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
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"Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus" = Eubaculites carinatus
"Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus" = Eubaculites carinatus Morton 1834 ammonite Baculites (Eubaculites) carinatus
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Aphrodina (Aphrodina) tippana, Cyclorisma parva, Legumen ellipticum, Cyprimeria alta, Cyprimeria depressa
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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."
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"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
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"Cucullaea (Idonearca) capax" = Idonearca capax
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Hercorhynchus (Haplovoluta) quadriliratus snail Hercorhyncus (Haplovoluta) quadril - originally entered as "Hercorhyncus quadriliratus"
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