Sohl 001: Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Tennessee

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) cretacea Wade 1917
1 specimen
Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) cretacea (Wade)
Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) wadei Cossmann 1925
3 specimens
Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) wadei Cossmann
Hercorhyncus (Haplovoluta) bicarinatus Wade 1917
6 specimens
Hercorhyncus (Haplovoluta) bicarinatus (Wade)
? Opalia (Opalia) fistulosa Sohl 1964
1 specimen
Opalia (Opalia?) fistulosa Sohl
Opalia (Pliciscala) wadei Sohl 1964
1 specimen
Opalia (Pliciscala) wadei Sohl
Ornopsis (Ornopsis) glenni Wade 1916
91 specimens
Ornopsis (Ornopsis) glenni (Wade)
Ornopsis (Ripleyella) elevata Wade 1916
5 specimens
Ornopsis (Ripleyella) elevata (Wade)
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna intermissia curta
1 specimen
Cylichna intermissia curta Sohl
Cylichna pessumata Sohl 1964
1 specimen
Cylichna pessumata Sohl
Cylichna intermissia Sohl 1964
7 specimens
Cylichna intermissia Sohl
Cylichna incisa Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Cylichna incisa Stephenson
? Scaphander rarus Wade 1926
1 specimen
Scaphander? rarus Wade
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Weeksia amplificata
4 specimens
Weeksia amplificata (Wade)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Oligoptycha americana Wade 1926
85 specimens
Oligoptycha americana (Wade)
Ringicula pulchella Shumard 1861
10 specimens
recombined as Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella
Ringicula pulchella Shumard
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Tornatellaea globulosa Wade 1926
1 specimen
Tornatellaea globulosa Wade
Tornatellaea cretacea Wade 1926
25 specimens
Tornatellaea cretacea Wade
Acteon pistilliformis Sohl 1964
17 specimens
Acteon pistilliformis Sohl
Goniocylichna bisculpturata Wade 1926
1 specimen
Goniocylichna bisculpturata Wade
Cylindrotruncatum demersum Sohl 1963
1 specimen
Cylindrotruncatum demersum Sohl
Nonacteonina orientalis Wade 1926
1 specimen
Nonacteonina orientalis (Wade)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Pseudomalaxis pilsbryi
3 specimens
Pseudomalaxis pilsbryi Harbison
Pseudomalaxis ripleyana
3 specimens
Pseudomalaxis ripleyana Wade
Pseudomalaxis sp. Fischer 1850
1 specimen
Pseudomalaxis sp. B Sohl 1960
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Lacrimiforma secunda Wade 1926
5 specimens
Lacrimiforma secunda (Wade)
Creonella triplicata Wade 1917
2 specimens
Creonella triplicata Wade
Creonella subangulata Sohl 1964
4 specimens
Creonella subangulata Sohl
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Gordenellidae
Promathilda (Clathrobaculus) cretacea
2 specimens
original and current combination Promathildia
Promathilda (Clathrobaculus) cretacea (Wade)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Gegania parabella
5 specimens
Gegania parabella (Wade)
Mathilda (Mathilda) ripleyana Wade 1926
8 specimens
Mathilda (Mathilda) ripleyana Wade
Lemniscolittorina berryi
2 specimens
Lemniscolittorina berryi (Wade)
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Thylacus cretaceus Conrad 1860
14 specimens
Thylacus cretaceus Conrad
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Ampullina potens
1 specimen
"Ampullella" potens Wade
Ampullina umbilica
1 specimen
Ampullella umbilica (Wade)
Pseudamaura lirata
3 specimens
spelled with current rank as Ampullina (Pseudamaura)
Pseudomaura lirata (Wade)
Gastropoda - Procerithiidae
Nudivagus simplicus Wade 1926
6 specimens
Nudivagus simplicus Wade
Gastropoda - Acteoninidae
Parietiplicatum conicum Wade 1926
12 specimens
Parietiplicatum conicum (Wade)
Eoacteon ellipticus Wade 1926
2 specimens
Eoacteon ellipticus (Wade)
Eoacteon percultus Sohl 1964
1 specimen
Eoacteon percultus Sohl
Troostella substriatus Wade 1926
2 specimens
Troostella substriatus (Wade)
Troostella perimpressa Wade 1926
1 specimen
Troostella perimpressa Wade
Gastropoda - Tornidae
Teinostoma prenanum Wade 1926
1 specimen
recombined as Teinostoma (Idioraphe) prenanum
Teinostoma prenanum Wade
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Turboella costata
1 specimen
Turboella costata (Wade)
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Drepanochilus quadriliratus
3 specimens
Drepanochilus quadriliratus (Wade)
Pterocerella poinsettiformis Stephenson 1941
16 specimens
