OWL (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Owl Creek

Where: Tippah County, Mississippi (34.8° N, 88.9° W: paleocoordinates 38.4° N, 65.7° W)

When: Owl Creek Formation (Selma Group), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by Christopher Garvie

Primary reference: W. J. Foster, C. L. Garvie, A. M. Weiss, A. D. Muscente, M. Aberhan, J. W. Counts, and R. C. Martindale. 2020. Resilience of marine invertebrate communities during the early Cenozoic hyperthermals. Scientific Reports 10:2176 [A. Miller/J. Sessa/W. Foster]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 205512: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 15.10.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
? Thylacus sp. Conrad 1860 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella tippana Conrad 1858 turret shell
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Pickworthiidae
Urceolabrum sp. Wade 1916 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
"Ancilla acutula" = Ancillus acutula
"Ancilla acutula" = Ancillus acutula Stephenson 1941 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Ornopsis sp. Wade 1916 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Graphidula sp. Stephenson 1941 snail
Drilluta lemniscata Sohl 1964 snail
? Woodsella sp. Wade 1926 snail
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Protobusycon sp. Wade 1917 snail
Deussenia sp. Stephenson 1941 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Beretra sp. Stephenson 1941 turrid
Remnita hastata Sohl 1964 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Napulus octoliratus Conrad 1858 snail
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
? Orthosurcula sp. Casey 1904 ribbed mitre
 Neogastropoda - Pholidotomidae
Morea marylandica Gardner 1916 snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
? Volutomorpha sp. Gabb 1877 volute
Liopeplum rugosum Stephenson 1955 volute
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Caveola sp. Stephenson 1941 snail
 Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete sp. Gardner 1916 snail
Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
Capulus sp. Monfort 1810 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira rectilabrum Conrad 1858 moon snail
"Gyrodes spillmani" = Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani Gabb 1861 moon snail
Gyrodes supraplicatus Conrad 1858 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae
Seila sp. Adams 1861 snail
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Oligoptycha sp. Meek 1876 snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
? Creonella sp. Wade 1917 snail
 Heterostropha - Amphitomariidae
 Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bullopsis cretacea Conrad 1858 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
? Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail
 Basommatophora - Siphonariidae
? Anisomyon sp. Meek and Hayden 1860 pulmonate
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris rotundata clam
kaufmanensis
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814 clam
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes bubonis Stephenson 1941 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
? Pseudoptera sp. Meek 1873 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Say 1820 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823 clam
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredo sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
? Caryocorbula sp. Gardner 1926 clam
 Cardiida - Kelliellidae
"Lutetia sp." = Kellyella (Lutetia)
"Lutetia sp." = Kellyella (Lutetia) Deshayes 1860 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyprimeria sp. Conrad 1864 venus clam
Legumen planulatum venus clam
Legumen sp. Conrad 1858 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Corculum sp. Röding 1798 cockle
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
? Protocardia sp. Beyrich 1845 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Liothyris sp. Conrad 1873 tellin clam
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Scambula sp., "Crassatellites vadosus" = Crassatella vadosa, "Crassatellites sp." = Crassatella
Scambula sp. Conrad 1869 clam
"Crassatellites vadosus" = Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 clam
riplyana
"Crassatellites sp." = Crassatella Lamarck 1799 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Nuculana (Jupiteria) sp." = Jupiteria
"Nuculana (Jupiteria) sp." = Jupiteria Bellardi 1875 pointed nut clam
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell