Sohl 006 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Roadcut on NE-facing slope of Hall Creek, a tributary of the Tallahatchie River, 2.9 miles (airline) SW of Dumas, Tippah Co., MS

Where: Tippah County, Mississippi (34.7° N, 89.0° W: paleocoordinates 38.3° N, 66.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nostoceras alternatum ammonoid zone, Coon Creek Tongue Member (Ripley Formation), Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• Ammonoid zone from Cobban 1974 and Cobban and Kennedy 1995.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: N.F. Sohl 1950-2

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 7590: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 18.07.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna incisa Stephenson 1941 snail
Cylichna incisa Stephenson
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Oligoptycha corrugata Sohl 1964 snail
Oligoptycha corrugata Sohl
"Ringicula pulchella" = Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella Shumard 1861 snail
Ringicula pulchella Shumard
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Acteon pistilliformis Sohl 1964 snail
Acteon pistilliformis Sohl
Goniocylichna bisculpturata Wade 1926 snail
Goniocylichna bisculpturata Wade
Zikkuratia tabanneensis Sohl 1963 snail
Zikkuratia tabanneensis Sohl
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Pseudomalaxis pilsbryi snail
Pseudomalaxis pilsbryi Harbison
Pseudomalaxis sp. Fischer 1850 snail
Pseudomalaxis sp. B Sohl 1960
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Creonella subangulata Sohl 1964 snail
Creonella subangulata Sohl
 Heterostropha -
Damesia keownvillensis snail
Damesia keownvillensis Sohl
 Heterostropha - Gordenellidae
Promathilda (Clathrobaculus) parvula Sohl 1960 snail
Promathilda (Clathrobaculus) parvila Sohl
 Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Gegania bella snail
Gegania bella prodiga Sohl
Mathilda unionensis snail
Mathilda unionensis Sohl
? Mathilda (Mathilda) cedarensis Stephenson 1941 snail
Mathilda (Mathilda?) cedarensis Stephenson
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Alvania tallahatchiensis snail
Turboella tallahatchiensis Sohl
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Drepanochilus triliratus snail
Drepanochilus triliratus Stephenson
Pterocerella sp. Meek 1864 snail
Pterocerella sp. A Sohl 1960
Anchura abrupta snail
Anchura abrupta Conrad
Graciliala calcaris snail
Graciliala calcaris (Wade)
Pugnellus goldmani snail
Pugnellus goldmani Gardner
Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus snail
Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus Conrad
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Napulus fragilis Sohl 1964 snail
Napulus fragilis Sohl
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Sargana stantoni Weller 1907 murex snail
Sargana stantoni (Weller)
Ecphora proquadricostata Wade 1917 murex snail
Ecphora proquadricostata Wade
"Lowenstamia liratus" = Sohliina liratus Wade 1926 murex snail
Lowenstamia liratus (Wade)
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutomorpha valida Sohl 1964 volute
Volutomorpha valida Sohl
Volutomorpha producta Sohl 1964 volute
Volutomorpha producta Sohl
Volutomorpha dumasensis Dall 1907 volute
Volutomorpha dumasensis Dall
Longoconcha quadrilirata Sohl 1964 volute
Longoconcha quadrilirata Sohl
Liopeplum leioderma Conrad 1860 volute
Liopeplum leioderma (Conrad)
 Neogastropoda -
Fulgerca ? attenuata Wade 1926 snail
Fulgerca attenuata (Wade)?
 Neogastropoda - Pholidotomidae
Morea marylandica Gardner 1916 snail
Morea marylandica Gardner
Morea corsicanensis Stephenson 1941 snail
Morea corsicanensis Stephenson
 Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete gardnerae Wade snail
Paladmete gardnerae pygmaea Sohl
Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858 snail
Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad)
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Caveola acuta Wade 1926 snail
Caveola acuta speciosa Sohl
Plesiotriton cretaceus snail
Plesiotriton cretaceus Sohl
Mataxa elegans Wade 1916 snail
Mataxa elegans Wade
 Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis cornutus Sohl 1964 snail
Pyropsis cornutus Sohl
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Fusimilis kummeli Sohl 1964 turrid
Fusimilis kummeli Sohl
Amuletum (Lutema) sp. Stephenson 1941 turrid
Amuletum (Lutema) sp.
