Sohl Wolfe City (Cretaceous to of the United States)

Also known as USGS 9710, in a railroad cut about 1 mile E of Wolfe City, Texas. Type section of Wolfe City

Where: Texas (30.3° N, 97.7° W: paleocoordinates 35.4° N, 70.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wolfe City Formation, Early/Lower Campanian to Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the USGS

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 7513: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 18.07.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Acteon sp., "Nonacteonina sp." = Nonactaeonina
Acteon sp. Montfort 1810 snail
Acteon sp.
"Nonacteonina sp." = Nonactaeonina snail
Nonacteonina sp.
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula (Ringicula) ? pulchella
Ringicula (Ringicula) ? pulchella Shumard 1861 snail
Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella Shumard ?
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus snail
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus Wade
 Basommatophora - Siphonariidae
Anisomyon sp.
Anisomyon sp. Meek and Hayden 1860 pulmonate
Anisomyon sp.
 Patellida - Lottiidae
Acmaea sp.
Acmaea sp. Eschscholtz 1830 limpet
Acmaea sp.
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Laxispira lumbricalis, Turritella macnairyensis, "Haustator trilira" = Turritella trilira
Laxispira lumbricalis Gabb 1877 turret shell
Laxispira lumbricalus Gabb
Turritella macnairyensis turret shell
Turritella macnairyensis Wade
"Haustator trilira" = Turritella trilira Conrad 1860 turret shell
Haustator trilira (Conrad)
 Cerithioidea - Pickworthiidae
Urceolabrum ? mantachieensis
Urceolabrum ? mantachieensis Sohl 1964 snail
Urceolabrum mantachieensis Sohl?
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Gyrodes major, Euspira rectilabrum
Gyrodes major Wade 1926 moon snail
Gyrodes major Wade
Euspira rectilabrum Conrad 1858 moon snail
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Bellifusus sp., Lirosoma cretacea
Bellifusus sp. Stephenson 1941 snail
Bellifusus sp.
Lirosoma cretacea snail
Lirosoma cretacea (Wade)
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
? Cantharus (Cantharulus) sp., Buccinopsis crassus
? Cantharus (Cantharulus) sp. Röding 1798 true whelk
?Cantharus (Cantharulus) sp.
Buccinopsis crassus true whelk
Buccinopsis crassus (Wade)
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Pyrifusus sp.
Pyrifusus sp. Conrad 1858 snail
Pyrifusus sp.
 Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete gardnerae
Paladmete gardnerae Wade snail
Paladmete gardnerae Wade
 Neogastropoda -
Haplovoluta bicarinata
Haplovoluta bicarinata snail
Haplovoluta bicarinata Wade
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Beretra sp.
Beretra sp. Stephenson 1941 turrid
Beretra sp.
 Neogastropoda - Pholidotomidae
Morea ? marylandica, aff. Morea cancellaria, Schizobasis sp.
Morea ? marylandica Gardner 1916 snail
Morea marylandica Gardner?
aff. Morea cancellaria Conrad 1860 snail
Morea aff. M. cancellaria Conrad
Schizobasis sp. Wade 1916 snail
Schizobasis sp.
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
cf. Liopeplum eiodermum
cf. Liopeplum eiodermum volute
Liopeplum cf. L. eiodermum Conrad
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Ecphora proquadricostata, Sargana sp.
Ecphora proquadricostata Wade 1917 murex snail
Ecphora proquadricostata Wade
Sargana sp. Stephenson 1923 murex snail
Sargana sp.
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Pugnellus densatus, Pterocerella poinsettiformis, cf. Graciliala calcaris, Graciliala ? johnsoni, cf. Anchura substriata
Pugnellus densatus snail
Pugnellus densatus Conrad
Pterocerella poinsettiformis Stephenson 1941 snail
Pterocerella poinsettiformis Stephenson
cf. Graciliala calcaris snail
Graciliala cf. G. calcaris (Wade)
Graciliala ? johnsoni Stephenson 1923 snail
Graciliala johnsoni Stephenson?
cf. Anchura substriata Wade 1926 snail
Anchura cf. A. substriata Wade
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora sp.
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807 carrier shell
Xenophora sp.