Pterocerella poinsettiformis Stephenson
Anchura convexa
3 specimens
Anchura convexa Wade
Anchura substriata Wade 1926
65 specimens
Anchura substriata Wade
Arrhoges (Latiala) lobata (Wade 1926)
34 specimens
recombined as Latiala lobata
Arrhoges (Latiala) lobata (Wade)
Graciliala calcaris
60 specimens
Graciliala calcaris (Wade)
Pugnellus (Gymnarus) abnormalis (Wade 1926)
1 specimen
recombined as Bizarrus abnormalis
Pugnellus (Gymnarus) abnormalis Wade
Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus
21 specimens
Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus Conrad
Gastropoda - Colombellinidae
? Colombellina americana
18 specimens
Colombellina? americana Wade
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Mitridomus ripleyana Wade 1926
1 specimen
Mitridomus ripleyana (Wade)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Napulus reesidei Sohl 1964
32 specimens
Napulus reesidei Sohl
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Coralliophilidae
Latiaxis serratus Wade 1916
30 specimens
Latiaxis serratus Wade
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Sargana stantoni Weller 1907
33 specimens
Sargana stantoni (Weller)
Ecphora proquadricostata Wade 1917
38 specimens
Ecphora proquadricostata Wade
Lowenstamia liratus (Wade 1926)
9 specimens
recombined as Sohliina liratus
Lowenstamia liratus (Wade)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutomorpha gigantea Wade 1926
8 specimens
Volutomorpha gigantea Wade
Volutomorpha aspera Dall 1907
1 specimen
"Volutomorpha" aspera Wade
Volutomorpha mutabilis Wade 1926
33 specimens
Volutomorpha mutabilis Wade
Longoconcha tennesseensis Wade 1926
37 specimens
Longoconcha tennesseensis (Wade)
Parafusus callilateris Wade 1917
2 specimens
Parafus callilateris Wade
Parafusus coloratus Wade 1917
1 specimen
Parafus coloratus Wade
Parvivoluta concinna Wade 1926
2 specimens
Parvivoluta concinna Wade
Tectaplica simplica Wade 1916
2 specimens
Tectaplica simplica Wade
Liopeplum leioderma (Conrad 1860)
22 specimens
Liopeplum leioderma (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Fulgerca attenuata (Wade 1926)
4 specimens
Fulgerca attenuata (Wade)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pholidotomidae
Morea marylandica Gardner 1916
6 specimens
Morea marylandica Gardner
Morea corsicanensis Stephenson 1941
3 specimens
Morea corsicanensis coonensis Sohl
Paramorea lirata Wade 1917
8 specimens
Paramorea lirata Wade
Schizobasis depressa Wade 1916
9 specimens
Schizobasis depressa Wade
Schizobasis immersa Wade 1926
1 specimen
Schizobasis immersa Wade
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete gardnerae (Wade)
63 specimens
Paladmete gardnerae (Wade)
Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858
30 specimens
Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Caveola acuta Wade 1926
38 specimens
Caveola acuta (Wade)
? Cancellaria macnairyensis Sohl 1964
1 specimen
Cancellaria? macnairyensis Sohl
Mataxa elegans Wade 1916
20 specimens
Mataxa elegans Wade
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Maturifusidae
Astandes densatus
2 specimens
Astandes densatus Wade
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis interstriatus Wade 1926
2 specimens
Pyropsis interstriatus (Wade)
Pyropsis perornatus Wade 1926
5 specimens
Pyropsis perornatus (Wade)
Pyropsis spinosus Wade 1926
10 specimens
Pyropsis spinosus (Wade)
Pyropsis proxima Wade 1926
2 specimens
Pyropsis proxima Wade
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
? Cryptoconus macnairyensis Wade 1917
10 specimens
Cryptoconus? macnairyensis (Wade)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Remnita anomalocostata Wade 1926
7 specimens
Remnita anomaloco stata (Wade)
Remnita biacuminata Wade 1926
11 specimens
Remnita biacuminata (Wade)
Fusimilis proxima Wade 1926
9 specimens
Fusimilis proxima (Wade)
Amuletum macnairyensis
50 specimens
Amuletum macnairyensis (Wade)
Amuletum fasciolatum Wade 1926
25 specimens
Amuletum fasciolatum (Wade)
Beretra speciosa Sohl 1964
6 specimens
Beretra speciosa Sohl
Beretra gracilis Wade 1926
14 specimens
Beretra gracilis (Wade)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
? Deussenia microstriata Wade 1926
1 specimen
Deussenia ? microstriata (Wade)
Lomirosa cretacea (Wade)
4 specimens
Lomirosa cretacea (Wade)
Pyrifusus ejundicus Sohl 1964
32 specimens
Pyrifusus ejundicus Sohl
Pyrifusus subliratus Wade 1926
6 specimens
Pyrifusus subliratus Wade
