USGS Loc. 11732 - Jackson Bluff [Jackson Bluff Fm] (Pliocene of the United States)

Where: Leon County, Florida (30.4° N, 84.6° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 30.9° N, 83.5° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Jackson Bluff Formation (Alum Bluff Group), Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• Fossils from the upper part of the marl and directly beneath the unfossiliferous surface material. Cancellaria Zone of Choctawhatchee Formation, Alum Bluff Group. The Cancellaria zone is in the highest fossiliferous beds along Harveys Creel. The total thickness of this zone is 25-30 ft. Late Miocene age based on recent lithostratigraphy. Local section name = Jackson Bluff, Basinal/regional section name = Leon. Placed in Jackson Bluff Fm (and hence Late Pliocene) by enterer.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, fine-grained, coarse, shelly/skeletal, argillaceous sandstone

• No reported geologic or paleoenvironmental data. Probably shallow water siliciclastic depositional environment.
• The sediments comprising the Cancellaria Zone consist of a fine to coarse grained clayey sand containing many fossils. Lithification data not reported, but all figured specimens appear to be free of matrix so an unlithified classification is assigned.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

• Specimens are lodged in USNM collections. Collected by Florida Geological Survey (1927)

Primary reference: W. C. Mansfield. 1930. Miocene gastropods and scaphopods of the Choctawatchee Formation of Florida. Florida State Geological Survey Bulletin 3 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 59486: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 03.04.2006, edited by Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

