Sohl 006: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Mississippi

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) clathrata Sohl 1964
3 specimens
Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) clathrata Sohl
Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) flexicostata Sohl 1964
5 specimens
Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) flexicostata Sohl
Ornopsis (Ripleyella) elevata Wade 1916
7 specimens
Ornopsis (Ripleyella) elevata (Wade)
? Pseudomalaxis stantoni Sohl 1960
3 specimens
Pseudomalaxis ? stantoni Sohl
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna incisa Stephenson 1941
2 specimens
Cylichna incisa Stephenson
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Oligoptycha corrugata Sohl 1964
1 specimen
Oligoptycha corrugata Sohl
Ringicula pulchella Shumard 1861
13 specimens
recombined as Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella
Ringicula pulchella Shumard
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Acteon pistilliformis Sohl 1964
6 specimens
Acteon pistilliformis Sohl
Goniocylichna bisculpturata Wade 1926
1 specimen
Goniocylichna bisculpturata Wade
Zikkuratia tabanneensis (Sohl 1963)
1 specimen
Zikkuratia tabanneensis Sohl
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Pseudomalaxis pilsbryi
8 specimens
Pseudomalaxis pilsbryi Harbison
Pseudomalaxis sp. Fischer 1850
1 specimen
Pseudomalaxis sp. B Sohl 1960
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Creonella subangulata Sohl 1964
12 specimens
Creonella subangulata Sohl
Gastropoda - Heterostropha
Damesia keownvillensis
3 specimens
Damesia keownvillensis Sohl
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Gordenellidae
Promathilda (Clathrobaculus) parvula Sohl 1960
1 specimen
Promathilda (Clathrobaculus) parvila Sohl
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Gegania bella
1 specimen
Gegania bella prodiga Sohl
Mathilda unionensis
3 specimens
Mathilda unionensis Sohl
? Mathilda (Mathilda) cedarensis Stephenson 1941
3 specimens
Mathilda (Mathilda?) cedarensis Stephenson
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Alvania tallahatchiensis
1 specimen
Turboella tallahatchiensis Sohl
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Drepanochilus triliratus
1 specimen
Drepanochilus triliratus Stephenson
Pterocerella sp. Meek 1864
2 specimens
Pterocerella sp. A Sohl 1960
Anchura abrupta
24 specimens
Anchura abrupta Conrad
Graciliala calcaris
230 specimens
Graciliala calcaris (Wade)
Pugnellus goldmani
1 specimen
Pugnellus goldmani Gardner
Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus
1 specimen
Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus Conrad
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Napulus fragilis Sohl 1964
2 specimens
Napulus fragilis Sohl
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Sargana stantoni Weller 1907
25 specimens
Sargana stantoni (Weller)
Ecphora proquadricostata Wade 1917
4 specimens
Ecphora proquadricostata Wade
Lowenstamia liratus (Wade 1926)
1 specimen
recombined as Sohliina liratus
Lowenstamia liratus (Wade)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutomorpha valida Sohl 1964
4 specimens
Volutomorpha valida Sohl
Volutomorpha producta Sohl 1964
2 specimens
Volutomorpha producta Sohl
Volutomorpha dumasensis Dall 1907
1 specimen
Volutomorpha dumasensis Dall
Longoconcha quadrilirata Sohl 1964
1 specimen
Longoconcha quadrilirata Sohl
Liopeplum leioderma (Conrad 1860)
7 specimens
Liopeplum leioderma (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Fulgerca ? attenuata (Wade 1926)
2 specimens
Fulgerca attenuata (Wade)?
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pholidotomidae
Morea marylandica Gardner 1916
16 specimens
Morea marylandica Gardner
Morea corsicanensis Stephenson 1941
4 specimens
Morea corsicanensis Stephenson
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
Paladmete gardnerae (Wade)
60 specimens
Paladmete gardnerae pygmaea Sohl
Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858
19 specimens
Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Caveola acuta Wade 1926
4 specimens
Caveola acuta speciosa Sohl
Plesiotriton cretaceus
1 specimen
Plesiotriton cretaceus Sohl
Mataxa elegans Wade 1916
1 specimen
Mataxa elegans Wade
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis cornutus Sohl 1964
Pyropsis cornutus Sohl
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Fusimilis kummeli Sohl 1964
2 specimens
Fusimilis kummeli Sohl
Amuletum (Lutema) sp. Stephenson 1941
2 specimens
Amuletum (Lutema) sp.
