Where: Okaloosa County, Florida (30.9° N, 86.6° W: paleocoordinates 31.3° N, 82.9° 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 42677: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 04.08.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Polinices judsoni" = Natica judsoni
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"Oliva liodes" = Oliva (Omogymna) liodes
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| Bivalvia | |
"Crassatellites (Scambula) densus" = Crassatella densus
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"Macrocallista (Paradione) maculata" = Macrocallista maculata, "Chione (Lirophora) sellardsi" = Lirophora, "Chione (Lirophora) glyptocyma" = Lirophora, "Dosinia (Dosinidia) liogona" = Dosinia (Dosinia) liogona, "Venus prodroma" = Mercenaria prodroma
"Chione (Lirophora) glyptocyma" = Lirophora venus clam present; also C. (L.) glyptocyma daphne (rare)
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"Cardium (Cerastoderma) taphrium" = Dinocardium taphrium
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"Phacoides (Miltha) chipolanus" = Miltha chipolana, "Phacoides (Linga) densatus" = Linga
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"Glycymeris drymanos" = Costaglycymeris drymanos
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