USGS Loc. 3731 - Mossyhead [Shoal River Fm] (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Walton County, Florida (30.7° N, 86.1° W: paleocoordinates 31.0° N, 83.4° W)

• 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 42819: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 05.08.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Calliostoma flumenvadum Gardner 1947 top snail
rare
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella (Torcula) waltonensis" = Torcula
"Turritella (Torcula) waltonensis" = Torcula turret shell
present
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Polinices (Neverita) eucallosus" = Neverita, "Polinices judsoni" = Natica judsoni, Sinum waltonense
"Polinices (Neverita) eucallosus" = Neverita moon snail
common
"Polinices judsoni" = Natica judsoni Maury 1910 moon snail
present
Sinum waltonense moon snail
present
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
"Strombina waltonia" = Strombina (Strombina) waltonia
"Strombina waltonia" = Strombina (Strombina) waltonia Gardner 1947 snail
rare
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Uzita waltonensis" = Nassarius (Uzita) waltonensis
"Uzita waltonensis" = Nassarius (Uzita) waltonensis Gardner 1936 snail
rare
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Busycon dasum Gardner 1947 whelk
rare
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
"Terebra (Strioterebrum) spirifera" = Strioterebrum spiriferum, "Terebra (Strioterebrum) waltonensis" = Strioterebrum waltonensis
"Terebra (Strioterebrum) spirifera" = Strioterebrum spiriferum Dall 1895 auger snail
rare
"Terebra (Strioterebrum) waltonensis" = Strioterebrum waltonensis Gardner 1947 auger snail
rare; also T. (S.) waltonensis tribaka (rare)
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus waltonensis Aldrich 1903 cone shell
abundant; also C. waltonensis anodosus (abundant)
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
"Polystira (Pleuroliria) tenagos" = Polystira tenagos, "Hemipleurotoma eileta" = Gemmula vaningeni
"Polystira (Pleuroliria) tenagos" = Polystira tenagos Gardner 1947 turrid
common
"Hemipleurotoma eileta" = Gemmula vaningeni Brown and Pilsbry 1913 turrid
rare
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
"Oliva liodes" = Oliva (Omogymna) liodes
"Oliva liodes" = Oliva (Omogymna) liodes Dall 1903 olive snail
common; O. liodes waltoniana
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
"Vexillum (Uromitra) triptum" = Uromitra
"Vexillum (Uromitra) triptum" = Uromitra ribbed mitre
rare
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca (Diluvarca) waltonia" = Anadara (Diluvarca), "Arca (Diluvarca) strebla" = Anadara (Diluvarca) strebla
"Arca (Diluvarca) waltonia" = Anadara (Diluvarca) ark
common
"Arca (Diluvarca) strebla" = Anadara (Diluvarca) strebla Gardner 1947 ark
common
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium (Cerastoderma) waltonianum Dall 1900 cockle
rare
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Chione (Lirophora) ceramota" = Lirophora (Lirophora) ceramota, "Chione (Lirophora) trimeris" = Lirophora (Lirophora) trimeris, "Venus nannodes" = Mercenaria nannodes
"Chione (Lirophora) ceramota" = Lirophora (Lirophora) ceramota Gardner 1947 venus clam
present
"Chione (Lirophora) trimeris" = Lirophora (Lirophora) trimeris Gardner 1947 venus clam
rare
"Venus nannodes" = Mercenaria nannodes Gardner 1947 quahog
present
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
"Crassatellites (Scambula) densus" = Crassatella densus
"Crassatellites (Scambula) densus" = Crassatella densus Dall 1900 clam
present