Where: Decatur County, Georgia (30.9° N, 84.6° W: paleocoordinates 31.3° N, 80.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Oak Grove Formation (Alum Bluff Group), Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Oak Grove Fm of the Alum Bluff Gp, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: late Early Miocene, on the basis of macro fossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown position within formation.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified, gray, green, calcareous sandstone
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 42213: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 26.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Arca santarosana" = Anadara (Diluvarca) santarosana
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"Spisula (Hemimactra) densa" = Hemimactra
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Gastropoda | |
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