Sohl 014: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Ornopsis (Ripleyella) elevata
Wade 1916
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Ornopsis (Ripleyella) elevata (Wade) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Creonella subangulata
Sohl 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Creonella subangulata Sohl | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ringiculidae
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Ringicula pulchella
Shumard 1861
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella | ||||||||||
| Ringicula pulchella Shumard | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Mathildidae
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Gegania bella prodiga
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Gegania bella prodiga Sohl | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Pickworthiidae
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Urceolabrum tuberculatum callistum
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Urceolabrum tuberculatum callistum Harbison | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella howelli
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72 specimens | |||||||||
| Turritella howelli Harbison | ||||||||||
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Haustator trilira
(Conrad 1860)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Turritella trilira | ||||||||||
| Turritella trilira Conrad | ||||||||||
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Turritella vertebroides
Morton 1834
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| Turritella vertebroides Morton | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Graciliala calcaris
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32 specimens | |||||||||
| Graciliala calcaris (Wade) | ||||||||||
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Anchura abrupta
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| Anchura abrupta Conrad | ||||||||||
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Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus Conrad | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Volutomorpha aspera
Dall 1907
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| "Volutomorpha" aspera Wade | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Pholidotomidae
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Morea marylandica
Gardner 1916
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| Morea marylandica Gardner | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Pyropsidae
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Pyropsis sp.
(Conrad 1860)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Pyropsis sp. B Sohl 1960 | ||||||||||
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Pyropsis cornutus
Sohl 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Pyropsis cornutus Sohl | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mitridae
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Paleofusimitra elongata
Sohl 1963
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Paleofusimitra elongata Sohl | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Stantonella ripleyana
Conrad 1860
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Stantonella ripleyana (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Drilluta distans
(Conrad 1860)
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15 specimens | |||||||||
| Drilluta distans (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tippanus
Conrad 1860
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10 specimens | |||||||||
| Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tippanus Conrad | ||||||||||
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Bellifusus curvicostatus
Wade 1926
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Bellifusus curvicostatus (Wade) | ||||||||||
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Graphidula melanopsis
Conrad 1860
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16 specimens | |||||||||
| Graphidula melanopsis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Remera stephensoni
Harbison 1945
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| Remera stephensoni Harbison | ||||||||||
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? Fusinus macnairyensis
Wade 1926
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Fusinus? macnairyensis (Wade) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Beretra gracilis
Wade 1926
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| Beretra gracilis (Wade) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Paladmetidae
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Paladmete cancellaria
Conrad 1858
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Gyrodes supraplicatus
Conrad 1858
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Gyrodes supraplicatus (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Euspira rectilabrum
(Conrad 1858)
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31 specimens | |||||||||
| Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Euomphalidae
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Weeksia amplificata
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Weeksia amplificata (Wade) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Vasidae
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Lupira pyriformis
Stephenson 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Lupira pyriformis Stephenson | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Union |
| Coordinates: | 34.5° North, 89.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.1° North, 66.3° 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: | glauconitic,black silty sandstone |
| Lithology description: Probably - Sand, blue-black, massive, silty, micaceous, glaconitic, fossiliferous. | |
| 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: USGS 6871: Stephenson 1910, USGS 17277: W. H. Morton 1936 | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Lee's old millsite, roadcut on NE-facing slope of Tallahatchie rover valley, 2 miles NNE ofKeownville, Union, Co. Miss. | ||
| Database number: | 7487 | ||
| 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 12:55:37 |
| 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] |