Sohl 001 (Cretaceous to of the United States)

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

Reptilia
 Testudines -
"Toxochelys weeksi" = Toxochelys latiremis2
"Toxochelys weeksi" = Toxochelys latiremis2 Cope 1873 turtle
 Squamata - Mosasauridae
"Plioplatecarpus depressus" = Mosasaurus depressus1, "Mosasaurus maximus" = Mosasaurus hoffmannii1, Prognathodon sp.1
"Plioplatecarpus depressus" = Mosasaurus depressus1 Cope 1869 mosasaur
"Mosasaurus maximus" = Mosasaurus hoffmannii1 Mantell 1829 mosasaur
Prognathodon sp.1 Dollo 1889 mosasaur
Actinopteri
 Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Anomoeodus sp.1 Forir 1887
 Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Enchodus sp.1 Agassiz 1835
 Ichthyodectiformes - Saurodontidae
? Saurodon sp.1 Hays 1829
Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Ischyrhiza mira1 Leidy 1856 ray
 Selachii -
Gastropoda
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus snail
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus Wade
Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) argenteus spinosus Cossmann 1888 snail
Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) argenteus spinosus Sohl
Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) argenteus snail
Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) argenteus Wade
"Calliomphalus conanti" = Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) conanti Sohl 1960 snail
Calliomphalus conanti Sohl
"Calliomphalus decoris" = Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) decoris Sohl 1960 snail
Calliomphalus decoris Sohl
"Calliomphalus angustus" = Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) angustus Sohl 1960 snail
Calliomphalus angustus Sohl
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna intermissia curta Lovén 1846 snail
Cylichna intermissia curta Sohl
Cylichna intermissia Sohl 1964 snail
Cylichna intermissia Sohl
Cylichna pessumata Sohl 1964 snail
Cylichna pessumata Sohl
Cylichna incisa Stephenson 1941 snail
Cylichna incisa Stephenson
? Scaphander rarus Wade 1926 snail
Scaphander? rarus Wade
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Pseudomalaxis pilsbryi snail
Pseudomalaxis pilsbryi Harbison
Pseudomalaxis ripleyana snail
Pseudomalaxis ripleyana Wade
Pseudomalaxis sp. Fischer 1850 snail
Pseudomalaxis sp. B Sohl 1960
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Lacrimiforma secunda Wade 1926 snail
Lacrimiforma secunda (Wade)
Creonella subangulata Sohl 1964 snail
Creonella subangulata Sohl
Creonella triplicata Wade 1917 snail
Creonella triplicata Wade
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Acteon pistilliformis Sohl 1964 snail
Acteon pistilliformis Sohl
Tornatellaea cretacea Wade 1926 snail
Tornatellaea cretacea Wade
Tornatellaea globulosa Wade 1926 snail
Tornatellaea globulosa Wade
Goniocylichna bisculpturata Wade 1926 snail
Goniocylichna bisculpturata Wade
Cylindrotruncatum demersum Sohl 1963 snail
Cylindrotruncatum demersum Sohl
Nonacteonina orientalis Wade 1926 snail
Nonacteonina orientalis (Wade)
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Oligoptycha americana Wade 1926 snail
Oligoptycha americana (Wade)
"Ringicula pulchella" = Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella Shumard 1861 snail
Ringicula pulchella Shumard
 Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Mathilda (Mathilda) ripleyana Wade 1926 snail
Mathilda (Mathilda) ripleyana Wade
Gegania parabella snail
Gegania parabella (Wade)
Lemniscolittorina berryi snail
Lemniscolittorina berryi (Wade)
 Heterostropha - Gordenellidae
"Promathilda (Clathrobaculus) cretacea" = Promathildia
