Sohl 005: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Mississippi

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Hercorhyncus (Haplovoluta) triliratus Sohl 1964
7 specimens
Hercorhyncus (Haplovoluta) triliratus Sohl
Ringicula yochelsoni Sohl 1964
2 specimens
Ringicula yochelsoni Sohl
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Creonella subangulata Sohl 1964
2 specimens
Creonella subangulata Sohl
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Pseudomalaxis pilsbryi
5 specimens
Pseudomalaxis pilsbryi Harbison
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula pulchella Shumard 1861
4 specimens
recombined as Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella
Ringicula pulchella Shumard
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus
1 specimen
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus Wade
Gastropoda - Vasidae
Lupira pyriformis Stephenson 1941
3 specimens
Lupira pyriformis Stephenson
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium weeksi Wade 1926
1 specimen
Cerithium weeksi Wade
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Laxispira lumbricalis Gabb 1877
9 specimens
Laxispira lumbricalis Gabb
Turritella hilgardi
1 specimen
Turritella hilgardi Sohl
Turritella howelli
27 specimens
Turritella howelli Harbison
Haustator trilira (Conrad 1860)
3 specimens
original and current combination Turritella trilira
Turritella trilira Conrad
Gastropoda - Pickworthiidae
Urceolabrum tuberculatum callistum
1 specimen
Urceolabrum tuberculatum callistum Harbison
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Thylacus cretaceus Conrad 1860
2 specimens
Thylacus cretaceus Conrad
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb 1861
1 specimen
recombined as Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb
Gyrodes supraplicatus Conrad 1858
2 specimens
Gyrodes supraplicatus (Conrad)
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad 1858)
32 specimens
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Remera stephensoni Harbison 1945
2 specimens
Remera stephensoni Harbison
Anomalofusus subnodosus Sohl 1964
1 specimen
Anomalofusus subnodosus Sohl
Graphidula melanopsis Conrad 1860
1 specimen
Graphidula melanopsis (Conrad)
Graphidula terebriformis Stephenson 1941
1 specimen
Graphidula terebriformis Stephenson
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tippanus Conrad 1860
1 specimen
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tippanus Conrad
Drilluta distans (Conrad 1860)
6 specimens
Drilluta distans (Conrad)
Bellifusus curvicostatus Wade 1926
3 specimens
Bellifusus curvicostatus (Wade)
Paleopsephaea mutabilis Wade 1926
1 specimen
Paleopsephaea mutabilis Wade
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Hydrotribulus elegans Sohl 1964
7 specimens
Hydrotribulus elegans Sohl
Buccinopsis solida Wade 1917
2 specimens
Buccinopsis solida (Wade)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Deussenia ripleyana Harbison 1945
4 specimens
Deussenia ripleyana Harbison
Pyrifusus subdensatus Conrad 1858
2 specimens
Pyrifusus subdensatus Conrad
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Mataxa elegans Wade 1916
1 specimen
Mataxa elegans Wade
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete gardnerae pygmaea
3 specimens
Paladmete gardnerae pygmaea Sohl
Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858
7 specimens
Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis cornutus Sohl 1964
3 specimens
Pyropsis cornutus Sohl
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Amuletum wadei
1 specimen
Amuletum wadei Sohl
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pholidotomidae
Morea marylandica Gardner 1916
2 specimens
Morea marylandica Gardner
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Parafusus callilateris Wade 1917
2 specimens
Parafus callilateris Wade
Myobarbum laevigatum Sohl 1963
1 specimen
Myobarbum laevigatum Sohl
Volutomorpha valida Sohl 1964
3 specimens
Volutomorpha valida Sohl
Volutomorpha dumasensis Dall 1907
1 specimen
Volutomorpha dumasensis Dall
Volutomorpha producta Sohl 1964
1 specimen
Volutomorpha producta Sohl
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Lowenstamia liratus (Wade 1926)
1 specimen
recombined as Sohliina liratus
Lowenstamia liratus (Wade)
Sargana stantoni Weller 1907
4 specimens
Sargana stantoni (Weller)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Fulgerca ? attenuata (Wade 1926)
1 specimen
Fulgerca attenuata (Wade)?
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus
1 specimen
Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus Conrad
Pterocerella sp. Meek 1864
1 specimen
Pterocerella sp. A Sohl 1960
Arrhoges (Latiala) lobata (Wade 1926)
1 specimen
recombined as Latiala lobata
Arrhoges (Latiala) lobata (Wade)
Graciliala calcaris
13 specimens
Graciliala calcaris (Wade)
Anchura abrupta
3 specimens
Anchura abrupta Conrad
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Mississippi County:Tippah
Coordinates: 34.7° North, 89.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.3° North, 66.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
*Period:Late/Upper Cretaceous *Epoch:Senonian
Key time interval:Early/Lower Maastrichtian Ammonoid zone: Nostoceras alternatum
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ripley Member:Coon Creek Tongue
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Ammonoid zone from Cobban 1974 and Cobban and Kennedy 1995.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Bullock's old overshot mill, 2 miles N of Dumas, Tippah Co., MS
Database number:7476
Authorizer:M. Kosnik Enterer:M. Kosnik
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2000-07-18 12:00:01 Last modified:2017-07-04 12:54:21
Access level:the public Released:2000-07-18 12:00:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

463. 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]

Secondary references:

29915 J. A. Sessa, T. J. Bralower, M. E. Patzkowsky, J. C. Handley, and L. C. Ivany. 2012. Environmental and biological controls on the diversity and ecology of Late Cretaceous through early Paleogene marine ecosystems in the US Gulf Coastal Plain. Paleobiology 38(2):218-239 [M. Patzkowsky/J. Sessa/J. Sessa]