PBDB Collection

Sohl 018 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Scarped area N of dam of Union County lake, 1.1 miles NE of Pleasant ridge, 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, calcareous, micaceous, glaconitic, very fossiliferous.

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: USGS 18078, 18629: L.C. Conant and A. Brown 1939, USGS 18616: L. W. Stephenson and W. H. Monroe 1940, USGS 25411: N.F. Sohl 1950-2, 1955

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 7586: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 18.07.2000

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae	Cylichna incisa, Cylichna intermissia Cylichna incisa Stephenson 1941 snail Cylichna incisa Stephenson Cylichna intermissia Sohl 1964 snail Cylichna intermissia Sohl
Heterostropha - Mathildidae	Gegania bella, ? Mathilda (Mathilda) cedarensis Gegania bella snail Gegania bella prodiga 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 - Ringiculidae	"Ringicula pulchella" = Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella, Oligoptycha corrugata "Ringicula pulchella" = Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella Shumard 1861 snail Ringicula pulchella Shumard Oligoptycha corrugata Sohl 1964 snail Oligoptycha corrugata Sohl
Heterostropha - Acteonidae	Cylindrotruncatum demersum Cylindrotruncatum demersum Sohl 1963 snail Cylindrotruncatum demersum Sohl
Heterostropha - Architectonicidae	Pseudomalaxis pilsbryi, Margaritella pumila Pseudomalaxis pilsbryi snail Pseudomalaxis pilsbryi Harbison Margaritella pumila snail Margaritella pumila Stephenson
Ptenoglossa - Vasidae	Lupira turbinea, Lupira pyriformis Lupira turbinea Sohl 1964 snail Lupira turbinea Sohl Lupira pyriformis Stephenson 1941 snail Lupira pyriformis Stephenson
Euomphalina - Euomphalidae	Weeksia amplificata Weeksia amplificata snail Weeksia amplificata (Wade)
Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae	Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus snail Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus Wade
Sorbeoconcha - Procerithiidae	Nudivagus sp. Nudivagus sp. snail Nudivagus sp.
Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae	Trichotropis mississippiensis Trichotropis mississippiensis snail Trichotropis mississippiensis Sohl
Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae	Pterocerella sp., Pugnellus goldmani, Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus, "Pugnellus (Gymnarus) abnormalis" = Bizarrus abnormalis, Graciliala calcaris, Anchura abrupta, Drepanochilus triliratus Pterocerella sp. Meek 1864 snail Pterocerella sp. A Sohl 1960 Pugnellus goldmani snail Pugnellus goldmani Gardner Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus snail Pugnellus (Pugnellus) densatus Conrad "Pugnellus (Gymnarus) abnormalis" = Bizarrus abnormalis Wade 1926 snail Pugnellus (Gymnarus) abnormalis Wade Graciliala calcaris snail Graciliala calcaris (Wade) Anchura abrupta snail Anchura abrupta Conrad Drepanochilus triliratus snail Drepanochilus triliratus Stephenson
Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae	Napulus fragilis Napulus fragilis Sohl 1964 snail Napulus fragilis Sohl
Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae	Pyropsis cornutus Pyropsis cornutus Sohl 1964 snail Pyropsis cornutus Sohl
Neogastropoda -	Fulgerca ? attenuata Fulgerca ? attenuata Wade 1926 snail Fulgerca attenuata (Wade)?
Neogastropoda - Pholidotomidae	Morea marylandica, Morea corsicanensis, Morea rotunda Morea marylandica Gardner 1916 snail Morea marylandica Gardner Morea corsicanensis Stephenson 1941 snail Morea corsicanensis Stephenson Morea rotunda Sohl 1964 snail Morea rotunda Sohl
Neogastropoda - Volutidae	Longoconcha quadrilirata, Volutomorpha sp., Volutomorpha producta, Volutomorpha retifera, Volutomorpha dumasensis, Volutomorpha valida, Volutomorpha aspera, Liopeplum leioderma, Parafusus coloratus, Parafusus callilateris Longoconcha quadrilirata Sohl 1964 volute Longoconcha quadrilirata Sohl Volutomorpha sp. Gabb 1877 volute Volutomorpha sp. A Sohl 1960 Volutomorpha producta Sohl 1964 volute Volutomorpha producta Sohl Volutomorpha retifera Dall 1907 volute Volutomorpha retifera Dall Volutomorpha dumasensis Dall 1907 volute Volutomorpha dumasensis Dall Volutomorpha valida Sohl 1964 volute Volutomorpha valida Sohl Volutomorpha aspera Dall 1907 volute "Volutomorpha" aspera Wade Liopeplum leioderma Conrad 1860 volute Liopeplum leioderma (Conrad) Parafusus coloratus Wade 1917 volute Parafus coloratus Wade Parafusus callilateris Wade 1917 volute Parafus callilateris Wade
Neogastropoda - Muricidae	Sargana stantoni, "Lowenstamia liratus" = Sohliina liratus Sargana stantoni Weller 1907 murex snail Sargana stantoni (Weller) "Lowenstamia liratus" = Sohliina liratus Wade 1926 murex snail Lowenstamia liratus (Wade)
Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae	Paladmete cancellaria, Paladmete gardnerae, Paladmete laevis Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858 snail Paladmete cancellaria (Conrad), abundance entered as 200+ Paladmete gardnerae Wade snail Paladmete gardnerae pygmaea Sohl, abundance entered as 200+ Paladmete laevis Sohl 1964 snail Paladmete laevis Sohl
Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae	Trigonostoma ripleyana, Caveola acuta Trigonostoma ripleyana Sohl 1964 snail Trigonostoma ripleyana Sohl Caveola acuta Wade 1926 snail Caveola acuta speciosa Sohl
Neogastropoda - Turridae	Beretra gracilis, Amuletum macnairyensis, Amuletum wadei, Amuletum dumasensis, Fusimilis kummeli Beretra gracilis Wade 1926 turrid Beretra gracilis (Wade) Amuletum macnairyensis turrid Amuletum macnairyensis torquatum Sohl Amuletum wadei turrid Amuletum wadei Sohl Amuletum dumasensis Sohl 1964 turrid Amuletum dumasensis Sohl Fusimilis kummeli Sohl 1964 turrid Fusimilis kummeli Sohl
Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae	Graphidula terebriformis, Graphidula melanopsis, Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tippanus, Bellifusus curvicostatus, Bellifusus angulicostatus, Drilluta distans, Paleopsephaea mutabilis, Paleopsephaea tenuilirata, Remera microstriata, Remera stephensoni, Anomalofusus subnodosus Graphidula terebriformis Stephenson 1941 snail Graphidula terebriformis Stephenson Graphidula melanopsis Conrad 1860 snail Graphidula melanopsis (Conrad) Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tippanus Conrad 1860 snail Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) tippanus Conrad Bellifusus curvicostatus Wade 1926 snail Bellifusus curvicostatus (Wade) Bellifusus angulicostatus Sohl 1964 snail Bellifusus angulicostatus Sohl Drilluta distans Conrad 1860 snail Drilluta distans (Conrad) Paleopsephaea mutabilis Wade 1926 snail Paleopsephaea mutabilis Wade Paleopsephaea tenuilirata Sohl 1964 snail Paleopsephaea tenuilirata Sohl Remera microstriata Stephenson 1941 snail Remera microstriata Stephenson Remera stephensoni Harbison 1945 snail Remera stephensoni Harbison Anomalofusus subnodosus Sohl 1964 snail Anomalofusus subnodosus Sohl
Neogastropoda - Buccinidae	Hydrotribulus elegans, Buccinopsis solida, Buccinopsis dorothiella, Ornopsis (Pornosis) modica, Ornopsis (Pornosis) digressa, Aliofusus stamineus, Stantonella ripleyana, ? Odontobasis sulcata Hydrotribulus elegans Sohl 1964 true whelk Hydrotribulus elegans Sohl Buccinopsis solida Wade 1917 true whelk Buccinopsis solida (Wade) Buccinopsis dorothiella Sohl 1964 true whelk Buccinopsis dorothiella Sohl Ornopsis (Pornosis) modica Sohl 1964 true whelk Ornopsis (Pornosis) modica Sohl Ornopsis (Pornosis) digressa Wade 1926 true whelk Ornopsis (Pornosis) digressa (Wade) Aliofusus stamineus Sohl 1964 true whelk Aliofusus stamineus Sohl Stantonella ripleyana Conrad 1860 true whelk Stantonella ripleyana (Conrad) ? Odontobasis sulcata Sohl 1964 true whelk Odontobasis? sulcata Sohl
Neogastropoda - Melongenidae	Deussenia sp., Deussenia ripleyana, Pyrifusus subdensatus, Protobusycon binodosum Deussenia sp. Stephenson 1941 snail Deussenia sp. Deussenia ripleyana Harbison 1945 snail Deussenia ripleyana Harbison Pyrifusus subdensatus Conrad 1858 snail Pyrifusus subdensatus Conrad Protobusycon binodosum Sohl 1964 snail Protobusycon binodosum Sohl
Neogastropoda - Mitridae	Paleofusimitra elongata Paleofusimitra elongata Sohl 1963 mitre shell Paleofusimitra elongata Sohl
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Gyrodes supraplicatus, "Gyrodes spillmani" = Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani, Euspira rectilabrum Gyrodes supraplicatus Conrad 1858 moon snail Gyrodes supraplicatus (Conrad) "Gyrodes spillmani" = Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani Gabb 1861 moon snail Gyrodes spillmani Gabb Euspira rectilabrum Conrad 1858 moon snail Euspira rectilabrum (Conrad)
Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae	Cerithium weeksi Cerithium weeksi Wade 1926 cerith snail Cerithium weeksi Wade
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	Turritella hilgardi, Turritella howelli, "Haustator trilira" = Turritella trilira, Turritella vertebroides, Turritella tippana, Laxispira lumbricalis, Trobus corona Turritella hilgardi turret shell Turritella hilgardi Sohl Turritella howelli turret shell Turritella howelli Harbison "Haustator trilira" = Turritella trilira Conrad 1860 turret shell Turritella trilira Conrad Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell Turritella vertebroides Morton Turritella tippana Conrad 1858 turret shell Turritella tippana Conrad Laxispira lumbricalis Gabb 1877 turret shell Laxispira lumbricalis Gabb Trobus corona turret shell Trobus corona (Conrad)
Cerithioidea - Pickworthiidae	Urceolabrum tuberculatum Urceolabrum tuberculatum snail Urceolabrum tuberculatum callistum Harbison
Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae	Striaticostatum bexarense Striaticostatum bexarense Stephenson 1941 wentletrap Striaticostatum bexarense (Stephenson)
Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae	Thylacus cretaceus Thylacus cretaceus Conrad 1860 slipper shell Thylacus cretaceus Conrad
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