Sohl 016 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Lee's old millsite, roadcut on NE-facing slope of Tallahatchie rover valley, 2 miles NNE ofKeownville, 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. upper Coon Creek

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic, black, silty sandstone

• Sand, blue-black, massive, silty, micaceous, glaconitic, fossiliferous.

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: USGS 25409: N.F. Sohl 1950-2

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 7592: 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
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Weeksia amplificata
Weeksia amplificata snail
Weeksia amplificata (Wade)
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Striaticostatum bexarense, ? Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) implexa
Striaticostatum bexarense Stephenson 1941 wentletrap
Striaticostatum bexarense (Stephenson)
? Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) implexa Sohl 1964 wentletrap
Acirsa (Plesioacirsa?) implexa Sohl
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
"Cossmannia tennesseensis" = Anteglosia tennesseensis, ? Eulima clara, Eulima gracilistylis, Eulima laevigata
"Cossmannia tennesseensis" = Anteglosia tennesseensis Wade 1926 snail
Anteglosia tennesseensis (Wade)
? Eulima clara Wade 1926 snail
Eulima ?clara Wade
Eulima gracilistylis Sohl 1964 snail
Eulima gracilistylis Sohl
Eulima laevigata Lea 1843 snail
Eulima laevigata Wade
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Thylacus cretaceus
Thylacus cretaceus Conrad 1860 slipper shell
Thylacus cretaceus Conrad
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella howelli, Turritella vertebroides, "Haustator trilira" = Turritella trilira, Laxispira lumbricalis
Turritella howelli turret shell
Turritella howelli Harbison
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell
Turritella vertebroides Morton
"Haustator trilira" = Turritella trilira Conrad 1860 turret shell
Turritella trilira Conrad
Laxispira lumbricalis Gabb 1877 turret shell
Laxispira lumbricalis Gabb
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Gyrodes spillmani" = Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani, Gyrodes supraplicatus, Euspira rectilabrum, Amaurellina stephensoni
"Gyrodes spillmani" = Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani Gabb 1861 moon snail
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb
Gyrodes supraplicatus Conrad 1858 moon snail
Gyrodes supraplicatus (Conrad)
Euspira rectilabrum Conrad 1858 moon snail
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
Amaurellina stephensoni moon snail
Amaurellina stephensoni (Wade)
 Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
Trichotropis mississippiensis
Trichotropis mississippiensis snail
Trichotropis mississippiensis Sohl
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Alvania tallahatchiensis
Alvania tallahatchiensis snail
Turboella tallahatchiensis Sohl
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Napulus fragilis
Napulus fragilis Sohl 1964 snail
Napulus fragilis Sohl
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Mataxa elegans, Caveola acuta
Mataxa elegans Wade 1916 snail
Mataxa elegans Wade
Caveola acuta Wade 1926 snail
Caveola acuta speciosa Sohl
 Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete cancellaria, Paladmete gardnerae
Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858 snail
Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad), abundance entered as 200+
Paladmete gardnerae Wade snail
Paladmete gardnerae pygmaea Sohl
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Paleofusimitra elongata
Paleofusimitra elongata Sohl 1963 mitre shell
Paleofusimitra elongata Sohl
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Remera stephensoni, Anomalofusus subnodosus, ? Fusinus macnairyensis, Bellifusus curvicostatus, Bellifusus angulicostatus, Paleopsephaea mutabilis, Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tippanus, Drilluta sp., Drilluta distans, Graphidula melanopsis
Remera stephensoni Harbison 1945 snail
Remera stephensoni Harbison
Anomalofusus subnodosus Sohl 1964 snail
Anomalofusus subnodosus Sohl
? Fusinus macnairyensis Wade 1926 snail
Fusinus? macnairyensis (Wade)
Bellifusus curvicostatus Wade 1926 snail
Bellifusus curvicostatus (Wade)
Bellifusus angulicostatus Sohl 1964 snail
Bellifusus angulicostatus Sohl
Paleopsephaea mutabilis Wade 1926 snail
Paleopsephaea mutabilis Wade
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tippanus Conrad 1860 snail
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tippanus Conrad