• Probably exhaustive for Mollusca. Certainly good nomenclatural treatment.
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Carditida - Carditidae
unclassified
  -
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella lunulata2 Conrad 1834 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Cardita (Carditamera) arata" = Carditamera arata2, "Venericardia (Cyclocardia) granulata" = Cyclocardia granulata2
"Cardita (Carditamera) arata" = Carditamera arata2 Conrad 1832 clam
"Venericardia (Cyclocardia) granulata" = Cyclocardia granulata2 Say 1824 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Phacoides (Bellucina) tuomeyi2, "Phacoides (Lucinisca) cribrarius" = Lucinisca cribrarius2
"Phacoides (Lucinisca) cribrarius" = Lucinisca cribrarius2 Say 1824 clam
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Asaphis centenaria2 Conrad 1833 clam
 Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Tagelus (Mesopleura) divisus2 Spengler 1794 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma (Psammacoma) hosfordensis2, "Tellina (Moerella) macilenta" = Moerella macilenta2, "Tellina (Merisca) aequistriata" = Serratina aequistriata2
"Tellina (Moerella) macilenta" = Moerella macilenta2 Dall 1900 tellin clam
"Tellina (Merisca) aequistriata" = Serratina aequistriata2 Say 1824 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Semelidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Venus campechiensis carolinensis" = Venus (Mercenaria) campechiensis carolinensis2, "Chione (Lirophora) ulocyma" = Lirophora (Panchione) ulocyma2, "Dosinia (Dosinidia) acetabulum" = Dosinia acetabulum2, Cyclinella cf. tenuis2, "Macrocallista (Paradione) reposta" = Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta2, "Gafrarium (Gouldia) metastriatum" = Gouldia2
"Venus campechiensis carolinensis" = Venus (Mercenaria) campechiensis carolinensis2 Conrad 1875 quahog
"Chione (Lirophora) ulocyma" = Lirophora (Panchione) ulocyma2 Dall 1895 venus clam
"Dosinia (Dosinidia) acetabulum" = Dosinia acetabulum2 Conrad 1832 venus clam
Cyclinella cf. tenuis2 Récluz 1852 venus clam
"Macrocallista (Paradione) reposta" = Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta2 Conrad 1834 venus clam
"Gafrarium (Gouldia) metastriatum" = Gouldia2 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
"Spisula (Hemimactra) delumbis" = Leptomactra delumbis2
"Spisula (Hemimactra) delumbis" = Leptomactra delumbis2 Conrad 1832 clam
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
 Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
 Pandorida - Pandoridae
"Pandora (Kennerleyia) arenosa" = Pandora (Pandorella) arenosa2
"Pandora (Kennerleyia) arenosa" = Pandora (Pandorella) arenosa2 Conrad 1834 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca (Anadara) improcera" = Anadara2, "Arca (Anadara) propearesta" = Anadara2, "Arca (Anadara) campsa" = Anadara campsa2, "Arca (Anadara) lienosa" = Anadara (Rasia) lienosa2, "Barbatia (Granoarca) propatula" = Barbatia (Barbatia) propatula2
"Arca (Anadara) improcera" = Anadara2 ark
"Arca (Anadara) propearesta" = Anadara2 ark
"Arca (Anadara) campsa" = Anadara campsa2 Dall 1898 ark
"Arca (Anadara) lienosa" = Anadara (Rasia) lienosa2 Say 1832 ark
"Barbatia (Granoarca) propatula" = Barbatia (Barbatia) propatula2 Conrad 1844 clam
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa2
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa2 Lamarck 1801 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys (Plagioctenium) comparilis" = Aequipecten comparilis2
"Chlamys (Plagioctenium) comparilis" = Aequipecten comparilis2 Tuomey and Holmes 1855 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Ostrea haitensis" = Hyotissa haitensis2
"Ostrea haitensis" = Hyotissa haitensis2 Sowerby 1850 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Leda trochilia coensis" = Nuculana2, "Leda trochilia hamlinensis" = Nuculana2
"Leda trochilia coensis" = Nuculana2 pointed nut clam
"Leda trochilia hamlinensis" = Nuculana2 pointed nut clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima2
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima2 Say 1820 Atlantic Nut Clam
 Solemyida - Nucinellidae
"Pleurodon woodii" = Nucinella woodii2
"Pleurodon woodii" = Nucinella woodii2 Dall 1898 Wood's Little Nut Clam
Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
"Crucibulum auriculum" = Crucibulum (Crucibulum) auricula
"Crucibulum auriculum" = Crucibulum (Crucibulum) auricula Gmelin 1791 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella duplinensis" = Turritella (Torculoidella) duplinensis
"Turritella duplinensis" = Turritella (Torculoidella) duplinensis Gardner and Aldrich 1919 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
"Cymatium (Linatella) floridanum" = Linatella caudata
"Cymatium (Linatella) floridanum" = Linatella caudata Gmelin 1791 triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
"Sconsia hodgei" = Sconsia hodgii
"Sconsia hodgei" = Sconsia hodgii Conrad 1841 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
"Xenophora delecta floridana" = Xenophora floridana
"Xenophora delecta floridana" = Xenophora floridana Mansfield 1930 carrier shell
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra stephensoni2 mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Calophos wilsoni1 Allmon 1990 snail
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Busycon perversum2 Linnaeus 1758 whelk
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Marginella popenoei" = Bullata taylori2
"Marginella popenoei" = Bullata taylori2 Olsson 1916 volute
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Purpura marshalli murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
? Clathrodrillia emmonsi2 Olsson 1916 snail
 Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae
"Crassispira antealesidota" = Crassispira (Hindsiclava) antealesidota2
"Crassispira antealesidota" = Crassispira (Hindsiclava) antealesidota2 Mansfield 1930 snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Myurella binodosa auger snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Triphoridae
Triphora sp. Blainville 1828 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tornidae
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
"Architectonica granulata" = Architectonica nobilis
"Architectonica granulata" = Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) "sp. C" Philippi 1841 snail
Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) "sp. D" Philippi 1841 snail
Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) "sp. E" Philippi 1841 snail
"Turbonilla (Chemnitzia) "sp. B"" = Chemnitzia d'Orbigny 1840 snail
Pyramidella "sp. C" Lamarck 1799 snail