Amuletum wadei turrid
Amuletum wadei Sohl
Amuletum dumasensis Sohl 1964 turrid
Amuletum dumasensis Sohl
Beretra gracilis Wade 1926 turrid
Beretra gracilis (Wade)
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Deussenia ripleyana Harbison 1945 snail
Deussenia ripleyana Harbison
Pyrifusus subdensatus Conrad 1858 snail
Pyrifusus subdensatus Conrad
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinopsis solida Wade 1917 true whelk
Buccinopsis solida (Wade)
Buccinopsis dorothiella Sohl 1964 true whelk
Buccinopsis dorothiella Sohl
Stantonella ripleyana Conrad 1860 true whelk
Stantonella ripleyana (Conrad)
Ornopsis (Pornosis) modica Sohl 1964 true whelk
Ornopsis (Pornosis) modica Sohl
Ornopsis (Pornosis) digressa Wade 1926 true whelk
Ornopsis (Pornosis) digressa (Wade)
Aliofusus stamineus Sohl 1964 true whelk
Aliofusus stamineus Sohl
Ptychosyca inornata Gabb 1876 true whelk
Ptychosyca inornata Gabb
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Paleopsephaea mutabilis Wade 1926 snail
Paleopsephaea mutabilis Wade
Drilluta sp. Wade 1916 snail
Drilluta sp.
Drilluta distans Conrad 1860 snail
Drilluta distans (Conrad)
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tippanus Conrad 1860 snail
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tippanus Conrad
Bellifusus curvicostatus Wade 1926 snail
Bellifusus curvicostatus (Wade)
Anomalofusus subnodosus Sohl 1964 snail
Anomalofusus subnodosus Sohl
Remera stephensoni Harbison 1945 snail
Remera stephensoni Harbison
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Paleofusimitra elongata Sohl 1963 mitre shell
Paleofusimitra elongata Sohl
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Gyrodes americanus moon snail
Gyrodes americanus (Wade)
"Gyrodes spillmani" = Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani Gabb 1861 moon snail
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb
Gyrodes supraplicatus Conrad 1858 moon snail
Gyrodes supraplicatus (Conrad)
Euspira rectilabrum Conrad 1858 moon snail
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
cf. Belliscala rockensis Stephenson 1941 wentletrap
Belliscala cf. B. rockensis Stephenson
Striaticostatum bexarense Stephenson 1941 wentletrap
Striaticostatum bexarense (Stephenson)
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
"Cossmannia tennesseensis" = Anteglosia tennesseensis Wade 1926 snail
Anteglosia tennesseensis (Wade)
Eulima laevigata Lea 1843 snail
Eulima laevigata Wade
Eulima gracilistylis Sohl 1964 snail
Eulima gracilistylis Sohl
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Trobus corona turret shell
Trobus corona (Conrad)
Laxispira lumbricalis Gabb 1877 turret shell
Laxispira lumbricalis Gabb
Turritella howelli turret shell
Turritella howelli Harbison
"Haustator trilira" = Turritella trilira Conrad 1860 turret shell
Turritella trilira Conrad
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell
Turritella vertebroides Morton
 Cerithioidea - Pickworthiidae
Urceolabrum tuberculatum snail
Urceolabrum tuberculatum callistum Harbison
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium nodoliratum Wade 1926 cerith snail
Cerithium nodoliratum Wade
 Trochoidea - Skeneidae
"Teinostoma clara" = Solariorbis clara
"Teinostoma clara" = Solariorbis clara Sohl 1960 snail
Teinostoma clara Sohl
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus snail
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus Wade
 Ptenoglossa - Vasidae
Lupira turbinea Sohl 1964 snail
Lupira turbinea Sohl
Lupira pyriformis Stephenson 1941 snail
Lupira pyriformis Stephenson