Dave Weeks place, Coon Creek (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: McNairy County, Tennessee (35.3° N, 88.4° W: paleocoordinates 38.1° N, 59.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Exogyra costata inoceramid zone, Coon Creek Tongue Member (Ripley Formation), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• At the base of the formation, Exogyra costata zone. The presence of Cirroceras conradi, Hoploscaphites (Jeletzkytes) reesidei, Solenoceras reesidei, S. texanum, and Nostoceras (Nostoceras) hyatti more places the age of the Coon Creek Tongue at the type locality in the equivalent age of the Baculites reesidei through B. jenseni Zones of the Western Interior, or upper Late Campanian, 72-71.5 million years ago (Cobban, et al., 2006)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone

• agitated water, near-shore or intertidal
• dark bluish-green and gray clayey sands, with glauconite

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. Wade. 1926. The fauna of the Ripley formation on Coon creek, Tennessee. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 137:1-272 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88357: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.04.2009, edited by Austin Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Hemiaster sp. Agassiz and Desor 1847 heart urchin
"Hemiaster lacunosus" = Hemiaster wetherbyi de Loriol 1887 heart urchin
Hemiaster stella Morton 1830 heart urchin
Hemiaster ungula Morton 1833 heart urchin
Asteroidea
 Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Metopaster tennesseensis n. sp. sea star
Mammalia
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Mammalia americana n. sp. mammal
[entered as Mammila americana]
Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula pervermiformis n. sp. Wade 1926
Serpula adnata n. sp. Wade 1926
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae
"Membraniporina crassimargo n. sp." = Membranipora
"Membraniporina crassimargo n. sp." = Membranipora
 Cheilostomata - Electridae
 Cheilostomata - Calloporidae
 Cheilostomata - Cribrilinidae
 Cheilostomata - Microporidae
 Cheilostomata - Lepraliellidae
Stenolaemata
 Cyclostomata - Cerioporidae
 Cyclostomata - Heteroporidae
 Cyclostomata - Diastoporidae
 Cyclostomata - Crisinidae
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula microconcentrica n. sp. nut clam
Nucula amica Gardner 1916 nut clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Leda australis n. sp." = Nuculana, Leda whitfieldi
"Leda australis n. sp." = Nuculana pointed nut clam
Leda whitfieldi Gardner 1916 pointed nut clam
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis meeki n. sp. clam
Limopsis perbrevis n. sp. clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon eufaulensis clam
[entered as Nemodon eufaulensis]
Nemodon grandis n. sp. Wade 1926 clam
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris microsulci n. sp. Wade 1926 clam
Postligata crenata n. sp. clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arca pergracilis n. sp. ark
Arca mcnairyensis n. sp. Wade 1926 ark
Barbatia fractura n. sp. clam
Barbatia cochlearis n. sp. clam
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
"Pecten quinquecostatus" = Neithea (Neitheops) quinquecostata
"Pecten quinquecostatus" = Neithea (Neitheops) quinquecostata Sowerby 1814 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten argillensis Conrad 1860 scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia perlineata n. sp. jingle
Anomia argentaria Morton 1833 jingle
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima woodsi n. sp., "Lima reticulata" = Pseudolimea reticulata
Lima woodsi n. sp. Suter 1921 file clam
"Lima reticulata" = Pseudolimea reticulata Forbes 1845 file clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Gryphaea vesicularis" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster
"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Say 1820 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea plumosa Morton 1833 oyster
Ostrea penegemmea n. sp. oyster
Ostrea mcnairyensis n. sp. oyster
 Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
"Ostrea falcata" = Agerostrea falcata, "Ostrea tecticosta" = Cubitostrea tecticosta
"Ostrea falcata" = Agerostrea falcata Morton 1827 oyster
"Ostrea tecticosta" = Cubitostrea tecticosta Gabb 1860 oyster
 Ostreida - Malleidae
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria petrosa pearl oyster
