Sohl 012 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Bed of Hall branch of Tallahatchie river on C. R. Hall's farm, Union Co., Miss.

Where: Union County, Mississippi (34.5° N, 89.0° W: paleocoordinates 38.1° N, 66.3° 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: USGS 711: Stanton 1889

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 7478: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 18.07.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus snail
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus Wade
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
"Ringicula pulchella" = Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella
"Ringicula pulchella" = Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella Shumard 1861 snail
Ringicula pulchella Shumard
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella howelli, "Haustator trilira" = Turritella trilira
Turritella howelli turret shell
Turritella howelli Harbison
"Haustator trilira" = Turritella trilira Conrad 1860 turret shell
Turritella trilira Conrad
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira rectilabrum Conrad 1858 moon snail
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
Gyrodes americanus moon snail
Gyrodes americanus (Wade)
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Napulus fragilis Sohl 1964 snail
Napulus fragilis Sohl
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Paleofusimitra elongata Sohl 1963 mitre shell
Paleofusimitra elongata Sohl
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Ornopsis (Pornosis) digressa Wade 1926 true whelk
Ornopsis (Pornosis) digressa (Wade)
Stantonella ripleyana Conrad 1860 true whelk
Stantonella ripleyana (Conrad)
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Remera stephensoni Harbison 1945 snail
Remera stephensoni Harbison
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tippanus Conrad 1860 snail
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tippanus Conrad
Drilluta distans Conrad 1860 snail
Drilluta distans (Conrad)
Bellifusus curvicostatus Wade 1926 snail
Bellifusus curvicostatus (Wade)
Rhombopsis molinoensis Sohl 1964 snail
Rhombopsis molinoensis Sohl
 Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete laevis Sohl 1964 snail
Paladmete laevis Sohl
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Liopeplum leioderma Conrad 1860 volute
Liopeplum leioderma (Conrad)
Parafusus callilateris Wade 1917 volute
Parafus callilateris Wade
 Neogastropoda - Pholidotomidae
Morea marylandica Gardner 1916 snail
Morea marylandica Gardner
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Graciliala calcaris snail
Graciliala calcaris (Wade)