PBDB Collection

Sohl 029 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Roadcuts on Mississippi Route 30, on N-facing slope of Wilhite Creek valley from 0.7 to 1.7 miles S of Keownville, Union Co., Miss.

Where: Union County, Mississippi (34.5° N, 89.0° W: paleocoordinates 38.2° N, 65.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ripley Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic, gray, silty sandstone

• Sand, gray, very silty, micaceous, slightly glauconitic; very fossiliferous, preservation good; fossils occur thoughout unit but are especially abundant and well preserved in zones 5 and 11 feet above base; lower zone is sandier and marked by a dominance of small pelecypods and numerous micrabaciid corals; upper zone occurs at base of a concretionary ledge and larger mollusks ... are common.

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: USGS 25485: L. W. Stephenson and N. F. Sohl 1955

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 7600: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 18.07.2000

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
Opisthobranchia - Bullidae	Bullopsis demersus Bullopsis demersus Sohl 1964 snail Bullopsis demersus Sohl
Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae	Ellipsoscapha sp. Ellipsoscapha sp. Stephenson 1941 snail Ellipsoscapha sp.
Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae	Cylichna intermissia, Cylichna secalina, Cylichna incisa Cylichna intermissia Sohl 1964 snail Cylichna intermissia Sohl Cylichna secalina Shumard 1861 snail Cylichna secalina Shumard Cylichna incisa Stephenson 1941 snail Cylichna incisa Stephenson
Opisthobranchia - Retusidae	Cylichnina (Moniloretusa) spinosa Cylichnina (Moniloretusa) spinosa Sohl 1963 snail Sulcoretusa (Moniloretusa) spinosa Sohl
Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae	? Crucibulum sp. ? Crucibulum sp. Schumacher 1817 slipper shell Crucibulum? sp.
Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae	Aciculiscala acuta Aciculiscala acuta Sohl 1963 wentletrap Aciculiscala acuta Sohl
Cerithioidea - Pickworthiidae	Urceolabrum tuberculatum callistum Urceolabrum tuberculatum callistum Wade 1916 snail Urceolabrum tuberculatum callistum Harbison
Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae	Cerithium weeksi, Cerithium semirugatum Cerithium weeksi Wade 1926 cerith snail Cerithium weeksi Wade Cerithium semirugatum Wade 1926 cerith snail Cerithium semirugatum Wade
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	Turritella hilgardi, Turritella howelli, Turritella vertebroides, "Haustator trilira" = Turritella trilira, Laxispira lumbricalis Turritella hilgardi turret shell Turritella hilgardi Sohl Turritella howelli turret shell Turritella howelli Harbison Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell Turritella vertebroides Morton "Haustator trilira" = Turritella trilira Conrad 1860 turret shell Turritella trilira Conrad Laxispira lumbricalis Gabb 1877 turret shell Laxispira lumbricalis Gabb
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Euspira rectilabrum, Gyrodes supraplicatus, Amaurellina stephensoni Euspira rectilabrum Conrad 1858 moon snail Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad) Gyrodes supraplicatus Conrad 1858 moon snail Gyrodes supraplicatus (Conrad) Amaurellina stephensoni moon snail Amaurellina stephensoni (Wade)
Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae	Alvania tallahatchiensis, Turboella crebricostata Alvania tallahatchiensis snail Turboella tallahatchiensis Sohl Turboella crebricostata snail Turboella crebricostata Sohl
Sorbeoconcha - Triforidae	"Seila meeki" = Variseila meeki "Seila meeki" = Variseila meeki Wade 1926 snail Seila meeki (Wade)
Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae	Seila quadrilirata Seila quadrilirata snail Seila quadrilirata (Wade)
Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae	Pyropsis sp. Pyropsis sp. Conrad 1860 snail Pyropsis sp. B Sohl 1960
Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae	Paladmete cancellaria, Paladmete gardnerae Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858 snail Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad) Paladmete gardnerae Wade snail Paladmete gardnerae pygmaea Sohl
Neogastropoda - Turridae	Beretra gracilis, Amuletum (Lutema) sp., Amuletum dumasensis Beretra gracilis Wade 1926 turrid Beretra gracilis (Wade) Amuletum (Lutema) sp. Stephenson 1941 turrid Amuletum (Lutema) sp. Amuletum dumasensis Sohl 1964 turrid Amuletum dumasensis Sohl