Drilluta sp. Wade 1916 snail
Drilluta sp.
Drilluta distans Conrad 1860 snail
Drilluta distans (Conrad)
Graphidula melanopsis Conrad 1860 snail
Graphidula melanopsis (Conrad)
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Ptychosyca inornata, Buccinopsis dorothiella, Stantonella ripleyana
Ptychosyca inornata Gabb 1876 true whelk
Ptychosyca inornata Gabb
Buccinopsis dorothiella Sohl 1964 true whelk
Buccinopsis dorothiella Sohl
Stantonella ripleyana Conrad 1860 true whelk
Stantonella ripleyana (Conrad)
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Protobusycon sp.
Protobusycon sp. Wade 1917 snail
Protobusycon sp.
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Liopeplum leioderma, Liopeplum nodosum
Liopeplum leioderma Conrad 1860 volute
Liopeplum leioderma (Conrad)
Liopeplum nodosum Sohl 1964 volute
Liopeplum nodosum Sohl
 Neogastropoda - Pholidotomidae
Morea corsicanensis, Morea marylandica, Morea rotunda
Morea corsicanensis Stephenson 1941 snail
Morea corsicanensis Stephenson
Morea marylandica Gardner 1916 snail
Morea marylandica Gardner
Morea rotunda Sohl 1964 snail
Morea rotunda Sohl
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Ecphora proquadricostata
Ecphora proquadricostata Wade 1917 murex snail
Ecphora proquadricostata Wade
 Neogastropoda -
Fulgerca ? attenuata
Fulgerca ? attenuata Wade 1926 snail
Fulgerca attenuata (Wade)?
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Beretra gracilis, Amuletum (Lutema) sp., Amuletum macnairyensis torquatum, Amuletum wadei, Amuletum dumasensis
Beretra gracilis Wade 1926 turrid
Beretra gracilis (Wade)
Amuletum (Lutema) sp. Stephenson 1941 turrid
Amuletum (Lutema) sp.
Amuletum macnairyensis torquatum Stephenson 1941 turrid
Amuletum macnairyensis torquatum Sohl
Amuletum wadei turrid
Amuletum wadei Sohl
Amuletum dumasensis Sohl 1964 turrid
Amuletum dumasensis Sohl
 Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis perlata
Pyropsis perlata Conrad 1860 snail
Pyropsis perlata Conrad
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus, Pterocerella sp., "Arrhoges (Latiala) lobata" = Latiala lobata, Graciliala calcaris
Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus snail
Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus Conrad
Pterocerella sp. Meek 1864 snail
Pterocerella sp. A Sohl 1960
"Arrhoges (Latiala) lobata" = Latiala lobata Wade 1926 snail
Arrhoges (Latiala) lobata (Wade)
Graciliala calcaris snail
Graciliala calcaris (Wade)
 Heterostropha - Gordenellidae
Promathilda (Clathrobaculus) parvula
Promathilda (Clathrobaculus) parvula Sohl 1960 snail
Promathilda (Clathrobaculus) parvila Sohl
 Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Gegania bella prodiga, Mathilda unionensis, ? Mathilda (Mathilda) cedarensis
Gegania bella prodiga Jeffreys 1884 snail
Gegania bella prodiga Sohl
Mathilda unionensis snail
Mathilda unionensis Sohl
? Mathilda (Mathilda) cedarensis Stephenson 1941 snail
Mathilda (Mathilda?) cedarensis Stephenson
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Creonella triplicata, Creonella subangulata
Creonella triplicata Wade 1917 snail
Creonella triplicata Wade
Creonella subangulata Sohl 1964 snail
Creonella subangulata Sohl
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Pseudomalaxis pilsbryi, Margaritella pumila
Pseudomalaxis pilsbryi snail
Pseudomalaxis pilsbryi Harbison
Margaritella pumila snail
Margaritella pumila Stephenson
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Acteon pistilliformis, Goniocylichna bisculpturata, Scobinidola guttatus
Acteon pistilliformis Sohl 1964 snail
Acteon pistilliformis Sohl
Goniocylichna bisculpturata Wade 1926 snail
Goniocylichna bisculpturata Wade
Scobinidola guttatus Sohl 1963 snail
Scobinidola guttata Sohl
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Oligoptycha corrugata, "Ringicula pulchella" = Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella
Oligoptycha corrugata Sohl 1964 snail
Oligoptycha corrugata Sohl
"Ringicula pulchella" = Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella Shumard 1861 snail
Ringicula pulchella Shumard
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus snail
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus Wade
 Ptenoglossa - Vasidae
Lupira pyriformis
Lupira pyriformis Stephenson 1941 snail
Lupira pyriformis Stephenson
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna incisa, Cylichna secalina, Cylichna intermissia
Cylichna incisa Stephenson 1941 snail
Cylichna incisa Stephenson
Cylichna secalina Shumard 1861 snail
Cylichna secalina Shumard
Cylichna intermissia Sohl 1964 snail
Cylichna intermissia Sohl