Where: Lee County, Mississippi (34.3° N, 88.7° W: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 60.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Globotruncanita elevata foram zone, Coffee Sand Formation (Selma Group), Early/Lower Campanian to Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• Coffee Sand ranges from the Globotruncanita elevata to Globotruncana ventricosa zone according to Mancini et al. (1996).
•about middle of formation
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: USGS 17254 W. H. Monroe 1940; USGS 17809 L. W. Stephenson and W. H. Monroe 1938; USGS 25483 L. W. Stephenson and N. F. Sohl 1955; USGS 26338 N. F. Sohl and H. I. Saunders 1956.
Primary reference: N. F. Sohl. 1964. Gastropods from the coffee Sand (Upper Cretaceous) of Mississippi. USGS Professional Paper 331C:345-394 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 6660: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 12.03.2000
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell Dentalium sp. (ribbed) (Sohl 331C) and Dentalium sp. (smooth) (Sohl 331C)
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"cf. Linearia metastriata" = Linearis, Solyma sp.
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Cucullaea sp., Cucullaea sp. n. sp.
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Nucula sp. n. sp.
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Malletia sp. n. sp.
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cf. Tundora tuberculata, Pterocerella sp., aff. Anchura substriata, ? Arrhoges (Latiala) sp., Graciliala ? johnsoni
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"Lowenstamia funiculus" = Sohliina funiculus, Sargana ? stantoni
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"Seila meeki" = Variseila meeki, Cerithiella sp.
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? Epitoniidae indet., "Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) culmosa" = Acirsa culmosa, "? Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) gravida" = Acirsa gravida
"Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) culmosa" = Acirsa culmosa Sohl 1964 wentletrap Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) culmosa Sohl
"? Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) gravida" = Acirsa gravida Sohl 1964 wentletrap Acirsa (Plesioacirsa?) gravida Sohl
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"cf. Teinostoma clara" = Solariorbis clara
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Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) paucispirilus Sohl 1964 snail Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) paucispirilus Sohl
Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) tuberculosus Sohl 1964 snail Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) tuberculosus Sohl
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"Architectonica (Granosolarium) coffea" = Granosolarium coffea
"Architectonica (Granosolarium) coffea" = Granosolarium coffea Sohl 1964 snail Architectonica (Granosolarium) coffea Sohl
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"Nonacteonina sp." = Nonactaeonina
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