"Promathilda (Clathrobaculus) cretacea" = Promathildia snail
Promathilda (Clathrobaculus) cretacea (Wade)
 Ptenoglossa - Vasidae
Lupira variabilis Wade 1926 snail
Lupira variabilis (Wade)
Lupira turbinea Sohl 1964 snail
Lupira turbinea Sohl
 Patellida - Lottiidae
Acmaea galea limpet
Acmaea galea Sohl
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Weeksia amplificata snail
Weeksia amplificata (Wade)
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Aciculiscala acuta Sohl 1963 wentletrap
Aciculiscala acuta Sohl
cf. Belliscala rockensis Stephenson 1941 wentletrap
Belliscala cf. B. rockensis Stephenson
Striaticostatum pondi Stephenson 1941 wentletrap
Striaticostatum pondi (Stephenson)
Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) americana Wade 1926 wentletrap
Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) americana (Wade)
Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) microstriata Wade 1917 wentletrap
Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) microstriata Wade
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
Anteglosia subornata snail
Anteglosia subornata (Wade)
"Cossmannia tennesseensis" = Anteglosia tennesseensis Wade 1926 snail
Anteglosia tennesseensis (Wade)
Eulima laevigata Lea 1843 snail
Eulima laevigata Wade
Eulima persimplica Wade 1926 snail
Eulima persimplica Wade
? Eulima clara Wade 1926 snail
Eulima ?clara Wade
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium nodoliratum Wade 1926 cerith snail
Cerithium nodoliratum Wade
Cerithium weeksi Wade 1926 cerith snail
Cerithium weeksi Wade
Cerithium semirugatum Wade 1926 cerith snail
Cerithium semirugatum Wade
 Cerithioidea - Pickworthiidae
Urceolabrum tuberculatum snail
Urceolabrum tuberculatum Wade
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Laxispira lumbricalis Gabb 1877 turret shell
Laxispira lumbricalis Gabb
Turritella macnairyensis turret shell
Turritella macnairyensis Wade
"Haustator trilira" = Turritella trilira Conrad 1860 turret shell
Turritella trilira Conrad
Turritella tippana Conrad 1858 turret shell
Turritella tippana Conrad
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell
Turritella vertebroides Morton
 Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae
? Melanatria cretacea snail
Melanatria? cretacea Wade
 Sorbeoconcha - Procerithiidae
Nudivagus simplicus Wade 1926 snail
Nudivagus simplicus Wade
 Sorbeoconcha - Acteoninidae
Eoacteon ellipticus Wade 1926 snail
Eoacteon ellipticus (Wade)
Eoacteon percultus Sohl 1964 snail
Eoacteon percultus Sohl
Troostella perimpressa Wade 1926 snail
Troostella perimpressa Wade
Troostella substriatus Wade 1926 snail
Troostella substriatus (Wade)
Parietiplicatum conicum Wade 1926 snail
Parietiplicatum conicum (Wade)
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira rectilabrum Conrad 1858 moon snail
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
Amaurellina stephensoni moon snail
Amaurellina stephensoni (Wade)
Gyrodes americanus moon snail
Gyrodes americanus (Wade)
"Gyrodes spillmani" = Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani Gabb 1861 moon snail
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb
Gyrodes major Wade 1926 moon snail
Gyrodes major Wade
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Turboella costata snail
Turboella costata (Wade)
 Sorbeoconcha - Tornidae
"Teinostoma prenanum" = Teinostoma (Idioraphe) prenanum
"Teinostoma prenanum" = Teinostoma (Idioraphe) prenanum Wade 1926 snail
Teinostoma prenanum Wade
 Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
Trichotropis imperfecta snail
Trichotropis imperfecta Wade
Capulus corrugatus snail
