Sohl 016: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) clathrata
Sohl 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) clathrata Sohl | ||||||||||
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Hercorhyncus (Haplovoluta) triliratus
Sohl 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Hercorhyncus (Haplovoluta) triliratus Sohl | ||||||||||
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Ornopsis (Ripleyella) elevata
Wade 1916
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Ornopsis (Ripleyella) elevata (Wade) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Creonella subangulata
Sohl 1964
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12 specimens | |||||||||
| Creonella subangulata Sohl | ||||||||||
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Creonella triplicata
Wade 1917
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Creonella triplicata Wade | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Pseudomalaxis pilsbryi
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Pseudomalaxis pilsbryi Harbison | ||||||||||
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Margaritella pumila
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Margaritella pumila Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ringiculidae
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Oligoptycha corrugata
Sohl 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Oligoptycha corrugata Sohl | ||||||||||
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Ringicula pulchella
Shumard 1861
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30 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella | ||||||||||
| Ringicula pulchella Shumard | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Scobinidola guttatus
(Sohl 1963)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Scobinidola guttata Sohl | ||||||||||
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Goniocylichna bisculpturata
Wade 1926
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Goniocylichna bisculpturata Wade | ||||||||||
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Acteon pistilliformis
Sohl 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Acteon pistilliformis Sohl | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Mathildidae
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Gegania bella prodiga
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Gegania bella prodiga Sohl | ||||||||||
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Mathilda unionensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Mathilda unionensis Sohl | ||||||||||
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? Mathilda (Mathilda) cedarensis
Stephenson 1941
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| Mathilda (Mathilda?) cedarensis Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Gordenellidae
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Promathilda (Clathrobaculus) parvula
Sohl 1960
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| Promathilda (Clathrobaculus) parvila Sohl | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Striaticostatum bexarense
(Stephenson 1941)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Striaticostatum bexarense (Stephenson) | ||||||||||
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? Acirsa (Plesioacirsa) implexa
Sohl 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Acirsa (Plesioacirsa?) implexa Sohl | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella howelli
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125 specimens | |||||||||
| Turritella howelli Harbison | ||||||||||
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Haustator trilira
(Conrad 1860)
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59 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Turritella trilira | ||||||||||
| Turritella trilira Conrad | ||||||||||
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Turritella vertebroides
Morton 1834
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26 specimens | |||||||||
| Turritella vertebroides Morton | ||||||||||
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Laxispira lumbricalis
Gabb 1877
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| Laxispira lumbricalis Gabb | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Eulimidae
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Eulima gracilistylis
(Sohl 1964)
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10 specimens | |||||||||
| Eulima gracilistylis Sohl | ||||||||||
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Eulima laevigata
(Lea 1843)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Eulima laevigata Wade | ||||||||||
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? Eulima clara
Wade 1926
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Eulima ?clara Wade | ||||||||||
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Cossmannia tennesseensis
(Wade 1926)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Rissoina tennesseensis | ||||||||||
| Anteglosia tennesseensis (Wade) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Thylacus cretaceus
Conrad 1860
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Thylacus cretaceus Conrad | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Graciliala calcaris
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518 specimens | |||||||||
| Graciliala calcaris (Wade) | ||||||||||
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Arrhoges (Latiala) lobata
(Wade 1926)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Latiala lobata | ||||||||||
| Arrhoges (Latiala) lobata (Wade) | ||||||||||
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Pterocerella sp.
Meek 1864
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Pterocerella sp. A Sohl 1960 | ||||||||||
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Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus Conrad | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
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Fulgerca ? attenuata
(Wade 1926)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Fulgerca attenuata (Wade)? | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Liopeplum leioderma
(Conrad 1860)
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53 specimens | |||||||||
| Liopeplum leioderma (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Liopeplum nodosum
Sohl 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Liopeplum nodosum Sohl | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Pholidotomidae
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Morea rotunda
Sohl 1964
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Morea rotunda Sohl | ||||||||||
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Morea corsicanensis
Stephenson 1941
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Morea corsicanensis Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Morea marylandica
Gardner 1916
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10 specimens | |||||||||
| Morea marylandica Gardner | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Ecphora proquadricostata
Wade 1917
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Ecphora proquadricostata Wade | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Pyropsidae
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Pyropsis perlata
(Conrad 1860)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Pyropsis perlata Conrad | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mitridae
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Paleofusimitra elongata
Sohl 1963
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Paleofusimitra elongata Sohl | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Protobusycon sp.
