Sohl 010: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Euspira rectilabrum
(Conrad 1858)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Pyrifusus subdensatus
Conrad 1858
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Pyrifusus subdensatus Conrad | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella tippana
Conrad 1858
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| Turritella tippana Conrad | ||||||||||
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Haustator trilira
(Conrad 1860)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Turritella trilira | ||||||||||
| Turritella trilira Conrad | ||||||||||
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Turritella vertebroides
Morton 1834
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| Turritella vertebroides Morton | ||||||||||
| 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: | gray silty,calcareous sandstone |
| Lithology description: blue-gray calcareous silty, clayey sand matrix | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all microfossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Johnson 1888 | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Dea's bluff on Mooney's branch of big hatchie creek, Tippah Co., MS | ||
| Database number: | 7474 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Kosnik | Enterer: | M. Kosnik |
| Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-07-18 12:00:01 | Last modified: | 2010-11-09 08:40:33 |
| 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] |