USGS Loc. 10603 - White's Creek [Shoal River Fm] (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Walton County, Florida (30.6° N, 86.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 32.8° N, 80.9° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Shoal River Formation (Alum Bluff Group), Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Shoal River Fm of the Alum Bluff, which lies between the Chipola Fm (Early Miocene) and the Chochtawatchee Fm [Early Pliocene). AGE: Early Miocene (Gardener 1947); Middle Miocene in Vokes (1990) and Portell et al. (2006), although Jones et al. (1993) reports 87Sr/86Sr ratios that yielded average age estimates of 12.4 Ma [=Serravalian]. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified, calcareous marl and unlithified, calcareous sandstone

• marls, sands, clays, for the most part unconsolidated, in places highly calcareous

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USGS

Primary reference: J. R. Gardner. 1947. The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper (142A-H)1-709 [A. Miller/K. Layou/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 43036: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 09.08.2004, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Personidae
"Personella floridana" = Distorsio mcgintyi
"Personella floridana" = Distorsio mcgintyi Emerson and Puffer 1953 snail
rare
 Sorbeoconcha - Triviidae
Trivia chipolana Maury 1910 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella (? Torcula) sp." = Torcula, Turritella (? Torcula) jacula n. sp., Turritella gatunensis
"Turritella (? Torcula) sp." = Torcula Gray 1847 turret shell
present
Turritella (? Torcula) jacula n. sp. Gardner 1947 turret shell
common
Turritella gatunensis Conrad 1857 turret shell
rare; T. gatunensis blountensis
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Calliostoma rhombotoide n. sp. Gardner 1947 top snail
rare
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula defuniak nut clam
common
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Leda polychoa" = Nuculana
"Leda polychoa" = Nuculana pointed nut clam
common; also L. polychoa defuniak (common)
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia soror clam
present
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca (Diluvarca) hypomela" = Anadara (Diluvarca), "Arca (Diluvarca) waltonia" = Anadara (Diluvarca), "Arca (Diluvarca) strebla" = Anadara (Diluvarca) strebla, "Arca (Barbatia) marylandica" = Barbatia marylandica, "Arca occidentalis" = Byssoarca zebra
"Arca (Diluvarca) hypomela" = Anadara (Diluvarca) ark
present
"Arca (Diluvarca) waltonia" = Anadara (Diluvarca) ark
common; ? in occurrence table
"Arca (Diluvarca) strebla" = Anadara (Diluvarca) strebla Gardner 1947 ark
present
"Arca (Barbatia) marylandica" = Barbatia marylandica Conrad 1840 clam
rare
"Arca occidentalis" = Byssoarca zebra Swainson 1833 ark
rare
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris waltonensis" = Costaglycymeris waltonensis
"Glycymeris waltonensis" = Costaglycymeris waltonensis Gardner 1947 clam
prolific
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten (Chlamys) nicholsi" = Chlamys
"Pecten (Chlamys) nicholsi" = Chlamys scallop
abundant
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia floridana jingle
abundant
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Phacoides (Parvilucina) vaughani" = Parvilucina, "Lucina santarosana" = Pegophysema santarosana
"Phacoides (Parvilucina) vaughani" = Parvilucina clam
abundant
"Lucina santarosana" = Pegophysema santarosana Dall 1903 clam
rare; ? in occurrence table
 Thraciida - Periplomatidae
Periploma discus Stearns 1890 lantern shells
present
 Pandorida - Pandoridae
"Pandora (Kennerleyia) dodona" = Pandora (Pandorella) dodona
"Pandora (Kennerleyia) dodona" = Pandora (Pandorella) dodona Dall 1903 clam
rare
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium (Cerastoderma) taphrium" = Dinocardium taphrium, "Cardium (Trachycardium) plectopleura" = Trachycardium, "Cardium (Cerastoderma) panastrum" = Cerastoderma
"Cardium (Cerastoderma) taphrium" = Dinocardium taphrium Dall 1900 cockle
present
"Cardium (Trachycardium) plectopleura" = Trachycardium cockle
common
"Cardium (Cerastoderma) panastrum" = Cerastoderma cockle
present
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina (Moerella) piesa Gardner 1947 tellin clam
present
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele taracodes clam
present
 Cardiida - Mactridae
"Spisula (Hemimactra) craspedota" = Spisula craspedota
"Spisula (Hemimactra) craspedota" = Spisula craspedota Gardner 1947 clam
common
 Cardiida - Chamidae
"Pseudochama (Echinochama) arcinella" = Arcinella arcinella, Pseudochama chipolana
"Pseudochama (Echinochama) arcinella" = Arcinella arcinella Linnaeus 1767 jewel box
rare
Pseudochama chipolana jewel box
rare
 Cardiida - Lasaeidae
Aligena lineata aligena clam
rare
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula waltonensis" = Varicorbula disparilis d'Orbigny 1853 clam
abundant
"Corbula (Caryocorbula) whitfieldi" = Cuneocorbula whitfieldi Brown 1905 clam
rare; C. (C.) whitfieldi stikta
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
"Crassatellites (Crassinella) tanicus" = Crassinella, "Crassatellites (Scambula) densus" = Crassatella densus
"Crassatellites (Crassinella) tanicus" = Crassinella clam
present; ? in occurrence table
"Crassatellites (Scambula) densus" = Crassatella densus Dall 1900 clam
abundant