PBDB Collection

Sohl Coffee 02 (Cretaceous to of the United States)

Where: Prentiss County, Mississippi (34.7° N, 88.6° W: paleocoordinates 37.5° N, 60.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• 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).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic sandstone

• 45 foot section of micaceous glauconitic sand with well preserved fossils in the lower 5 feet.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: USGS 6454 L. W. Stephenson 1909; USGS 6909 L. W. Stephenson 1910; USGS 9501 L.W. Stephenson 1915.

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 6656: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 12.03.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• taxonomy partially updated by Jablonski and Kosnik

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Bivalvia
Nuculida - Nuculidae	cf. Nucula stantoni cf. Nucula stantoni Stephenson 1923 nut clam Nucula cf. N. stantoni Stephenson
Carditida - Crassatellidae	Crassatella sp. n. sp. Crassatella sp. n. sp. Lamarck 1799 clam Crassatella n. sp. (Sohl 331C)
Pholadida - Corbulidae	? Caestocorbula sp., Caestocorbula crassaplica ? Caestocorbula sp. Vincent 1910 clam Caesticorbula? sp. Caestocorbula crassaplica Vincent 1910 clam Caestocorbula crassaplica (Gabb)
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Granocardium sp., ? Granocardium dumosum Granocardium sp. Gabb 1869 cockle Granocardium sp. ? Granocardium dumosum Conrad 1870 cockle Granocardium dumosum (Conrad)
Cardiida - Tellinidae	"cf. Linearia metastriata" = Linearis "cf. Linearia metastriata" = Linearis tellin clam Linearia cf. L. metastriata Conrad
Cardiida - Arcticidae	cf. Veniella conradi, Etea sp. n. sp. cf. Veniella conradi Morton 1833 clam Veniella cf. V. conradi (Morton) Etea sp. n. sp. Conrad 1873 clam Etea n. sp. (Sohl 331C)
Cardiida - Veneridae	cf. Cyprimeria alta cf. Cyprimeria alta venus clam Cyprimeria cf. C. alta Conrad
Trigoniida - Trigoniidae	Trigonia sp. Trigonia sp. Bruguière 1789 clam Trigonia sp.
Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae	"aff. Scabrotrigonia bartrami" = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) "aff. Scabrotrigonia bartrami" = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) clam Scabrotrigonia aff. S. bartrami (Stephenson)
Ostreida - Ostreidae	Ostrea plumosa Ostrea plumosa Morton 1833 oyster Ostrea pulmosa Morton
Ostreida - Gryphaeidae	Exogyra ponderosa Exogyra ponderosa oyster Exogyra ponderosa Roemer
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	Camptonectes burlingtonensis Camptonectes burlingtonensis scallop Camptonectes burlingtonensis (Gabb)
Pectinida - Limidae	aff. Pseudolimea reticulata aff. Pseudolimea reticulata Forbes 1845 file clam Lima aff. L. reticulata Forbes
Pectinida - Anomiidae	Paranomia scabra Paranomia scabra scallop Paranomia scabra (Morton)
Arcida - Cucullaeidae	"cf. Cucullaea carolinensis" = Idonearca carolinensis "cf. Cucullaea carolinensis" = Idonearca carolinensis Gabb 1876 clam Idonearca cf. I. carolinensis (Gabb)
Arcida - Glycymerididae	Glycymeris sp. Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam Glycymeris sp.
Arcida - Parallelodontidae	cf. Nemodon neusensis cf. Nemodon neusensis clam Nemodon cf. N. neusensis Stephenson
Scaphopoda
Gadilida - Gadilidae	Cadulus sp. Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell Cadulus sp.
Cephalopoda
Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae	cf. Placenticeras placenta cf. Placenticeras placenta DeKay 1828 ammonite Placenticeras cf. P. placenta (De Kay)
Ammonitida - Baculitidae	Baculites sp. Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799 ammonite Baculites sp.
Gastropoda
Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae	? Arrhoges (Latiala) sp. ? Arrhoges (Latiala) sp. Gabb 1868 snail Arrhoges (Latiala?) sp.
Neogastropoda - Volutidae	? Longoconcha imbricatus ? Longoconcha imbricatus Sohl 1964 volute Longoconcha imbricatus Sohl
Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae	Pyropsis sp. Pyropsis sp. Conrad 1860 snail Pyropsis sp. b (Sohl 331C)
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Euspira rectilabrum Euspira rectilabrum Conrad 1858 moon snail Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	? Laxispira sp., Turritella quadrilira ? Laxispira sp. Gabb 1877 turret shell Laxispira? sp. Turritella quadrilira Johnson 1898 turret shell Haustator quadrilira (Johnson)