Protobusycon cretaceum Wade 1917
1 specimen
Protobusycon cretaceum (Wade)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinopsis crassa Wade 1917
6 specimens
Buccinopsis crassa (Wade)
Buccinopsis solida Wade 1917
5 specimens
Buccinopsis solida (Wade)
Stantonella subnodosa Wade 1926
1 specimen
Stantonella subnodosa Wade
? Odontobasis australis Wade 1926
5 specimens
Odontobasis? australis Wade
Ornopsis (Pornosis) digressa (Wade 1926)
4 specimens
Ornopsis (Pornosis) digressa (Wade)
Hydrotribulus nodosus Wade 1916
14 specimens
Hydrotribulus nodosus Wade
Ptychosyca inornata Gabb 1876
1 specimen
Ptychosyca inornata Gabb
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Boltenella excellens Wade 1917
2 specimens
Boltenella excellens Wade
? Cryptorhytis nobilis Wade 1926
12 specimens
Cryptorhytis? nobilis Wade
? Euthriofusus convexus Wade 1926
1 specimen
Euthriofusus? convexus (Wade)
? Euthriofusus mesozoicus Wade 1917
1 specimen
Euthriofusus? mesozoicus (Wade)
Graphidula pergracilis Wade 1926
9 specimens
Graphidula pergracilis Wade
Graphidula obscura Wade 1926
9 specimens
Graphidula obscura (Wade)
Graphidula cancellata Wade 1926
3 specimens
Graphidula cancellata (Wade)
Paleopsephaea pergracilis Wade 1926
2 specimens
Paleopsephaea pergracilis Wade
Woodsella typica Wade 1926
1 specimen
Woodsella typica Wade
Drilluta major Wade 1916
5 specimens
Drilluta major Wade
Drilluta distans (Conrad 1860)
Drilluta distans (Conrad)
Drilluta communis Wade 1916
117 specimens
Drilluta communis Wade
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tennesseensis Wade 1926
2 specimens
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tennesseeensis (Wade)
Bellifusus angulicostatus (Sohl 1964)
2 specimens
Bellifusus angulicostatus Sohl
Bellifusus curvicostatus Wade 1926
19 specimens
Bellifusus curvicostatus (Wade)
Anomalofusus substriatus Wade 1916
62 specimens
Anomalofusus substriatus Wade
Remera stephensoni Harbison 1945
19 specimens
Remera stephensoni Harbison
? Rhombopsis orientalis Wade 1926
2 specimens
Rhombopsis ? orientalis Wade
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora leprosa (Morton 1834)
3 specimens
recombined as Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa
Xenophora leprosa (Morton)
Gastropoda
Tintorium pagodiforme
1 specimen
Tintorium pagodiforme Sohl
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
? Charonia univaricosum
6 specimens
Charonia? univaricosum (Wade)
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Gyrodes americanus
1 specimen
Gyrodes americanus (Wade)
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb 1861
6 specimens
recombined as Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb
Gyrodes major Wade 1926
16 specimens
Gyrodes major Wade
Amaurellina stephensoni
16 specimens
Amaurellina stephensoni (Wade)
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad 1858)
515 specimens
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Triforidae
Seila meeki Wade 1926
23 specimens
recombined as Variseila meeki
Seila meeki (Wade)
Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae
Seila quadrilirata
1 specimen
Seila quadrilirata (Wade)
Gastropoda - Capulidae
Capulus corrugatus
4 specimens
Capulus corrugatus Wade
Capulus monroei
2 specimens
Capulus monroei Sohl
Trichotropis imperfecta
2 specimens
Trichotropis imperfecta Wade
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Aciculiscala acuta Sohl 1963
2 specimens
Aciculiscala acuta Sohl
cf. Belliscala rockensis Stephenson 1941
2 specimens
Belliscala cf. B. rockensis Stephenson
Striaticostatum pondi (Stephenson 1941)
6 specimens
Striaticostatum pondi (Stephenson)
Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) americana (Wade 1926)
5 specimens
Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) americana (Wade)
Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) microstriata Wade 1917
1 specimen
Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) microstriata Wade
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Anteglosia subornata
2 specimens
Anteglosia subornata (Wade)
Cossmannia tennesseensis (Wade 1926)
4 specimens
original and current combination Rissoina tennesseensis
Anteglosia tennesseensis (Wade)
Eulima laevigata (Lea 1843)
1 specimen
Eulima laevigata Wade
? Eulima clara Wade 1926
1 specimen
Eulima ?clara Wade
Eulima persimplica Wade 1926
1 specimen
Eulima persimplica Wade