Pteria percompressa n. sp. pearl oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervilliopsis ensiformis Conrad 1858 oyster
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
"Inoceramus sagensis" = Inoceramus (Cataceramus) sagensis Owen 1852 clam
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella elegantula Meek and Hayden 1862 clam
Crenella serica Conrad 1860 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Inoperna carolinensis" = Modiolus (Inoperna) carolinensis Conrad 1875 mussel
Lithophaga conchafodentis Gardner 1916 mussel
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
"Trigonia thoracica" = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) thoracica Morton 1834 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
"Panope desica" = Panopea
"Panope desica" = Panopea clam
 Solenida - Pharidae
Leptosolen biplicata Conrad 1858 clam
 Pandorida - Clavagellidae
Clavagella armata Morton 1833 clam
 Pandorida - Laternulidae
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Thraciida - Periplomatidae
 Cardiida - Glossidae
 Cardiida - Mactridae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyprimeria alta venus clam
Cyclina magna n. sp. venus clam
Meretrix cretacea venus clam
Aphrodina tippana venus clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
"Cyprina incerta n. sp." = Arctica clam
Veniella conradi Morton 1833 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia parahillana n. sp., "Cardium stantoni n. sp." = Protocardia stantoni, Cardium kuemmeli, "Cardium tenuistriatum" = Granocardium tenuistriatum, Cardium dumosum
"Cardium stantoni n. sp." = Protocardia stantoni Wade 1926 cockle
"Cardium tenuistriatum" = Granocardium tenuistriatum Whitfield 1885 cockle
Cardium dumosum Conrad 1870 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Liothyris carolinensis, "Linearia metastriata" = Linearis, "Linearia ornatissima" = Linearis, Tellinimera eborea, "Periplomya elliptica" = Solyma elliptica, Aenona eufalensis, Tellina multiconcentrica n. sp.
Liothyris carolinensis Conrad 1875 tellin clam
"Linearia metastriata" = Linearis tellin clam
"Linearia ornatissima" = Linearis tellin clam
Tellinimera eborea tellin clam
"Periplomya elliptica" = Solyma elliptica Gabb 1861 tellin clam
Aenona eufalensis tellin clam
Tellina multiconcentrica n. sp. tellin clam
 Cardiida - Icanotiidae
Icanotia pulchra n. sp. clam
 Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
 Hippuritida - Ichthyosarcolitidae
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredo rectus n. sp. clam
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
Martesia truncata n. sp. clam
Martesia procurva n. sp. clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula williardi n. sp. clam
Corbulamella suffalciata n. sp. Wade 1926 clam
Corbula paracrassa n. sp. Wade 1926 clam
Corbula crassiplica Gabb 1860 clam
Corbula monmouthensis Gardner 1916 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina ripleyana n. sp. clam
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Vetericardia subangulata n. sp." = Pseudocardia, "Vetericardia gregaria" = Pseudocardia, "Vetericardia subcircula n. sp." = Pseudocardia
"Vetericardia subangulata n. sp." = Pseudocardia clam
"Vetericardia gregaria" = Pseudocardia clam
"Vetericardia subcircula n. sp." = Pseudocardia clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
"Crassatellites vadosus" = Crassatella vadosa, "Crassatellites linteus" = Crassatella vadosa, Scambula perplana
"Crassatellites vadosus" = Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 clam
"Crassatellites linteus" = Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 clam
Scambula perplana Conrad 1869 clam
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus obnutus tusk shell
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium intercalatum n. sp. tusk shell
Dentalium inornatum n. sp. tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Basommatophora - Siphonariidae
"Anisomyon wieseri n. sp." = Siphonaria wieseri
"Anisomyon wieseri n. sp." = Siphonaria wieseri Wade 1926 pulmonate
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Acirsa corrugata wentletrap
"Proscala americana n. sp." = Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) americana Wade 1926 wentletrap
Acirsa microstriata Wade 1917 wentletrap
"Scala sillimani" = Epitonium (Scala) wentletrap
 Sorbeoconcha - Acteoninidae
Troostella perimpressa n. gen. n. sp., Acteonina orientalis n. sp., Acteonina parva n. sp., "Acteon linteus" = Eoacteon linteus