Wade 1917
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Protobusycon sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Stantonella ripleyana
Conrad 1860
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| Stantonella ripleyana (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Buccinopsis dorothiella
Sohl 1964
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Buccinopsis dorothiella Sohl | ||||||||||
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Ptychosyca inornata
Gabb 1876
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Ptychosyca inornata Gabb | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Drilluta sp.
Wade 1916
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Drilluta sp. | ||||||||||
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Drilluta distans
(Conrad 1860)
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34 specimens | |||||||||
| Drilluta distans (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tippanus
Conrad 1860
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34 specimens | |||||||||
| Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tippanus Conrad | ||||||||||
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Paleopsephaea mutabilis
Wade 1926
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| Paleopsephaea mutabilis Wade | ||||||||||
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Bellifusus curvicostatus
Wade 1926
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14 specimens | |||||||||
| Bellifusus curvicostatus (Wade) | ||||||||||
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Bellifusus angulicostatus
(Sohl 1964)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Bellifusus angulicostatus Sohl | ||||||||||
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Graphidula melanopsis
Conrad 1860
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31 specimens | |||||||||
| Graphidula melanopsis (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Anomalofusus subnodosus
Sohl 1964
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Anomalofusus subnodosus Sohl | ||||||||||
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Remera stephensoni
Harbison 1945
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25 specimens | |||||||||
| Remera stephensoni Harbison | ||||||||||
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? Fusinus macnairyensis
Wade 1926
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Fusinus? macnairyensis (Wade) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Beretra gracilis
Wade 1926
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13 specimens | |||||||||
| Beretra gracilis (Wade) | ||||||||||
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Amuletum (Lutema) sp.
Stephenson 1941
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| Amuletum (Lutema) sp. | ||||||||||
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Amuletum macnairyensis torquatum
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| Amuletum macnairyensis torquatum Sohl | ||||||||||
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Amuletum wadei
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Amuletum wadei Sohl | ||||||||||
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Amuletum dumasensis
Sohl 1964
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35 specimens | |||||||||
| Amuletum dumasensis Sohl | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Caveola acuta
Wade 1926
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Caveola acuta speciosa Sohl | ||||||||||
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Mataxa elegans
Wade 1916
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Mataxa elegans Wade | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Paladmetidae
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Paladmete gardnerae
(Wade)
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60 specimens | |||||||||
| Paladmete gardnerae pygmaea Sohl | ||||||||||
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Paladmete cancellaria
Conrad 1858
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201 specimens | |||||||||
| Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad), abundance entered as 200+ | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turbinellidae
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Napulus fragilis
Sohl 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Napulus fragilis Sohl | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Capulidae
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Trichotropis mississippiensis
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Trichotropis mississippiensis Sohl | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Gyrodes spillmani
Gabb 1861
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani | ||||||||||
| Gyrodes spillmani Gabb | ||||||||||
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Gyrodes supraplicatus
Conrad 1858
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Gyrodes supraplicatus (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Amaurellina stephensoni
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Amaurellina stephensoni (Wade) | ||||||||||
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Euspira rectilabrum
(Conrad 1858)
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84 specimens | |||||||||
| Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Rissoidae
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Alvania tallahatchiensis
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Turboella tallahatchiensis Sohl | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Euomphalidae
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Weeksia amplificata
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Weeksia amplificata (Wade) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Eucyclidae
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Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus
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54 specimens | |||||||||
| Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus Wade | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Cylichna incisa
Stephenson 1941
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9 specimens | |||||||||
| Cylichna incisa Stephenson | ||||||||||
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Cylichna secalina
Shumard 1861
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Cylichna secalina Shumard | ||||||||||
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Cylichna intermissia
Sohl 1964
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9 specimens | |||||||||
| Cylichna intermissia Sohl | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Vasidae
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Lupira pyriformis
Stephenson 1941
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| Lupira pyriformis Stephenson | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Union |
| Coordinates: | 34.5° North, 89.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.1° North, 66.3° 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. upper Coon Creek | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | glauconitic,black silty sandstone |
| Lithology description: Sand, blue-black, massive, silty, micaceous, glaconitic, fossiliferous. | |
| 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: USGS 25409: N.F. Sohl 1950-2 | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Lee's old millsite, roadcut on NE-facing slope of Tallahatchie rover valley, 2 miles NNE ofKeownville, Union, Co. Miss. | ||
| Database number: | 7592 | ||
| 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 12:58:14 |
| 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] |