Sohl 017 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Roadcut in E-facing slope of Hall branch, 0.9 mile west of Molino, 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, gray, silty, calcareous sandstone

• Sand, blue-gray, silty, micaceous, calcareous, glaconitic, fossiliferous.

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: USGS 25410: 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 7593: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 18.07.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus snail
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus Wade
"Calliomphalus conanti" = Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) conanti Sohl 1960 snail
Calliomphalus conanti Sohl
 Ptenoglossa - Vasidae
Lupira pyriformis Stephenson 1941 snail
Lupira pyriformis Stephenson
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
"Cossmannia tennesseensis" = Anteglosia tennesseensis Wade 1926 snail
Anteglosia tennesseensis (Wade)
Eulima laevigata Lea 1843 snail
Eulima laevigata Wade
Eulima gracilistylis Sohl 1964 snail
Eulima gracilistylis Sohl
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium semirugatum Wade 1926 cerith snail
Cerithium semirugatum Wade
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
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, abundance given as 300+
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell
Turritella vertebroides Morton
 Cerithioidea - Pickworthiidae
Urceolabrum tuberculatum snail
Urceolabrum tuberculatum callistum Harbison
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Graciliala calcaris snail
Graciliala calcaris (Wade)
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Paleofusimitra elongata Sohl 1963 mitre shell
Paleofusimitra elongata Sohl
 Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis perlata Conrad 1860 snail
Pyropsis perlata Conrad
Pyropsis cornutus Sohl 1964 snail
Pyropsis cornutus Sohl
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Stantonella ripleyana Conrad 1860 true whelk
Stantonella ripleyana (Conrad)
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Remera stephensoni Harbison 1945 snail
Remera stephensoni Harbison
Bellifusus curvicostatus Wade 1926 snail
Bellifusus curvicostatus (Wade)
Graphidula melanopsis Conrad 1860 snail
Graphidula melanopsis (Conrad)
Drilluta distans Conrad 1860 snail
Drilluta distans (Conrad)
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tippanus Conrad 1860 snail
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tippanus Conrad
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Pyrifusus subdensatus Conrad 1858 snail
Pyrifusus subdensatus Conrad
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Beretra gracilis Wade 1926 turrid
Beretra gracilis (Wade)
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Napulus fragilis Sohl 1964 snail
Napulus fragilis Sohl
 Neogastropoda -
Fulgerca ? attenuata Wade 1926 snail
Fulgerca attenuata (Wade)?
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Ecphora proquadricostata, "Lowenstamia liratus" = Sohliina liratus
Ecphora proquadricostata Wade 1917 murex snail
Ecphora proquadricostata Wade
"Lowenstamia liratus" = Sohliina liratus Wade 1926 murex snail
Lowenstamia liratus (Wade)
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Liopeplum leioderma Conrad 1860 volute
Liopeplum leioderma (Conrad)
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Caveola acuta Wade 1926 snail
Caveola acuta speciosa Sohl
 Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete laevis Sohl 1964 snail
Paladmete laevis Sohl
Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858 snail
Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad)
Paladmete gardnerae Wade snail
Paladmete gardnerae pygmaea Sohl
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira rectilabrum Conrad 1858 moon snail
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
Gyrodes americanus moon snail
Gyrodes americanus (Wade)
"Gyrodes spillmani" = Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani Gabb 1861 moon snail
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb
Gyrodes supraplicatus Conrad 1858 moon snail
Gyrodes supraplicatus (Conrad)
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Alvania tallahatchiensis snail
Turboella tallahatchiensis Sohl
 Sorbeoconcha - Triforidae
"Seila meeki" = Variseila meeki
"Seila meeki" = Variseila meeki Wade 1926 snail
Seila meeki (Wade)
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
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
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Creonella triplicata Wade 1917 snail
Creonella triplicata Wade
Creonella subangulata Sohl 1964 snail
Creonella subangulata Sohl
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Margaritella pumila snail
Margaritella pumila Stephenson
 Heterostropha - Mathildidae
? Acrocoelum cereum snail
Acrocoelum? cereum Sohl
Mathilda unionensis snail
Mathilda unionensis Sohl
? Mathilda (Mathilda) cedarensis Stephenson 1941 snail
Mathilda (Mathilda?) cedarensis Stephenson
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna secalina Shumard 1861 snail
Cylichna secalina Shumard