Troostella perimpressa n. gen. n. sp. Wade 1926 snail
Acteonina orientalis n. sp. snail
Acteonina parva n. sp. snail
"Acteon linteus" = Eoacteon linteus Conrad 1858 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Procerithiidae
Nudivagus simplicus Wade 1926 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
Capulus corrugatus n. sp. snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices umbilica n. sp. moon snail
Polinices stephensoni n. sp. moon snail
Polinices (Euspira) halli Gabb 1860 moon snail
Amauropsis lirata n. sp. moon snail
Gyrodes alveata moon snail
Gyrodes crenata moon snail
Gyrodes major n. sp. Wade 1926 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae
Cerithiopsis meeki n. sp. Wade 1916 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tornidae
"Teinostoma prenanum n. sp." = Teinostoma (Idioraphe) prenanum
"Teinostoma prenanum n. sp." = Teinostoma (Idioraphe) prenanum Wade 1926 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Rissoina fragilis n. sp. snail
Rissoina subornata n. sp. snail
Rissoina tennesseensis n. sp. Wade 1926 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
Littorina berryi n. sp. periwinkle
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Anomalofusus substriatus Wade 1916 snail
Falsifusus convexus n. sp. snail
Rhombopsis orientalis n. sp. Wade 1926 snail
Drilluta dimurorum n. sp. snail
Drilluta major Wade 1916 snail
Drilluta distans Conrad 1860 snail
Drilluta communis Wade 1916 snail
Boltenella excellens Wade 1917 snail
Cryptorhytis torta n. sp. snail
Cryptorhytis nobilis n. sp. Wade 1926 snail
? Fasciolaria ripleyana n. sp. tulip snail
Paleopsephaea mutabilis n. gen. n. sp. Wade 1926 snail
Paleopsephaea pergracilis n. sp. Wade 1926 snail
Woodsella typica n. gen. n. sp. Wade 1926 snail
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Pyrifusus subliratus n. sp. Wade 1926 snail
Pyrifusus subdensatus Conrad 1858 snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Stantonella subnodosa n. gen. n. sp., Hydrotribulus nodosus, Odontobasis australis n. sp., "Ornopsis digressa n. sp." = Ornopsis (Pornosis) digressa, "Seminola crassa" = Buccinopsis, "Seminola solida" = Buccinopsis
Stantonella subnodosa n. gen. n. sp. Wade 1926 true whelk
Hydrotribulus nodosus Wade 1916 true whelk
Odontobasis australis n. sp. Wade 1926 true whelk
"Ornopsis digressa n. sp." = Ornopsis (Pornosis) digressa Wade 1926 true whelk
"Seminola crassa" = Buccinopsis true whelk
"Seminola solida" = Buccinopsis true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Parafusus coloratus Wade 1917 volute
Parafusus callilateris Wade 1917 volute
Tectaplica simplica Wade 1916 volute
Parvivoluta concinna n. gen. n. sp. Wade 1926 volute
Liopeplum carinatum n. sp. volute
Liopeplum canalis Conrad 1858 volute
Volutomorpha mutabilis n. sp. Wade 1926 volute
Volutomorpha gigantea n. sp. Wade 1926 volute
Volutomorpha aspera Dall 1907 volute
Volutoderma appressa n. sp. volute
 Neogastropoda - Pholidotomidae
Paramorea lirata Wade 1917 snail
Schizobasis immersa n. sp. Wade 1926 snail
Schizobasis depressa Wade 1916 snail
Morea marylandica Gardner 1916 snail
Morea cancellaria Conrad 1860 snail
 Neogastropoda -
"? Pseudoliva attenuata n. sp." = Fulgerca attenuata
"? Pseudoliva attenuata n. sp." = Fulgerca attenuata Wade 1926 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Hippocampoides liratus n. sp." = Sohliina liratus, Sargana stantoni, Ecphora proquadricostata
"Hippocampoides liratus n. sp." = Sohliina liratus Wade 1926 murex snail
Sargana stantoni Weller 1907 murex snail
Ecphora proquadricostata Wade 1917 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis proxima n. sp. Wade 1926 snail
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turris proxima n. sp. turrid
Turris constricta n. sp. turrid
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mesorhytis obscura n. sp. mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
"Xancus major n. sp." = Turbinella, "Xancus variabilis n. sp." = Turbinella
"Xancus major n. sp." = Turbinella snail
"Xancus variabilis n. sp." = Turbinella snail
 Neogastropoda - Ptychatractidae
Exilia ripleyana n. sp. Wade 1926 snail
 Neogastropoda -
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Mataxa elegans Wade 1916 snail
Cancellaria acuta n. sp. snail
 Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete densata n. sp. snail
Paladmete gardnerae n. sp. Wade snail
Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858 snail
