Also known as Coon Creek type locality, former Dave weeks' place
Where: McNairy County, Tennessee (35.2° N, 88.6° W: paleocoordinates 38.3° N, 61.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Nostoceras hyatti ammonoid zone, Coon Creek Tongue Member (Ripley Formation), Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 Ma)
• 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
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 7515: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 18.07.2000, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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? Saurodon sp.1 Hays 1829 | |
Enchodus sp.1 Agassiz 1835 | |
Anomoeodus sp.1 Forir 1887 | |
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Prognathodon sp.1, "Mosasaurus maximus" = Mosasaurus hoffmannii1, "Plioplatecarpus depressus" = Mosasaurus depressus1
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"Toxochelys weeksi" = Toxochelys latiremis2
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Cylichna intermissia curta, Cylichna intermissia, Cylichna incisa, Cylichna pessumata, ? Scaphander rarus
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cf. Belliscala rockensis, Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) microstriata, Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) americana, Aciculiscala acuta, Striaticostatum pondi
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Troostella substriatus, Troostella perimpressa, Eoacteon percultus, Eoacteon ellipticus, Parietiplicatum conicum
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Ornopsis (Pornosis) digressa, Buccinopsis solida, Buccinopsis crassa, Stantonella subnodosa, Hydrotribulus nodosus, Ptychosyca inornata, ? Odontobasis australis
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Pyrifusus ejundicus, Pyrifusus subliratus, Protobusycon cretaceum, ? Deussenia microstriata, Lomirosa cretacea
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Graphidula obscura, Graphidula pergracilis, Graphidula cancellata, Drilluta distans, Drilluta communis, Drilluta major, Woodsella typica, Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tennesseensis, Bellifusus angulicostatus, Bellifusus curvicostatus, ? Euthriofusus mesozoicus, ? Euthriofusus convexus, Paleopsephaea pergracilis, ? Cryptorhytis nobilis, Boltenella excellens, ? Rhombopsis orientalis, Remera stephensoni, Anomalofusus substriatus
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tennesseensis Wade 1926 snail Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tennesseeensis (Wade)
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Fusimilis proxima, Amuletum macnairyensis, Amuletum fasciolatum, Beretra speciosa, Beretra gracilis, Remnita biacuminata, Remnita anomalocostata
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Parafusus coloratus, Parafusus callilateris, Volutomorpha aspera, Volutomorpha mutabilis, Volutomorpha gigantea, Longoconcha tennesseensis, Parvivoluta concinna, Tectaplica simplica, Liopeplum leioderma
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"Pugnellus (Gymnarus) abnormalis" = Bizarrus abnormalis, Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus, Pterocerella poinsettiformis, Drepanochilus quadriliratus, Graciliala calcaris, "Arrhoges (Latiala) lobata" = Latiala lobata, Anchura convexa, Anchura substriata
"Pugnellus (Gymnarus) abnormalis" = Bizarrus abnormalis Wade 1926 snail Pugnellus (Gymnarus) abnormalis Wade
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"Xenophora leprosa" = Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa
"Xenophora leprosa" = Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa Morton 1834 carrier shell Xenophora leprosa (Morton)
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"Teinostoma prenanum" = Teinostoma (Idioraphe) prenanum
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"Seila meeki" = Variseila meeki
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Euspira rectilabrum, Amaurellina stephensoni, Gyrodes americanus, Gyrodes major, "Gyrodes spillmani" = Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani
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Turritella macnairyensis, "Haustator trilira" = Turritella trilira, Turritella vertebroides, Turritella tippana, Laxispira lumbricalis
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Eulima persimplica, ? Eulima clara, Eulima laevigata, Anteglosia subornata, "Cossmannia tennesseensis" = Anteglosia tennesseensis
"Cossmannia tennesseensis" = Anteglosia tennesseensis Wade 1926 snail Anteglosia tennesseensis (Wade)
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Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus, Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) argenteus spinosus, Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) argenteus, "Calliomphalus decoris" = Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) decoris, "Calliomphalus conanti" = Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) conanti, "Calliomphalus angustus" = Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) angustus
Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) argenteus spinosus Cossmann 1888 snail Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) argenteus spinosus Sohl
"Calliomphalus decoris" = Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) decoris Sohl 1960 snail Calliomphalus decoris Sohl
"Calliomphalus conanti" = Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) conanti Sohl 1960 snail Calliomphalus conanti Sohl
"Calliomphalus angustus" = Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) angustus Sohl 1960 snail Calliomphalus angustus Sohl
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"Promathilda (Clathrobaculus) cretacea" = Promathildia
"Promathilda (Clathrobaculus) cretacea" = Promathildia snail Promathilda (Clathrobaculus) cretacea (Wade)
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Oligoptycha americana, "Ringicula pulchella" = Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella
"Ringicula pulchella" = Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella Shumard 1861 snail Ringicula pulchella Shumard
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Nonacteonina orientalis, Acteon pistilliformis, Tornatellaea cretacea, Tornatellaea globulosa, Cylindrotruncatum demersum, Goniocylichna bisculpturata
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