Sohl and Koch OFR # 150 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Braggs Cut; USGS # 30660

Where: Lowndes County, Alabama (32.0° N, 86.7° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 37.8° N, 53.7° W (Wright 2013)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Discoscaphites conradi ammonoid zone, middle Member (Prairie Bluff Formation), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• Haustator bilira assemblage zone

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, glauconitic, gray, silty, sandy lime mudstone

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 4217: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

Deuteropoda
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Malacostraca indet. Latreille 1802
Crab parts
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Serpula sp.
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Malletia longfrons clam
Malletia longfrons (Conrad)
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
Nucula sp.
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860 clam
Crenella serica Conrad
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark
Arca sp.
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon eufaulensis Gabb 1860 clam
Nemodon eufaulensis (Gabb) [entered as Nemodon eufaulensis]
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp. Sowerby 1814 clam
Inoceramus (Inoceramus) sp.
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema simplicius scallop
Syncylonema simplicus (Conrad) - originally entered as "Syncylonema simplicius"
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis Stephenson 1941 scallop
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) sp. BruguiƩre 1796 file clam
Lima (Lima) sp.
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833 jingle
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Say 1820 oyster
Exogyra costata Say
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Arctostrea falacata oyster
Arctostrea falacata (Gabb)
 Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon sp. Lightfoot 1786 oyster
Isognomon sp.
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis Gabb 1860 clam
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 clam
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853 clam
Liopistha protexta Conrad
 Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) sp. Dall 1886 clam
Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) sp.
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula (Caesticorbula) crassaplica Vincent 1910 clam
Caesticorbula (Caesticorbula) cras - originally entered as "Caesticorbula crassaplica"
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner 1916 clam
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium (Granocardium) lowei cockle
Granocardium (Granocardium) lowei
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Cardium sp.
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Linearia metastriata" = Linearis, Aenona sp.
"Linearia metastriata" = Linearis tellin clam
Linearia metastriata Conrad
Aenona sp. Conrad 1870 tellin clam
Aenona sp.
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833 clam
Veniella conradi (Morton)
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora berryi clam
Cymbophora berryi (Gardner)
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
"Actaeon sp." = Acteon
"Actaeon sp." = Acteon Montfort 1810 snail
Acteon sp. - originally entered as "Acteon sp."
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Laxispira monilifera, "Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira" = Haustator bilira, "Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira
Laxispira monilifera Sohl 1964 turret shell
Laxispira monilifera Sohl
"Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira" = Haustator bilira Stephenson 1941 turret shell
Turritella (Sohlitella) bilira (St
"Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira" = Turritella trilira Conrad 1860 turret shell
Turritella (Sohlitella) trilira (C
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941 snail
Bellifusus sp.
 Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858 snail
Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad)
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Lowenstamia sp. Sohl 1964 murex snail
Lowenstamia sp.
 Neogastropoda - Moreidae
Hercorhynchus (Haplovoluta) sp. snail
Hercorhyncus (Haplovoluta) sp. - originally entered as "Hercorhyncus sp."
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Napulus sp. Stephenson 1941 snail
Napulus sp.
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Amaurellina sp. Fischer 1885 moon snail
Amaurellina sp.
Euspira rectilabrum Conrad 1858 moon snail
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Calliomphalus sp. Cossmann 1888 snail
Calliomphalus sp.
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Weeksia deplanata snail
Weeksia deplanata (Johnson)
unclassified
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Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Shark parts