Also known as Coon Creek type locality, former Dave weeks' place
Where: McNairy County, Tennessee (35.2° N, 88.6° W: paleocoordinates 38.3° N, 61.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Nostoceras hyatti ammonoid zone, Coon Creek Tongue Member (Ripley Formation), Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 Ma)
• This collection was originally labeled Maastrichtian by Sohl; Cobban and Kennedy (1995) have updated it to uppermost Campanian via ammonite zonation.
•Ripley Formation is generally considered Maastrichtian age e.g. see Stringer et al. 2020 and Gifford et al. 2020
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: N. F. Sohl. 1960. Archeogastropoda, Mesogastropoda and stratigraphy of the Ripley, Owl Creek, and Prairie Bluff Formations. US Geological Survey Professional Paper 331:1-151 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 7515: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 18.07.2000, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Plioplatecarpus depressus" = Mosasaurus depressus1, "Mosasaurus maximus" = Mosasaurus hoffmannii1, Prognathodon sp.1
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"Toxochelys weeksi" = Toxochelys latiremis2
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Enchodus sp.1 Agassiz 1835 | |
? Saurodon sp.1 Hays 1829 | |
Anomoeodus sp.1 Forir 1887 | |
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"Promathilda (Clathrobaculus) cretacea" = Promathildia
"Promathilda (Clathrobaculus) cretacea" = Promathildia snail Promathilda (Clathrobaculus) cretacea (Wade)
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Acteon pistilliformis, Nonacteonina orientalis, Tornatellaea globulosa, Tornatellaea cretacea, Cylindrotruncatum demersum, Goniocylichna bisculpturata
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Oligoptycha americana, "Ringicula pulchella" = Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella
"Ringicula pulchella" = Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella Shumard 1861 snail Ringicula pulchella Shumard
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Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus, Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) argenteus spinosus, Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) argenteus, "Calliomphalus conanti" = Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) conanti, "Calliomphalus angustus" = Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) angustus, "Calliomphalus decoris" = Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) decoris
Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) argenteus spinosus Cossmann 1888 snail Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) argenteus spinosus Sohl
"Calliomphalus conanti" = Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) conanti Sohl 1960 snail Calliomphalus conanti Sohl
"Calliomphalus angustus" = Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) angustus Sohl 1960 snail Calliomphalus angustus Sohl
"Calliomphalus decoris" = Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) decoris Sohl 1960 snail Calliomphalus decoris Sohl
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? Scaphander rarus, Cylichna intermissia curta, Cylichna incisa, Cylichna intermissia, Cylichna pessumata
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Laxispira lumbricalis, Turritella macnairyensis, "Haustator trilira" = Turritella trilira, Turritella tippana, Turritella vertebroides
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Aciculiscala acuta, Striaticostatum pondi, cf. Belliscala rockensis, Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) microstriata, Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) americana
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Gyrodes americanus, "Gyrodes spillmani" = Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani, Gyrodes major, Euspira rectilabrum, Amaurellina stephensoni
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"Seila meeki" = Variseila meeki
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"Teinostoma prenanum" = Teinostoma (Idioraphe) prenanum
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Remera stephensoni, Anomalofusus substriatus, Graphidula obscura, Graphidula cancellata, Graphidula pergracilis, Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tennesseensis, Drilluta distans, Drilluta major, Drilluta communis, Bellifusus angulicostatus, Bellifusus curvicostatus, ? Cryptorhytis nobilis, Woodsella typica, Boltenella excellens, Paleopsephaea pergracilis, ? Euthriofusus convexus, ? Euthriofusus mesozoicus, ? Rhombopsis orientalis
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tennesseensis Wade 1926 snail Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tennesseeensis (Wade)
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Hydrotribulus nodosus, Ptychosyca inornata, ? Odontobasis australis, Stantonella subnodosa, Ornopsis (Pornosis) digressa, Buccinopsis solida, Buccinopsis crassa
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? Deussenia microstriata, Lomirosa cretacea, Protobusycon cretaceum, Pyrifusus ejundicus, Pyrifusus subliratus
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Beretra gracilis, Beretra speciosa, Fusimilis proxima, Amuletum macnairyensis, Amuletum fasciolatum, Remnita biacuminata, Remnita anomalocostata
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Parafusus coloratus, Parafusus callilateris, Liopeplum leioderma, Tectaplica simplica, Parvivoluta concinna, Longoconcha tennesseensis, Volutomorpha aspera, Volutomorpha gigantea, Volutomorpha mutabilis
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"Pugnellus (Gymnarus) abnormalis" = Bizarrus abnormalis, Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus, Drepanochilus quadriliratus, Pterocerella poinsettiformis, "Arrhoges (Latiala) lobata" = Latiala lobata, Graciliala calcaris, Anchura convexa, Anchura substriata
"Pugnellus (Gymnarus) abnormalis" = Bizarrus abnormalis Wade 1926 snail Pugnellus (Gymnarus) abnormalis Wade
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"Xenophora leprosa" = Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa
"Xenophora leprosa" = Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa Morton 1834 carrier shell Xenophora leprosa (Morton)
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Eoacteon percultus, Eoacteon ellipticus, Troostella perimpressa, Troostella substriatus, Parietiplicatum conicum
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Anteglosia subornata, "Cossmannia tennesseensis" = Anteglosia tennesseensis, Eulima laevigata, Eulima persimplica, ? Eulima clara
"Cossmannia tennesseensis" = Anteglosia tennesseensis Wade 1926 snail Anteglosia tennesseensis (Wade)
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