 Neogastropoda - Maturifusidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
"Anchura lobata n. sp." = Latiala lobata Wade 1926 snail
Anchura convexa n. sp. snail
Anchura substriata n. sp. Wade 1926 snail
"Pugnellus abnormalis n. sp." = Bizarrus abnormalis Wade 1926 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Colombellinidae
"Columbellina americana n. sp." = Colombellina
"Columbellina americana n. sp." = Colombellina snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
"Tritonium univaricosum n. sp." = Charonia
"Tritonium univaricosum n. sp." = Charonia triton
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
"Xenophora leprosa" = Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa
"Xenophora leprosa" = Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa Morton 1834 carrier shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
Eulima impressa n. sp. snail
Eulima clara n. sp. Wade 1926 snail
Eulima laevigata n. sp. Lea 1843 snail
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Ampullina potens n. sp. snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella mcnairyensis n. sp. turret shell
Turritella trilira Conrad 1860 turret shell
Turritella tippana Conrad 1858 turret shell
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell
Laxispira lumbricalis Gabb 1877 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium percostatum n. sp. cerith snail
Cerithium weeksi n. sp. Wade 1926 cerith snail
Cerithium nodoliratum n. sp. Wade 1926 cerith snail
Cerithium semirugatum n. sp. Wade 1926 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae
Melanatria cretacea n. sp. snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Thylacus cretaceus Conrad 1860 slipper shell
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Scaphander rarus n. sp. Wade 1926 snail
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Goniocylichna bisculpturata n. gen. n. sp. Wade 1926 snail
Tornatellaea cretacea n. sp. Wade 1926 snail
Tornatellaea globulosa n. sp. Wade 1926 snail
Acteon substriatus n. sp. snail
Acteon conicus n. sp. snail
Acteon ellipticus n. sp. snail
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Cinulia paraquensis n. sp. snail
"Ringicula pulchella" = Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella Shumard 1861 snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Odostomia plicata n. sp. snail
Odostomia impressa n. sp. snail
Creonella secunda n. sp. snail
Creonella triplicata Wade 1917 snail
 Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Tuba parabella n. sp., "Mathildia ripleyana n. sp." = Mathilda
Tuba parabella n. sp. snail
"Mathildia ripleyana n. sp." = Mathilda snail
 Heterostropha - Gordenellidae
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Trochifusus perornatus n. sp. Wade 1916 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Trochus ripleyanus n. sp. top snail
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
 Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Scaphites reesidei n. sp. ammonite
 Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites ovatus Say 1820 ammonite
Baculites grandis Hall and Meek 1855 ammonite
Polyplacophora
 Chitonida - Chitonidae
Chiton (Chiton) cretaceous Berry 1939 chiton
Thecostraca
 Scalpellomorpha - Scalpellidae
Scalpellum sp. Leach 1818 barnacle
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Callianassidae
Callianassa mortoni Pilsbry 1901 decapod
 Decapoda - Nephropidae
Hoploparia tennesseensis n. sp. Rathbun and Wade 1926 clawed lobster
 Decapoda - Palinuridae
"Podocratus canadensis" = Linuparus canadensis
"Podocratus canadensis" = Linuparus canadensis Whiteaves 1884 spiny lobster
 Decapoda - Erymidae
Enoploclytia sculpta n. sp. Rathbun 1926 decapod
 Decapoda - Raninidae
Raninella testacea n. sp. Rathbun 1926 crab
 Decapoda - Dakoticancridae
Avitelmessus grapsoideus Rathbun 1923 crab
"Dakoticancer overana" = Dakoticancer overanus Rathbun 1917 crab
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
"Trochosmilia nodosa n. sp." = Wadeopsammia nodosa
"Trochosmilia nodosa n. sp." = Wadeopsammia nodosa Wade 1926 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae
"Micrabacia cribraria" = Stephanophyllia cribraria, "Micrabacia hilgardi" = Micrabacia marylandica
"Micrabacia cribraria" = Stephanophyllia cribraria Stephenson 1916 stony coral
"Micrabacia hilgardi" = Micrabacia marylandica Stephenson 1916 stony coral
Mesostoma
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