Sohl and Koch OFR # 44 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as NE Ripley; USGS # 6875

Where: Tippah County, Mississippi (34.8° N, 88.9° W: paleocoordinates 38.3° N, 66.1° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Discoscaphites iris ammonoid zone, Owl Creek Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• Haustator bilira assemblage zone

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic, gray, argillaceous, calcareous sandstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Reposited in the USGS

• Stephenson collection

Primary reference: N. F. Sohl and C. F. Koch. 1983. Upper Cretaceous (Maestrichtian) Mollusca from the Haustator bilira Assemblage Zone in the East Gulf Coastal Plain. USGS Open File Report 83-451:1-239 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 4125: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
metazoan indet.
Worm Tubes
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Sphenodiscus sp. Meek 1871 ammonite
Sphenodiscus sp.
Sphenodiscus pleurisepta Conrad 1857 ammonite
Sphenodiscus pleurisepta (Conrad)
 Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Discoscaphites iris Conrad 1858 ammonite
Discoscaphites iris Conrad
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
"Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus" = Eubaculites carinatus
"Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus" = Eubaculites carinatus Morton 1834 ammonite
Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Dentalium sp. (ribbed)
Bivalvia
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
? Thracia sp. Blainville 1824 clam
Thracia ? sp. - originally entered as "Thracia ? sp."
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853 clam
Liopistha protexta Conrad
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) occidentalis Morton clam
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) occidental
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula torta clam
Corbula torta Stephenson
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Linearia metastriata" = Linearis, "Linearia pectinis" = Linearis, Solyma sp.
"Linearia metastriata" = Linearis tellin clam
Linearia metastriata Conrad
"Linearia pectinis" = Linearis tellin clam
Linearia pectinis Stephenson
Solyma sp. Conrad 1870 tellin clam
Solyma ? sp.
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833 clam
Veniella conradi (Morton)
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Aphrodina (Aphrodina) tippana venus clam
Aphrodina (Aphrodina) tippana (Con
Cyclorisma parva venus clam
Cyclorisma parva (Gardner)
Legumen ellipticum venus clam
Legumen ellipticum Conrad
Cyprimeria alta venus clam
Cyprimeria alta Conrad
Cyprimeria depressa venus clam
Cyprimeria depressa Conrad
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 clam
Crassatella vadosa vadosa Morton
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) angulicostata clam
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) ang
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis Gabb 1860 clam
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) euf
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella elegantula Meek and Hayden 1862 clam
Crenella elegantula Meek & Hayden
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Tenuipteria argenteus clam
Tenuiptereus argenteus (Conrad)
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis Stephenson 1941 scallop
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) bubonis (
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton 1833 jingle
Anomia (Anomia) argentaria Morton
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillia sp. n. sp., "Gervillia ensiformis" = Gervilliopsis ensiformis
Gervillia sp. n. sp. Defrance 1820 oyster
Gervillia n. sp. (thin and elongat - originally entered as "Gervillia n. sp."
"Gervillia ensiformis" = Gervilliopsis ensiformis Conrad 1858 oyster
Gervillia ensiformis (Conrad)
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna (Pinna) laqueata Conrad 1858 oyster
Pinna (Pinna) laqueata Conrad
 Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Cubitostrea tecticosta Gabb 1860 oyster
Cubitostrea tecticosta (Gabb)
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea plumosa Morton 1833 oyster
Ostrea plumosa Morton
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Say 1820 oyster
Exogyra costata Say
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis perbrevis clam
Limopsis perbrevis Wade
 Arcida - Arcidae
Striarca sp. Conrad 1862 clam
Striarca sp.
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Postligata wordeni clam
Postligata wordeni Gardner
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
"Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax" = Idonearca capax
"Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax" = Idonearca capax Conrad 1858 clam
Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax Conrad
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula percrassa nut clam
Nucula percrassa Conrad
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
Nuculana sp.
Nuculana whitfieldi pointed nut clam
Nuculana whitfieldi (Gardner)
Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Thylacus cretaceus Conrad 1860 slipper shell
Thylacus cretaceus Conrad
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus snail
Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus Con
Graciliala decemlirata Conrad 1858 snail
Graciliala decemlirata Conrad
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Liopeplum rugosum Stephenson 1955 volute
Liopeplum rugosum Stephenson
 Neogastropoda - Moreidae
Hercorhynchus (Haplovoluta) quadriliratus snail
Hercorhyncus (Haplovoluta) quadril - originally entered as "Hercorhyncus quadriliratus"
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Pyrifusus subdensatus Conrad 1858 snail
Pyrifusus subdensatus Conrad
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira rectilabrum Conrad 1858 moon snail
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Trobus buboanus turret shell
Trobus buboanus Stephenson
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell
Turritella vertebroides Morton
Turritella tippana Conrad 1858 turret shell
Turritella tippana Conrad
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus snail
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) amer
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna diversilirata Sohl 1964 snail
Cylichna diversilirata Sohl
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Oligoptycha sp. Meek 1876 snail
Oligoptycha sp.