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Laxispira lumbricalis Gabb 1877
362 specimens
Laxispira lumbricalis Gabb
Turritella macnairyensis
2 specimens
Turritella macnairyensis Wade
Haustator trilira (Conrad 1860)
75 specimens
original and current combination Turritella trilira
Turritella trilira Conrad
Turritella tippana Conrad 1858
120 specimens
Turritella tippana Conrad
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834
162 specimens
Turritella vertebroides Morton
Gastropoda - Pickworthiidae
Urceolabrum tuberculatum
247 specimens
Urceolabrum tuberculatum Wade
Gastropoda - Pachychilidae
? Melanatria cretacea
2 specimens
Melanatria? cretacea Wade
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium nodoliratum Wade 1926
12 specimens
Cerithium nodoliratum Wade
Cerithium semirugatum Wade 1926
7 specimens
Cerithium semirugatum Wade
Cerithium weeksi Wade 1926
104 specimens
Cerithium weeksi Wade
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus
128 specimens
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus Wade
Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) argenteus spinosus
182 specimens
Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) argenteus spinosus Sohl
Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) argenteus
250 specimens
Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) argenteus Wade
Calliomphalus angustus Sohl 1960
1 specimen
recombined as Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) angustus
Calliomphalus angustus Sohl
Calliomphalus conanti Sohl 1960
1 specimen
recombined as Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) conanti
Calliomphalus conanti Sohl
Calliomphalus decoris Sohl 1960
1 specimen
recombined as Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) decoris
Calliomphalus decoris Sohl
Gastropoda - Patellida - Lottiidae
Acmaea galea
2 specimens
Acmaea galea Sohl
Gastropoda - Vasidae
Lupira variabilis Wade 1926
22 specimens
Lupira variabilis (Wade)
Lupira turbinea Sohl 1964
5 specimens
Lupira turbinea Sohl
Reptilia - Testudines
Toxochelys weeksi Collins 1951
Zangerl 1953
synonym of Toxochelys latiremis
Reptilia - Mosasauridae
Prognathodon sp. Dollo 1889
Corgan 1976
Plioplatecarpus depressus (Cope 1869)
Corgan 1976
original and current combination Mosasaurus depressus
Mosasaurus maximus Cope 1869
Corgan 1976
synonym of Mosasaurus hoffmannii
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Enchodus sp. Agassiz 1835
Corgan 1976
Actinopteri - Ichthyodectiformes - Saurodontidae
? Saurodon sp. Hays 1829
Corgan 1976
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Anomoeodus sp. Forir 1887
Corgan 1976
Chondrichthyes - Selachii
Selachii indet.
Corgan 1976
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Ischyrhiza mira Leidy 1856
Corgan 1976
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Tennessee County:McNairy
Coordinates: 35.2° North, 88.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.3° North, 61.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
*Period:Late/Upper Cretaceous *Epoch:Senonian
*International age/stage:Maastrichtian
Key time interval:Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian Ammonoid zone: Nostoceras hyatti
Age range of interval:83.50000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ripley Member:Coon Creek Tongue
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: This collection was originally labeled Maastrichtian by Sohl; Cobban and Kennedy (1995) have updated it to uppermost Campanian via ammonite zonation.
Ripley Formation is generally considered Maastrichtian age e.g. see Stringer et al. 2020 and Gifford et al. 2020
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
Metadata
Also known as:Coon Creek type locality, former Dave weeks' place
Database number:7515
Authorizer:M. Kosnik, M. Carrano Enterer:M. Kosnik, M. Carrano
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2000-07-18 12:00:01 Last modified:2022-05-04 04:28:54
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:

8814 J. X. Corgan. 1976. Vertebrate fossils of Tennessee. State of Tennessee Department of Conservation Division of Geology Bulletin 77:1-100 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
787 R. Zangerl. 1953. The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama. Part IV. The turtles of the family Toxochelyidae. Fieldiana: Geology Memoirs 3(4):145-277 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/P. Mannion]