Capulus corrugatus Wade
Capulus monroei snail
Capulus monroei Sohl
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Mitridomus ripleyana Wade 1926 ribbed mitre
Mitridomus ripleyana (Wade)
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Napulus reesidei Sohl 1964 snail
Napulus reesidei Sohl
 Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis perornatus Wade 1926 snail
Pyropsis perornatus (Wade)
Pyropsis spinosus Wade 1926 snail
Pyropsis spinosus (Wade)
Pyropsis proxima Wade 1926 snail
Pyropsis proxima Wade
Pyropsis interstriatus Wade 1926 snail
Pyropsis interstriatus (Wade)
 Neogastropoda - Maturifusidae
Astandes densatus snail
Astandes densatus Wade
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Ornopsis (Pornosis) digressa Wade 1926 true whelk
Ornopsis (Pornosis) digressa (Wade)
Stantonella subnodosa Wade 1926 true whelk
Stantonella subnodosa Wade
Buccinopsis solida Wade 1917 true whelk
Buccinopsis solida (Wade)
Buccinopsis crassa Wade 1917 true whelk
Buccinopsis crassa (Wade)
? Odontobasis australis Wade 1926 true whelk
Odontobasis? australis Wade
Ptychosyca inornata Gabb 1876 true whelk
Ptychosyca inornata Gabb
Hydrotribulus nodosus Wade 1916 true whelk
Hydrotribulus nodosus Wade
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Pyrifusus subliratus Wade 1926 snail
Pyrifusus subliratus Wade
Pyrifusus ejundicus Sohl 1964 snail
Pyrifusus ejundicus Sohl
? Deussenia microstriata Wade 1926 snail
Deussenia ? microstriata (Wade)
Protobusycon cretaceum Wade 1917 snail
Protobusycon cretaceum (Wade)
Lomirosa cretacea Wade snail
Lomirosa cretacea (Wade)
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Remera stephensoni Harbison 1945 snail
Remera stephensoni Harbison
Anomalofusus substriatus Wade 1916 snail
Anomalofusus substriatus Wade
Graphidula obscura Wade 1926 snail
Graphidula obscura (Wade)
Graphidula pergracilis Wade 1926 snail
Graphidula pergracilis Wade
Graphidula cancellata Wade 1926 snail
Graphidula cancellata (Wade)
? Euthriofusus convexus Wade 1926 snail
Euthriofusus? convexus (Wade)
? Euthriofusus mesozoicus Wade 1917 snail
Euthriofusus? mesozoicus (Wade)
? Cryptorhytis nobilis Wade 1926 snail
Cryptorhytis? nobilis Wade
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tennesseensis Wade 1926 snail
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tennesseeensis (Wade)
Woodsella typica Wade 1926 snail
Woodsella typica Wade
Paleopsephaea pergracilis Wade 1926 snail
Paleopsephaea pergracilis Wade
Drilluta major Wade 1916 snail
Drilluta major Wade
Drilluta communis Wade 1916 snail
Drilluta communis Wade
Drilluta distans Conrad 1860 snail
Drilluta distans (Conrad)
Bellifusus angulicostatus Sohl 1964 snail
Bellifusus angulicostatus Sohl
Bellifusus curvicostatus Wade 1926 snail
Bellifusus curvicostatus (Wade)
Boltenella excellens Wade 1917 snail
Boltenella excellens Wade
? Rhombopsis orientalis Wade 1926 snail
Rhombopsis ? orientalis Wade
 Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete gardnerae Wade snail
Paladmete gardnerae (Wade)
Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858 snail
Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad)
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Caveola acuta Wade 1926 snail
Caveola acuta (Wade)
Mataxa elegans Wade 1916 snail
Mataxa elegans Wade
? Cancellaria macnairyensis Sohl 1964 snail
Cancellaria? macnairyensis Sohl
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Remnita anomalocostata Wade 1926 turrid
Remnita anomaloco stata (Wade)
Remnita biacuminata Wade 1926 turrid
Remnita biacuminata (Wade)
Amuletum macnairyensis turrid
Amuletum macnairyensis (Wade)
