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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"Toxochelys weeksi" = Toxochelys latiremis2
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"Plioplatecarpus depressus" = Mosasaurus depressus1, "Mosasaurus maximus" = Mosasaurus hoffmannii1, Prognathodon sp.1
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Anomoeodus sp.1 Forir 1887 | |
Enchodus sp.1 Agassiz 1835 | |
? Saurodon sp.1 Hays 1829 | |
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Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus, Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) argenteus spinosus, Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) argenteus, "Calliomphalus conanti" = Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) conanti, "Calliomphalus decoris" = Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) decoris, "Calliomphalus angustus" = Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) angustus
Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) argenteus spinosus Cossmann 1888 snail Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) argenteus spinosus Sohl
"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
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Cylichna intermissia curta, Cylichna intermissia, Cylichna pessumata, Cylichna incisa, ? Scaphander rarus
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Acteon pistilliformis, Tornatellaea cretacea, Tornatellaea globulosa, Goniocylichna bisculpturata, Cylindrotruncatum demersum, Nonacteonina orientalis
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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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"Promathilda (Clathrobaculus) cretacea" = Promathildia
"Promathilda (Clathrobaculus) cretacea" = Promathildia snail Promathilda (Clathrobaculus) cretacea (Wade)
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Aciculiscala acuta, cf. Belliscala rockensis, Striaticostatum pondi, Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) americana, Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) microstriata
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Anteglosia subornata, "Cossmannia tennesseensis" = Anteglosia tennesseensis, Eulima laevigata, Eulima persimplica, ? Eulima clara
"Cossmannia tennesseensis" = Anteglosia tennesseensis Wade 1926 snail Anteglosia tennesseensis (Wade)
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Laxispira lumbricalis, Turritella macnairyensis, "Haustator trilira" = Turritella trilira, Turritella tippana, Turritella vertebroides
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Eoacteon ellipticus, Eoacteon percultus, Troostella perimpressa, Troostella substriatus, Parietiplicatum conicum
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Euspira rectilabrum, Amaurellina stephensoni, Gyrodes americanus, "Gyrodes spillmani" = Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani, Gyrodes major
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"Teinostoma prenanum" = Teinostoma (Idioraphe) prenanum
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Ornopsis (Pornosis) digressa, Stantonella subnodosa, Buccinopsis solida, Buccinopsis crassa, ? Odontobasis australis, Ptychosyca inornata, Hydrotribulus nodosus
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Pyrifusus subliratus, Pyrifusus ejundicus, ? Deussenia microstriata, Protobusycon cretaceum, Lomirosa cretacea
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Remera stephensoni, Anomalofusus substriatus, Graphidula obscura, Graphidula pergracilis, Graphidula cancellata, ? Euthriofusus convexus, ? Euthriofusus mesozoicus, ? Cryptorhytis nobilis, Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tennesseensis, Woodsella typica, Paleopsephaea pergracilis, Drilluta major, Drilluta communis, Drilluta distans, Bellifusus angulicostatus, Bellifusus curvicostatus, Boltenella excellens, ? Rhombopsis orientalis
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tennesseensis Wade 1926 snail Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tennesseeensis (Wade)
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Remnita anomalocostata, Remnita biacuminata, Amuletum macnairyensis, Amuletum fasciolatum, Beretra speciosa, Beretra gracilis, Fusimilis proxima
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Parvivoluta concinna, Tectaplica simplica, Liopeplum leioderma, Parafusus callilateris, Parafusus coloratus, Longoconcha tennesseensis, Volutomorpha aspera, Volutomorpha mutabilis, Volutomorpha gigantea
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"Pugnellus (Gymnarus) abnormalis" = Bizarrus abnormalis, Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus, Graciliala calcaris, "Arrhoges (Latiala) lobata" = Latiala lobata, Drepanochilus quadriliratus, Anchura convexa, Anchura substriata, Pterocerella poinsettiformis
"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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"Seila meeki" = Variseila meeki
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