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
Euomphalina - Euomphalidae	Weeksia amplificata Weeksia amplificata snail Weeksia amplificata (Wade)
Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae	Aciculiscala acuta Aciculiscala acuta Sohl 1963 wentletrap Aciculiscala acuta Sohl
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
Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae	? Crucibulum sp. ? Crucibulum sp. Schumacher 1817 slipper shell Crucibulum? sp.
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 - Pickworthiidae	Urceolabrum tuberculatum callistum Urceolabrum tuberculatum callistum Wade 1916 snail Urceolabrum tuberculatum callistum Harbison
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	Gyrodes supraplicatus, Euspira rectilabrum, Amaurellina stephensoni Gyrodes supraplicatus Conrad 1858 moon snail Gyrodes supraplicatus (Conrad) Euspira rectilabrum Conrad 1858 moon snail Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad) Amaurellina stephensoni moon snail Amaurellina stephensoni (Wade)
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)
Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae	Alvania tallahatchiensis, Turboella crebricostata Alvania tallahatchiensis snail Turboella tallahatchiensis Sohl Turboella crebricostata snail Turboella crebricostata Sohl
Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae	Paladmete cancellaria, Paladmete gardnerae Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858 snail Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad) Paladmete gardnerae Wade snail Paladmete gardnerae pygmaea Sohl
Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae	Remera stephensoni, Anomalofusus subnodosus, Graphidula melanopsis Remera stephensoni Harbison 1945 snail Remera stephensoni Harbison Anomalofusus subnodosus Sohl 1964 snail Anomalofusus subnodosus Sohl Graphidula melanopsis Conrad 1860 snail Graphidula melanopsis (Conrad)
Neogastropoda - Buccinidae	Buccinopsis solida, Stantonella ripleyana Buccinopsis solida Wade 1917 true whelk Buccinopsis solida (Wade) Stantonella ripleyana Conrad 1860 true whelk Stantonella ripleyana (Conrad)
Neogastropoda - Melongenidae	Deussenia ripleyana Deussenia ripleyana Harbison 1945 snail Deussenia ripleyana Harbison
Neogastropoda - Volutidae	Volutomorpha aspera, Volutomorpha valida, Liopeplum leioderma Volutomorpha aspera Dall 1907 volute "Volutomorpha" aspera Wade Volutomorpha valida Sohl 1964 volute Volutomorpha valida Sohl Liopeplum leioderma Conrad 1860 volute Liopeplum leioderma (Conrad)
Neogastropoda - Muricidae	Ecphora proquadricostata, Sargana stantoni Ecphora proquadricostata Wade 1917 murex snail Ecphora proquadricostata Wade Sargana stantoni Weller 1907 murex snail Sargana stantoni (Weller)
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 - Pyropsidae	Pyropsis sp. Pyropsis sp. Conrad 1860 snail Pyropsis sp. B Sohl 1960
Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae	"Pugnellus (Gymnarus) abnormalis" = Bizarrus abnormalis, Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus, Anchura abrupta, Pterocerella sp., "Arrhoges (Latiala) lobata" = Latiala lobata, Graciliala calcaris "Pugnellus (Gymnarus) abnormalis" = Bizarrus abnormalis Wade 1926 snail Pugnellus (Gymnarus) abnormalis Wade Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus snail Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus Conrad Anchura abrupta snail Anchura abrupta Conrad Pterocerella sp. Meek 1864 snail Pterocerella sp. A Sohl 1960 "Arrhoges (Latiala) lobata" = Latiala lobata Wade 1926 snail Arrhoges (Latiala) lobata (Wade) Graciliala calcaris snail Graciliala calcaris (Wade)
Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae	"Xenophora leprosa" = Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa "Xenophora leprosa" = Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa Morton 1834 carrier shell Xenophora leprosa (Morton)
Heterostropha - Gordenellidae	Promathilda (Clathrobaculus) parvula Promathilda (Clathrobaculus) parvula Sohl 1960 snail Promathilda (Clathrobaculus) parvila Sohl
Heterostropha - Mathildidae	Gegania bella, ? Acrocoelum cereum, ? Mathilda (Mathilda) cedarensis Gegania bella snail Gegania bella prodiga Sohl ? Acrocoelum cereum snail Acrocoelum? cereum Sohl ? Mathilda (Mathilda) cedarensis Stephenson 1941 snail Mathilda (Mathilda?) cedarensis Stephenson
Heterostropha -	Damesia keownvillensis Damesia keownvillensis snail Damesia keownvillensis Sohl
Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae	Creonella triplicata, Creonella subangulata, Creonella turretiforma Creonella triplicata Wade 1917 snail Creonella triplicata Wade Creonella subangulata Sohl 1964 snail Creonella subangulata Sohl Creonella turretiforma Sohl 1964 snail Creonella turretiforma Sohl
Heterostropha - Architectonicidae	Pseudomalaxis pilsbryi, Margaritella pumila Pseudomalaxis pilsbryi snail Pseudomalaxis pilsbryi Harbison Margaritella pumila snail Margaritella pumila Stephenson
Heterostropha - Acteonidae	Acteon cicatricosus, Acteon pistilliformis, Goniocylichna bisculpturata, Scobinidola guttatus Acteon cicatricosus Sohl 1964 snail Acteon cicatricosus Sohl Acteon pistilliformis Sohl 1964 snail Acteon pistilliformis Sohl Goniocylichna bisculpturata Wade 1926 snail Goniocylichna bisculpturata Wade Scobinidola guttatus Sohl 1963 snail Scobinidola guttata 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
Opisthobranchia - Retusidae	Cylichnina (Moniloretusa) spinosa Cylichnina (Moniloretusa) spinosa Sohl 1963 snail Sulcoretusa (Moniloretusa) spinosa Sohl
Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae	Ellipsoscapha sp. Ellipsoscapha sp. Stephenson 1941 snail Ellipsoscapha sp.
Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae	Cylichna incisa, Cylichna secalina, Cylichna intermissia Cylichna incisa Stephenson 1941 snail Cylichna incisa Stephenson Cylichna secalina Shumard 1861 snail Cylichna secalina Shumard Cylichna intermissia Sohl 1964 snail Cylichna intermissia Sohl
Opisthobranchia - Bullidae	Bullopsis demersus Bullopsis demersus Sohl 1964 snail Bullopsis demersus Sohl