Amuletum fasciolatum Wade 1926 turrid
Amuletum fasciolatum (Wade)
Beretra speciosa Sohl 1964 turrid
Beretra speciosa Sohl
Beretra gracilis Wade 1926 turrid
Beretra gracilis (Wade)
Fusimilis proxima Wade 1926 turrid
Fusimilis proxima (Wade)
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
? Cryptoconus macnairyensis Wade 1917 cone shell
Cryptoconus? macnairyensis (Wade)
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Parvivoluta concinna Wade 1926 volute
Parvivoluta concinna Wade
Tectaplica simplica Wade 1916 volute
Tectaplica simplica Wade
Liopeplum leioderma Conrad 1860 volute
Liopeplum leioderma (Conrad)
Parafusus callilateris Wade 1917 volute
Parafus callilateris Wade
Parafusus coloratus Wade 1917 volute
Parafus coloratus Wade
Longoconcha tennesseensis Wade 1926 volute
Longoconcha tennesseensis (Wade)
Volutomorpha aspera Dall 1907 volute
"Volutomorpha" aspera Wade
Volutomorpha mutabilis Wade 1926 volute
Volutomorpha mutabilis Wade
Volutomorpha gigantea Wade 1926 volute
Volutomorpha gigantea Wade
 Neogastropoda -
Fulgerca attenuata Wade 1926 snail
Fulgerca attenuata (Wade)
 Neogastropoda - Pholidotomidae
Morea corsicanensis Stephenson 1941 snail
Morea corsicanensis coonensis Sohl
Morea marylandica Gardner 1916 snail
Morea marylandica Gardner
Paramorea lirata Wade 1917 snail
Paramorea lirata Wade
Schizobasis immersa Wade 1926 snail
Schizobasis immersa Wade
Schizobasis depressa Wade 1916 snail
Schizobasis depressa Wade
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Lowenstamia liratus" = Sohliina liratus Wade 1926 murex snail
Lowenstamia liratus (Wade)
Ecphora proquadricostata Wade 1917 murex snail
Ecphora proquadricostata Wade
Sargana stantoni Weller 1907 murex snail
Sargana stantoni (Weller)
 Neogastropoda - Coralliophilidae
Latiaxis serratus Wade 1916 snail
Latiaxis serratus Wade
 Sorbeoconcha - Colombellinidae
? Colombellina americana snail
Colombellina? americana Wade
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
"Pugnellus (Gymnarus) abnormalis" = Bizarrus abnormalis Wade 1926 snail
Pugnellus (Gymnarus) abnormalis Wade
Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus snail
Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus Conrad
Graciliala calcaris snail
Graciliala calcaris (Wade)
"Arrhoges (Latiala) lobata" = Latiala lobata Wade 1926 snail
Arrhoges (Latiala) lobata (Wade)
Drepanochilus quadriliratus snail
Drepanochilus quadriliratus (Wade)
Anchura convexa snail
Anchura convexa Wade
Anchura substriata Wade 1926 snail
Anchura substriata Wade
Pterocerella poinsettiformis Stephenson 1941 snail
Pterocerella poinsettiformis Stephenson
 Sorbeoconcha -
Tintorium pagodiforme snail
Tintorium pagodiforme Sohl
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
? Charonia univaricosum triton
Charonia? univaricosum (Wade)
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
"Xenophora leprosa" = Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa
"Xenophora leprosa" = Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa Morton 1834 carrier shell
Xenophora leprosa (Morton)
 Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae
Seila quadrilirata snail
Seila quadrilirata (Wade)
 Sorbeoconcha - Triforidae
"Seila meeki" = Variseila meeki
"Seila meeki" = Variseila meeki Wade 1926 snail
Seila meeki (Wade)
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Ampullina potens snail
"Ampullella" potens Wade
Ampullina umbilica snail
Ampullella umbilica (Wade)
"Pseudamaura lirata" = Ampullina (Pseudamaura) snail
Pseudomaura lirata (Wade)
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Thylacus cretaceus Conrad 1860 slipper shell
Thylacus cretaceus Conrad