Amuletum wadei
3 specimens
Amuletum wadei Sohl
Amuletum dumasensis Sohl 1964
23 specimens
Amuletum dumasensis Sohl
Beretra gracilis Wade 1926
27 specimens
Beretra gracilis (Wade)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Deussenia ripleyana Harbison 1945
37 specimens
Deussenia ripleyana Harbison
Pyrifusus subdensatus Conrad 1858
2 specimens
Pyrifusus subdensatus Conrad
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinopsis solida Wade 1917
3 specimens
Buccinopsis solida (Wade)
Buccinopsis dorothiella Sohl 1964
Buccinopsis dorothiella Sohl
Stantonella ripleyana Conrad 1860
8 specimens
Stantonella ripleyana (Conrad)
Ornopsis (Pornosis) modica Sohl 1964
3 specimens
Ornopsis (Pornosis) modica Sohl
Ornopsis (Pornosis) digressa (Wade 1926)
5 specimens
Ornopsis (Pornosis) digressa (Wade)
Aliofusus stamineus Sohl 1964
1 specimen
Aliofusus stamineus Sohl
Ptychosyca inornata Gabb 1876
3 specimens
Ptychosyca inornata Gabb
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Paleopsephaea mutabilis Wade 1926
8 specimens
Paleopsephaea mutabilis Wade
Drilluta sp. Wade 1916
1 specimen
Drilluta sp.
Drilluta distans (Conrad 1860)
69 specimens
Drilluta distans (Conrad)
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tippanus Conrad 1860
30 specimens
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tippanus Conrad
Bellifusus curvicostatus Wade 1926
62 specimens
Bellifusus curvicostatus (Wade)
Anomalofusus subnodosus Sohl 1964
20 specimens
Anomalofusus subnodosus Sohl
Remera stephensoni Harbison 1945
23 specimens
Remera stephensoni Harbison
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Paleofusimitra elongata Sohl 1963
3 specimens
Paleofusimitra elongata Sohl
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Gyrodes americanus
3 specimens
Gyrodes americanus (Wade)
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb 1861
1 specimen
recombined as Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani
Gyrodes spillmani Gabb
Gyrodes supraplicatus Conrad 1858
3 specimens
Gyrodes supraplicatus (Conrad)
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad 1858)
99 specimens
Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
cf. Belliscala rockensis Stephenson 1941
4 specimens
Belliscala cf. B. rockensis Stephenson
Striaticostatum bexarense (Stephenson 1941)
5 specimens
Striaticostatum bexarense (Stephenson)
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Cossmannia tennesseensis (Wade 1926)
1 specimen
original and current combination Rissoina tennesseensis
Anteglosia tennesseensis (Wade)
Eulima laevigata (Lea 1843)
5 specimens
Eulima laevigata Wade
Eulima gracilistylis (Sohl 1964)
6 specimens
Eulima gracilistylis Sohl
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Trobus corona
2 specimens
Trobus corona (Conrad)
Laxispira lumbricalis Gabb 1877
34 specimens
Laxispira lumbricalis Gabb
Turritella howelli
265 specimens
Turritella howelli Harbison
Haustator trilira (Conrad 1860)
11 specimens
original and current combination Turritella trilira
Turritella trilira Conrad
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834
20 specimens
Turritella vertebroides Morton
Gastropoda - Pickworthiidae
Urceolabrum tuberculatum
69 specimens
Urceolabrum tuberculatum callistum Harbison
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium nodoliratum Wade 1926
1 specimen
Cerithium nodoliratum Wade
Gastropoda - Skeneidae
Teinostoma clara Sohl 1960
1 specimen
recombined as Solariorbis clara
Teinostoma clara Sohl
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus
28 specimens
Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus Wade
Gastropoda - Vasidae
Lupira turbinea Sohl 1964
Lupira turbinea Sohl
Lupira pyriformis Stephenson 1941
5 specimens
Lupira pyriformis Stephenson
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:70.60000 - 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
Collection method comments: N.F. Sohl 1950-2
Metadata
Also known as:Roadcut on NE-facing slope of Hall Creek, a tributary of the Tallahatchie River, 2.9 miles (airline) SW of Dumas, Tippah Co., MS
Database number:7590
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 11:56:46
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]