Neogastropoda - Melongenidae	Deussenia ripleyana Deussenia ripleyana Harbison 1945 snail Deussenia ripleyana Harbison
Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae	Anomalofusus subnodosus, Remera stephensoni, Graphidula melanopsis Anomalofusus subnodosus Sohl 1964 snail Anomalofusus subnodosus Sohl Remera stephensoni Harbison 1945 snail Remera stephensoni Harbison Graphidula melanopsis Conrad 1860 snail Graphidula melanopsis (Conrad)
Neogastropoda - Buccinidae	Stantonella ripleyana, Buccinopsis solida Stantonella ripleyana Conrad 1860 true whelk Stantonella ripleyana (Conrad) Buccinopsis solida Wade 1917 true whelk Buccinopsis solida (Wade)
Neogastropoda - Volutidae	Liopeplum leioderma, Volutomorpha aspera, Volutomorpha valida Liopeplum leioderma Conrad 1860 volute Liopeplum leioderma (Conrad) Volutomorpha aspera Dall 1907 volute "Volutomorpha" aspera Wade Volutomorpha valida Sohl 1964 volute Volutomorpha valida Sohl
Neogastropoda - Muricidae	Sargana stantoni, Ecphora proquadricostata Sargana stantoni Weller 1907 murex snail Sargana stantoni (Weller) Ecphora proquadricostata Wade 1917 murex snail Ecphora proquadricostata Wade
Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae	"Xenophora leprosa" = Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa "Xenophora leprosa" = Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa Morton 1834 carrier shell Xenophora leprosa (Morton)
Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae	Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus, "Pugnellus (Gymnarus) abnormalis" = Bizarrus abnormalis, Anchura abrupta, Graciliala calcaris, "Arrhoges (Latiala) lobata" = Latiala lobata, Pterocerella sp. Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus snail Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus Conrad "Pugnellus (Gymnarus) abnormalis" = Bizarrus abnormalis Wade 1926 snail Pugnellus (Gymnarus) abnormalis Wade Anchura abrupta snail Anchura abrupta Conrad Graciliala calcaris snail Graciliala calcaris (Wade) "Arrhoges (Latiala) lobata" = Latiala lobata Wade 1926 snail Arrhoges (Latiala) lobata (Wade) Pterocerella sp. Meek 1864 snail Pterocerella sp. A Sohl 1960
Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae	"Cossmannia tennesseensis" = Anteglosia tennesseensis, Eulima gracilistylis "Cossmannia tennesseensis" = Anteglosia tennesseensis Wade 1926 snail Anteglosia tennesseensis (Wade) Eulima gracilistylis Sohl 1964 snail Eulima gracilistylis Sohl
Euomphalina - Euomphalidae	Weeksia amplificata Weeksia amplificata snail Weeksia amplificata (Wade)
Heterostropha - Architectonicidae	Margaritella pumila, Pseudomalaxis pilsbryi Margaritella pumila snail Margaritella pumila Stephenson Pseudomalaxis pilsbryi snail Pseudomalaxis pilsbryi Harbison
Heterostropha - Acteonidae	Scobinidola guttatus, Goniocylichna bisculpturata, Acteon cicatricosus, Acteon pistilliformis Scobinidola guttatus Sohl 1963 snail Scobinidola guttata Sohl Goniocylichna bisculpturata Wade 1926 snail Goniocylichna bisculpturata Wade Acteon cicatricosus Sohl 1964 snail Acteon cicatricosus Sohl Acteon pistilliformis Sohl 1964 snail Acteon pistilliformis Sohl
Heterostropha - Ringiculidae	Oligoptycha corrugata, "Ringicula pulchella" = Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella Oligoptycha corrugata Sohl 1964 snail Oligoptycha corrugata Sohl "Ringicula pulchella" = Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella Shumard 1861 snail Ringicula pulchella Shumard
Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae	Creonella turretiforma, Creonella triplicata, Creonella subangulata Creonella turretiforma Sohl 1964 snail Creonella turretiforma Sohl Creonella triplicata Wade 1917 snail Creonella triplicata Wade Creonella subangulata Sohl 1964 snail Creonella subangulata Sohl
Heterostropha -	Damesia keownvillensis Damesia keownvillensis snail Damesia keownvillensis Sohl
Heterostropha - Mathildidae	? Acrocoelum cereum, Gegania bella, ? Mathilda (Mathilda) cedarensis ? Acrocoelum cereum snail Acrocoelum? cereum Sohl Gegania bella snail Gegania bella prodiga Sohl ? Mathilda (Mathilda) cedarensis Stephenson 1941 snail Mathilda (Mathilda?) cedarensis Stephenson
Heterostropha - Gordenellidae	Promathilda (Clathrobaculus) parvula Promathilda (Clathrobaculus) parvula Sohl 1960 snail Promathilda (Clathrobaculus) parvila Sohl