Sohl 015: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Mississippi

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