Sohl and Koch OFR # 298: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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| Otolith | ||||||||||
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Polychaeta
- Serpulimorpha
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Hamulus onyx
Morton 1834
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| Hamulus onyx Morton | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Striarca saffordi
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| Striarca saffordi (Gardner) non Gab | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Camptonectes (Camptonectes) sp.
Meek 1864
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Camptonectes (Comptonectes) sp. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Syncyclonema simplicius
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41 specimens | |||||||||
| Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia (Anomia) argentaria
Morton 1833
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella serica
Conrad 1860
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Crenella serica Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiolus sedesclaris
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| Modiolus sedesclaris Gardner | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Bathytormus pteropsis
(Conrad 1860)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Bathytormus pteropsis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Nymphalucina ? linearea
(Stephenson 1941)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Nymphalucina linearia | ||||||||||
| Nymphalucina ? linearea (Stephenso - originally entered as "Nymphalucina ? linearea" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caestocorbula (Parmicorbula) percompressa
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Caesticorbula (Parmicorbula) perco - originally entered as "Caesticorbula percompressa" | ||||||||||
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Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica
Vincent 1910
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26 specimens | |||||||||
| Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Cyclorisma parva
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| Cyclorisma parva (Gardner) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Tenea parilis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Tenea parilis Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula amica
Gardner 1916
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Nucula amica Gardner | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Actaeon sp.
Oken 1815
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| replaced by Acteon | ||||||||||
| Acteon sp. - originally entered as "Acteon sp." | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella chalybeatensis
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16 specimens | |||||||||
| Turritella chalybeatensis Sohl | ||||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus obnutus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Cadulus obnutus (Conrad) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Pike |
| Coordinates: | 31.9° North, 85.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.9° North, 63.9° 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 | ||||
| Local section: | Josie Well | Local bed: | 335 | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| 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: | core |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
| Collection method comments: Subsurface data 1981-83 | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Josie Well; USGS # 32792 | ||
| Database number: | 4332 | ||
| 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 16:23:14 |
| 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] |