Sohl 015: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Ornopsis (Ripleyella) elevata
Wade 1916
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Ornopsis (Ripleyella) elevata (Wade) | ||||||||||
? Pseudomalaxis stantoni
Sohl 1960
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Pseudomalaxis ? stantoni Sohl | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Skeneidae
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Teinostoma clara
Sohl 1960
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Solariorbis clara | ||||||||||
Teinostoma clara Sohl | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Eucyclidae
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Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus
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16 specimens | |||||||||
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus Wade | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Vasidae
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Lupira pyriformis
Stephenson 1941
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Lupira pyriformis Stephenson | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Striaticostatum bexarense
(Stephenson 1941)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Striaticostatum bexarense (Stephenson) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Eulimidae
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Cossmannia tennesseensis
(Wade 1926)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Rissoina tennesseensis | ||||||||||
Anteglosia tennesseensis (Wade) | ||||||||||
Eulima laevigata
(Lea 1843)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Eulima laevigata Wade | ||||||||||
Eulima gracilistylis
(Sohl 1964)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Eulima gracilistylis Sohl | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Thylacus cretaceus
Conrad 1860
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Thylacus cretaceus Conrad | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Laxispira lumbricalis
Gabb 1877
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Laxispira lumbricalis Gabb | ||||||||||
Turritella howelli
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36 specimens | |||||||||
Turritella howelli Harbison | ||||||||||
Haustator trilira
(Conrad 1860)
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13 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Turritella trilira | ||||||||||
Turritella trilira Conrad | ||||||||||
Turritella vertebroides
Morton 1834
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Turritella vertebroides Morton | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Pickworthiidae
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Urceolabrum tuberculatum callistum
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20 specimens | |||||||||
Urceolabrum tuberculatum callistum Harbison | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Graciliala calcaris
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178 specimens | |||||||||
Graciliala calcaris (Wade) | ||||||||||
Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus Conrad | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Pyropsidae
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Pyropsis perlata
(Conrad 1860)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Pyropsis perlata Conrad | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Buccinopsis dorothiella
Sohl 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Buccinopsis dorothiella Sohl | ||||||||||
Stantonella ripleyana
Conrad 1860
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Stantonella ripleyana (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Remera stephensoni
Harbison 1945
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10 specimens | |||||||||
Remera stephensoni Harbison | ||||||||||
Anomalofusus subnodosus
Sohl 1964
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17 specimens | |||||||||
Anomalofusus subnodosus Sohl | ||||||||||
Bellifusus curvicostatus
Wade 1926
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Bellifusus curvicostatus (Wade) | ||||||||||
Graphidula melanopsis
Conrad 1860
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Graphidula melanopsis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Drilluta distans
(Conrad 1860)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Drilluta distans (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tippanus
Conrad 1860
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tippanus Conrad | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Protobusycon binodosum
Sohl 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Protobusycon binodosum Sohl | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Beretra gracilis
Wade 1926
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Beretra gracilis (Wade) | ||||||||||
Amuletum (Lutema) sp.
Stephenson 1941
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Amuletum (Lutema) sp. | ||||||||||
Amuletum dumasensis
Sohl 1964
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Amuletum dumasensis Sohl | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Pholidotomidae
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Morea marylandica
Gardner 1916
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Morea marylandica Gardner | ||||||||||
Morea corsicanensis
Stephenson 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Morea corsicanensis Stephenson | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
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Fulgerca ? attenuata
(Wade 1926)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Fulgerca attenuata (Wade)? | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Ecphora proquadricostata
Wade 1917
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Ecphora proquadricostata Wade | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Liopeplum leioderma
(Conrad 1860)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Liopeplum leioderma (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Caveola acuta
Wade 1926
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Caveola acuta speciosa Sohl | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Paladmetidae
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Paladmete cancellaria
Conrad 1858
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101 specimens | |||||||||
Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad), abundance listed as 100+ | ||||||||||
Paladmete gardnerae
(Wade)
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53 specimens | |||||||||
Paladmete gardnerae pygmaea Sohl | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Euspira rectilabrum
(Conrad 1858)
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57 specimens | |||||||||
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad) | ||||||||||
Gyrodes americanus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gyrodes americanus (Wade) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Rissoidae
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Alvania tallahatchiensis
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28 specimens | |||||||||
Turboella tallahatchiensis Sohl | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Acteon pistilliformis
Sohl 1964
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Acteon pistilliformis Sohl | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ringiculidae
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Ringicula pulchella
Shumard 1861
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8 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella | ||||||||||
Ringicula pulchella Shumard | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Creonella triplicata
Wade 1917
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Creonella triplicata Wade | ||||||||||
Creonella subangulata
Sohl 1964
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17 specimens | |||||||||
Creonella subangulata Sohl | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Margaritella pumila
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Margaritella pumila Stephenson | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Mathildidae
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? Acrocoelum cereum
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Acrocoelum? cereum Sohl | ||||||||||
Gegania bella
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Gegania bella prodiga Sohl | ||||||||||
? Mathilda (Mathilda) cedarensis
Stephenson 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mathilda (Mathilda?) cedarensis Stephenson | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Cylichna intermissia
Sohl 1964
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Cylichna intermissia Sohl | ||||||||||
Cylichna incisa
Stephenson 1941
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Cylichna incisa 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: | 70.60000 - 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. upper Coon Creek |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | glauconitic,black silty sandstone |
Lithology description: Sand, blue-black, massive, silty, micaceous, glaconitic, fossiliferous, with sandstone concretions. | |
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 25408: N.F. Sohl 1950-2 |
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: | 7591 | ||
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 12:57:58 |
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] |