Sohl 017 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Roadcut in E-facing slope of Hall branch, 0.9 mile west of Molino, 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, gray, silty, calcareous sandstone

• Sand, blue-gray, silty, micaceous, calcareous, glaconitic, fossiliferous.

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: USGS 25410: 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 7593: 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
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus, "Calliomphalus conanti" = Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) conanti
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus snail
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus Wade
"Calliomphalus conanti" = Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) conanti Sohl 1960 snail
Calliomphalus conanti Sohl
 Opisthobranchiata - Cylichnidae
Cylichna secalina
Cylichna secalina Shumard 1861 snail
Cylichna secalina Shumard
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Margaritella pumila
Margaritella pumila snail
Margaritella pumila Stephenson
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
"Ringicula pulchella" = Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella
"Ringicula pulchella" = Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella Shumard 1861 snail
Ringicula pulchella Shumard
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Acteon pistilliformis
Acteon pistilliformis Sohl 1964 snail
Acteon pistilliformis Sohl
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Creonella subangulata, Creonella triplicata
Creonella subangulata Sohl 1964 snail
Creonella subangulata Sohl
Creonella triplicata Wade 1917 snail
Creonella triplicata Wade
 Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Mathilda unionensis, ? Mathilda (Mathilda) cedarensis, ? Acrocoelum cereum
Mathilda unionensis snail
Mathilda unionensis Sohl
? Mathilda (Mathilda) cedarensis Stephenson 1941 snail
Mathilda (Mathilda?) cedarensis Stephenson
? Acrocoelum cereum snail
Acrocoelum? cereum Sohl
 Ptenoglossa - Vasidae
Lupira pyriformis
Lupira pyriformis Stephenson 1941 snail
Lupira pyriformis Stephenson
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium semirugatum
Cerithium semirugatum Wade 1926 cerith snail
Cerithium semirugatum Wade
 Cerithioidea - Pickworthiidae
Urceolabrum tuberculatum
Urceolabrum tuberculatum snail
Urceolabrum tuberculatum callistum Harbison
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Laxispira lumbricalis, Turritella howelli, "Haustator trilira" = Turritella trilira, Turritella vertebroides
Laxispira lumbricalis Gabb 1877 turret shell
Laxispira lumbricalis Gabb
Turritella howelli turret shell
Turritella howelli Harbison
"Haustator trilira" = Turritella trilira Conrad 1860 turret shell
Turritella trilira Conrad, abundance given as 300+
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell
Turritella vertebroides Morton
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
"Cossmannia tennesseensis" = Anteglosia tennesseensis, Eulima laevigata, Eulima gracilistylis
"Cossmannia tennesseensis" = Anteglosia tennesseensis Wade 1926 snail
Anteglosia tennesseensis (Wade)
Eulima laevigata Lea 1843 snail
Eulima laevigata Wade
Eulima gracilistylis Sohl 1964 snail
Eulima gracilistylis Sohl
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Alvania tallahatchiensis
Alvania tallahatchiensis snail
Turboella tallahatchiensis Sohl
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Napulus fragilis
Napulus fragilis Sohl 1964 snail
Napulus fragilis Sohl
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Remera stephensoni, Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tippanus, Graphidula melanopsis, Bellifusus curvicostatus, Drilluta distans
Remera stephensoni Harbison 1945 snail
Remera stephensoni Harbison
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tippanus Conrad 1860 snail
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tippanus Conrad
Graphidula melanopsis Conrad 1860 snail
Graphidula melanopsis (Conrad)
Bellifusus curvicostatus Wade 1926 snail
Bellifusus curvicostatus (Wade)
Drilluta distans Conrad 1860 snail
Drilluta distans (Conrad)
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Stantonella ripleyana
Stantonella ripleyana Conrad 1860 true whelk
Stantonella ripleyana (Conrad)
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Pyrifusus subdensatus
Pyrifusus subdensatus Conrad 1858 snail
Pyrifusus subdensatus Conrad
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Paleofusimitra elongata
Paleofusimitra elongata Sohl 1963 mitre shell
Paleofusimitra elongata Sohl
 Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete gardnerae, Paladmete cancellaria, Paladmete laevis
Paladmete gardnerae Wade snail
Paladmete gardnerae pygmaea Sohl
Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858 snail
Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad)
Paladmete laevis Sohl 1964 snail
Paladmete laevis Sohl
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Caveola acuta
Caveola acuta Wade 1926 snail
Caveola acuta speciosa Sohl
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Beretra gracilis
Beretra gracilis Wade 1926 turrid
Beretra gracilis (Wade)
 Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis cornutus, Pyropsis perlata
Pyropsis cornutus Sohl 1964 snail
Pyropsis cornutus Sohl
Pyropsis perlata Conrad 1860 snail
Pyropsis perlata Conrad
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Liopeplum leioderma
Liopeplum leioderma Conrad 1860 volute
Liopeplum leioderma (Conrad)
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Ecphora proquadricostata, "Lowenstamia liratus" = Sohliina liratus
Ecphora proquadricostata Wade 1917 murex snail
Ecphora proquadricostata Wade
"Lowenstamia liratus" = Sohliina liratus Wade 1926 murex snail
Lowenstamia liratus (Wade)
 Neogastropoda -
Fulgerca ? attenuata
Fulgerca ? attenuata Wade 1926 snail
Fulgerca attenuata (Wade)?
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Graciliala calcaris
Graciliala calcaris snail
Graciliala calcaris (Wade)
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira rectilabrum, Gyrodes americanus, Gyrodes supraplicatus, "Gyrodes spillmani" = Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani
Euspira rectilabrum Conrad 1858 moon snail
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
Gyrodes americanus moon snail
Gyrodes americanus (Wade)
Gyrodes supraplicatus Conrad 1858 moon snail
Gyrodes supraplicatus (Conrad)
"Gyrodes spillmani" = Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani Gabb 1861 moon snail
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb
 Sorbeoconcha - Triforidae
"Seila meeki" = Variseila meeki
"Seila meeki" = Variseila meeki Wade 1926 snail
Seila meeki (Wade)