Also known as Roadcuts on Mississippi Route 30, on N-facing slope of Wilhite Creek valley from 0.7 to 1.7 miles S of Keownville, Union Co., Miss.
Where: Union County, Mississippi (34.5° N, 89.0° W: paleocoordinates 38.2° N, 65.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ripley Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic, gray, silty sandstone
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: USGS 25485: L. W. Stephenson and N. F. Sohl 1955
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 7600: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 18.07.2000
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Oligoptycha corrugata, "Ringicula pulchella" = Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella
"Ringicula pulchella" = Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella Shumard 1861 snail Ringicula pulchella Shumard
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Pterocerella sp., Anchura abrupta, "Arrhoges (Latiala) lobata" = Latiala lobata, Graciliala calcaris, "Pugnellus (Gymnarus) abnormalis" = Bizarrus abnormalis, Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus
"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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"Seila meeki" = Variseila meeki
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"Cossmannia tennesseensis" = Anteglosia tennesseensis, Eulima gracilistylis
"Cossmannia tennesseensis" = Anteglosia tennesseensis Wade 1926 snail Anteglosia tennesseensis (Wade)
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Laxispira lumbricalis, Turritella hilgardi, Turritella howelli, "Haustator trilira" = Turritella trilira, Turritella vertebroides
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