Sohl 007: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Mississippi

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Ringicula yochelsoni Sohl 1964
10 specimens
Ringicula yochelsoni Sohl
Gastropoda - Vasidae
Lupira pyriformis Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Lupira pyriformis Stephenson
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna secalina Shumard 1861
1 specimen
Cylichna secalina Shumard
Cylichna incisa Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Cylichna incisa Stephenson
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Calliomphalus conanti Sohl 1960
8 specimens
recombined as Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) conanti
Calliomphalus conanti Sohl
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Weeksia amplificata
1 specimen
Weeksia amplificata (Wade)
Gastropoda - Colombellinidae
? Colombellina americana
1 specimen
Colombellina? americana Wade
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Graciliala calcaris
3 specimens
Graciliala calcaris (Wade)
Anchura abrupta
1 specimen
Anchura abrupta Conrad
Pterocerella poinsettiformis Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Pterocerella poinsettiformis Stephenson
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis cornutus Sohl 1964
1 specimen
Pyropsis cornutus Sohl
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Amuletum macnairyensis torquatum
10 specimens
Amuletum macnairyensis torquatum Sohl
Amuletum dumasensis Sohl 1964
1 specimen
Amuletum dumasensis Sohl
Beretra gracilis Wade 1926
1 specimen
Beretra gracilis (Wade)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete gardnerae pygmaea
7 specimens
Paladmete gardnerae pygmaea Sohl
Paladmete laevis Sohl 1964
8 specimens
Paladmete laevis Sohl
Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858
18 specimens
Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Mataxa elegans Wade 1916
1 specimen
Mataxa elegans Wade
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
? Fusinus macnairyensis Wade 1926
2 specimens
Fusinus? macnairyensis (Wade)
Paleopsephaea mutabilis Wade 1926
1 specimen
Paleopsephaea mutabilis Wade
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Protobusycon binodosum Sohl 1964
1 specimen
Protobusycon binodosum Sohl
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Ornopsis (Pornosis) modica Sohl 1964
6 specimens
Ornopsis (Pornosis) modica Sohl
Stantonella ripleyana Conrad 1860
3 specimens
Stantonella ripleyana (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Parafusus callilateris Wade 1917
1 specimen
Parafus callilateris Wade
Volutomorpha retifera Dall 1907
2 specimens
Volutomorpha retifera Dall
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pholidotomidae
Morea marylandica Gardner 1916
1 specimen
Morea marylandica Gardner
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Lowenstamia liratus (Wade 1926)
1 specimen
recombined as Sohliina liratus
Lowenstamia liratus (Wade)
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Gyrodes americanus
2 specimens
Gyrodes americanus (Wade)
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad 1858)
5 specimens
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Laxispira lumbricalis Gabb 1877
3 specimens
Laxispira lumbricalis Gabb
Turritella hilgardi
1 specimen
Turritella hilgardi Sohl
Haustator trilira (Conrad 1860)
5 specimens
original and current combination Turritella trilira
Turritella trilira Conrad
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium weeksi Wade 1926
1 specimen
Cerithium weeksi Wade
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Mississippi County:Tippah
Coordinates: 34.7° North, 89.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.3° North, 66.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
*Period:Late/Upper Cretaceous *Epoch:Senonian
Key time interval:Early/Lower Maastrichtian Ammonoid zone: Nostoceras alternatum
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ripley Member:Coon Creek Tongue
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Ammonoid zone from Cobban 1974 and Cobban and Kennedy 1995.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: T.W. Stanton 1909
Metadata
Also known as:W. O. Kelly farm, probably on bluffs of Pickens Creek just S of house, 2.3 miles S of Dumas, Tippah Co., MS
Database number:7477
Authorizer:M. Kosnik Enterer:M. Kosnik
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2000-07-18 12:00:01 Last modified:2017-07-04 12:54:41
Access level:the public Released:2000-07-18 12:00:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

463. 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]

Secondary references:

29915 J. A. Sessa, T. J. Bralower, M. E. Patzkowsky, J. C. Handley, and L. C. Ivany. 2012. Environmental and biological controls on the diversity and ecology of Late Cretaceous through early Paleogene marine ecosystems in the US Gulf Coastal Plain. Paleobiology 38(2):218-239 [M. Patzkowsky/J. Sessa/J. Sessa]