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Ripley - Coon Creek Tongue, USA
| Formation | Ripley |
|---|---|
| Member | Coon Creek Tongue |
| Age: | 70.6 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Interval | Early Maastrichtian |
| Lithology | sandstone |
| Number of Collections | 23 |
| Number of Occurrences | 1113 |
Recorded Sample Locations
| Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
|---|---|---|
| Sohl 004 | Tippah County, Mississippi, USA | Ripley - Coon Creek Tongue |
| Sohl 056 | Union County, Mississippi, USA | Ripley - Coon Creek Tongue |
| Sohl Coffee 07 | Mississippi, USA | Ripley - Coon Creek Tongue |
| Sohl 001 | McNairy County, Tennessee, USA | Ripley - Coon Creek Tongue |
| Dave Weeks place | McNairy County, Tennessee, USA | Ripley - Coon Creek Tongue |
| Sawmill Site Locality | Decatur County, Tennessee, USA | Ripley - Coon Creek Tongue |
| Coon Creek | Chester County, Tennessee, USA | Ripley - Coon Creek Tongue |
Associated Units
| Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coffee Sand | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | sandstone, amber | 324 |
| Coffee Sand - upper | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 23 | |
| Coffee Sand - very top | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 8 | |
| Prairie Bluff | 70.6 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | sandstone, claystone, lime mudstone, chalk, marl, "limestone" | 728 |
| Ripley | 70.6 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | claystone, "limestone", sandstone, "siliciclastic", sandstone/claystone | 162 |
| Ripley - Keownville | 72.1 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | limestone, claystone, sandstone | 42 |
| Ripley - upper | 72.1 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | sandstone | 56 |
| Midway - Clayton | 55.8 - 48.6 Ma Eocene | limestone, marl, "carbonate", "siliciclastic", "limestone"/siltstone | 171 |
Recorded Fossils
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
