stephenson) - originally entered as "Syncylonema ? kingi" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Camptonectes sp. n. sp.
Meek 1864
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Camptonectes n. sp. (small convex) - originally entered as "Camptonectes n. sp." | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Ostrea sp. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Bakevelliidae
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Gervillia ensiformis
Conrad 1858
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Gervilliopsis ensiformis | ||||||||||
Gervillia ensiformis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Limopsidae
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Limopsis perbrevis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Limopsis perbrevis Wade | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Striarca saffordi
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Striarca saffordi (Gardner) non Gab | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Nemodon eufaulensis
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Nemodon eufaulensis (Gabb) [entered as Nemodon eufaulensis] | ||||||||||
Nemodon grandis
Wade 1926
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Nemodon grandis Wade | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella serica
Conrad 1860
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32 specimens | |||||||||
Crenella serica Conrad | ||||||||||
Crenella elegantula
Meek and Hayden 1862
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Crenella elegantula Meek & Hayden | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana whitfieldi
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32 specimens | |||||||||
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula percrassa
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Nucula percrassa Conrad | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella chalybeatensis
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8 specimens | |||||||||
Turritella chalybeatensis Sohl | ||||||||||
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira
(Conrad 1860)
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13 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Turritella trilira | ||||||||||
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C | ||||||||||
Turritella vertebroides
Morton 1834
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Turritella vertebroides Morton | ||||||||||
Laxispira monilifera
Sohl 1964
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30 specimens | |||||||||
Laxispira monilifera Sohl | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Pterocerella tippana
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Pterocerella tippana (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Stantonella sp.
Wade 1926
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Stantonella sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Paladmetidae
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Paladmete cancellaria
Conrad 1858
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38 specimens | |||||||||
Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Euspira rectilabrum
(Conrad 1858)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Cylichna sp.
Lovén 1846
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Cylichna sp. | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Scaphandridae
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Ellipsoscapha mortoni
Forbes 1845
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Ellipsoscapha mortoni (Forbes) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Ataphridae
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Ataphrus sp. n. sp.
Gabb 1869
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Ataphrus n. sp. - originally entered as "Ataphrus n. sp." | ||||||||||
Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium leve
Stephenson 1923
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Dentalium leve Stephenson | ||||||||||
Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus obnutus
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Cadulus obnutus (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Malacostraca
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Malacostraca indet.
(Latreille 1802)
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Crab parts | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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Fish parts | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Barbour |
Coordinates: | 31.9° North, 85.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 34.8° 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: | basal | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Foraminiferal zonation from King and Skotnicki, 1992. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | phosphatic,gray lithified calcareous sandstone | ||
Environment: | marine indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,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: | Barbour Cr; USGS # 31356 | ||
Database number: | 4285 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Kosnik | Enterer: | M. Kosnik |
Modifier: | M. Manojlovic | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
Created: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 | Last modified: | 2016-07-25 21:35:59 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-08-14 13:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
281. | 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] |
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] |