PBDB Collection

Sohl 015 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Lee's old millsite, roadcut on NE-facing slope of Tallahatchie rover valley, 2 miles NNE ofKeownville, Union, Co. Miss.

Where: Union County, Mississippi (34.5° N, 89.0° W: paleocoordinates 38.1° N, 66.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nostoceras alternatum ammonoid zone, Coon Creek Tongue Member (Ripley Formation), Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• Ammonoid zone from Cobban 1974 and Cobban and Kennedy 1995. upper Coon Creek

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic, black, silty sandstone

• Sand, blue-black, massive, silty, micaceous, glaconitic, fossiliferous, with sandstone concretions.

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: USGS 25408: N.F. Sohl 1950-2

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 7591: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 18.07.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
Heterostropha - Mathildidae	Gegania bella, ? Mathilda (Mathilda) cedarensis, ? Acrocoelum cereum Gegania bella snail Gegania bella prodiga Sohl ? Mathilda (Mathilda) cedarensis Stephenson 1941 snail Mathilda (Mathilda?) cedarensis Stephenson ? Acrocoelum cereum snail Acrocoelum? cereum Sohl
Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae	Creonella subangulata, Creonella triplicata Creonella subangulata Sohl 1964 snail Creonella subangulata Sohl Creonella triplicata Wade 1917 snail Creonella triplicata Wade
Heterostropha - Architectonicidae	Margaritella pumila Margaritella pumila snail Margaritella pumila Stephenson
Heterostropha - Acteonidae	Acteon pistilliformis Acteon pistilliformis Sohl 1964 snail Acteon pistilliformis Sohl
Heterostropha - Ringiculidae	"Ringicula pulchella" = Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella "Ringicula pulchella" = Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella Shumard 1861 snail Ringicula pulchella Shumard
Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae	Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus snail Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus Wade
Trochoidea - Skeneidae	"Teinostoma clara" = Solariorbis clara "Teinostoma clara" = Solariorbis clara Sohl 1960 snail Teinostoma clara Sohl
Ptenoglossa - Vasidae	Lupira pyriformis Lupira pyriformis Stephenson 1941 snail Lupira pyriformis Stephenson
Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae	Cylichna incisa, Cylichna intermissia Cylichna incisa Stephenson 1941 snail Cylichna incisa Stephenson Cylichna intermissia Sohl 1964 snail Cylichna intermissia Sohl
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	Laxispira lumbricalis, Turritella howelli, "Haustator trilira" = Turritella trilira, Turritella vertebroides Laxispira lumbricalis Gabb 1877 turret shell Laxispira lumbricalis Gabb Turritella howelli turret shell Turritella howelli Harbison "Haustator trilira" = Turritella trilira Conrad 1860 turret shell Turritella trilira Conrad Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell Turritella vertebroides Morton
Cerithioidea - Pickworthiidae	Urceolabrum tuberculatum callistum Urceolabrum tuberculatum callistum Wade 1916 snail Urceolabrum tuberculatum callistum Harbison
Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae	Thylacus cretaceus Thylacus cretaceus Conrad 1860 slipper shell Thylacus cretaceus Conrad
Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae	Striaticostatum bexarense Striaticostatum bexarense Stephenson 1941 wentletrap Striaticostatum bexarense (Stephenson)
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Gyrodes americanus, Euspira rectilabrum Gyrodes americanus moon snail Gyrodes americanus (Wade) Euspira rectilabrum Conrad 1858 moon snail Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae	Alvania tallahatchiensis Alvania tallahatchiensis snail Turboella tallahatchiensis Sohl
Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae	Remera stephensoni, Anomalofusus subnodosus, Graphidula melanopsis, Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tippanus, Drilluta distans, Bellifusus curvicostatus Remera stephensoni Harbison 1945 snail Remera stephensoni Harbison Anomalofusus subnodosus Sohl 1964 snail Anomalofusus subnodosus Sohl Graphidula melanopsis Conrad 1860 snail Graphidula melanopsis (Conrad) Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tippanus Conrad 1860 snail Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tippanus Conrad Drilluta distans Conrad 1860 snail Drilluta distans (Conrad) Bellifusus curvicostatus Wade 1926 snail Bellifusus curvicostatus (Wade)
Neogastropoda - Buccinidae	Stantonella ripleyana, Buccinopsis dorothiella Stantonella ripleyana Conrad 1860 true whelk Stantonella ripleyana (Conrad) Buccinopsis dorothiella Sohl 1964 true whelk Buccinopsis dorothiella Sohl
Neogastropoda - Melongenidae	Protobusycon binodosum Protobusycon binodosum Sohl 1964 snail Protobusycon binodosum Sohl
Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae	Caveola acuta Caveola acuta Wade 1926 snail Caveola acuta speciosa Sohl
Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae	Paladmete cancellaria, Paladmete gardnerae Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858 snail Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad), abundance listed as 100+ Paladmete gardnerae Wade snail Paladmete gardnerae pygmaea Sohl
Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae	Pyropsis perlata Pyropsis perlata Conrad 1860 snail Pyropsis perlata Conrad
Neogastropoda - Turridae	Beretra gracilis, Amuletum (Lutema) sp., Amuletum dumasensis Beretra gracilis Wade 1926 turrid Beretra gracilis (Wade) Amuletum (Lutema) sp. Stephenson 1941 turrid Amuletum (Lutema) sp. Amuletum dumasensis Sohl 1964 turrid Amuletum dumasensis Sohl
Neogastropoda - Pholidotomidae	Morea corsicanensis, Morea marylandica Morea corsicanensis Stephenson 1941 snail Morea corsicanensis Stephenson Morea marylandica Gardner 1916 snail Morea marylandica Gardner
Neogastropoda - Volutidae	Liopeplum leioderma Liopeplum leioderma Conrad 1860 volute Liopeplum leioderma (Conrad)
Neogastropoda - Muricidae	Ecphora proquadricostata Ecphora proquadricostata Wade 1917 murex snail Ecphora proquadricostata Wade
Neogastropoda -	Fulgerca ? attenuata Fulgerca ? attenuata Wade 1926 snail Fulgerca attenuata (Wade)?
Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae	Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus, Graciliala calcaris Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus snail Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus Conrad Graciliala calcaris snail Graciliala calcaris (Wade)
Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae	"Cossmannia tennesseensis" = Anteglosia tennesseensis, Eulima gracilistylis, Eulima laevigata "Cossmannia tennesseensis" = Anteglosia tennesseensis Wade 1926 snail Anteglosia tennesseensis (Wade) Eulima gracilistylis Sohl 1964 snail Eulima gracilistylis Sohl Eulima laevigata Lea 1843 snail Eulima laevigata Wade