USGS Loc. 3422 - Jackson Bluff [Jackson Bluff Fm] (Pliocene of the United States)

Also known as FGS Station 1/963

Where: Leon County, Florida (30.4° N, 84.6° W: paleocoordinates 30.5° N, 84.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Highest fossiliferous upper Miocene bed. 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, Basinal/regional section name = Leon. Cancellaria Zone of Choctawhatchee Formation, Alum Bluff Group. 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 T.W. Vaughan (1900) and W.C. Mansfield (1925)

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 59485: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 03.04.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Probably exhaustive for Mollusca. Certainly good nomenclatural treatment.
unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula aesop slipper shell
(?Crepidula fornicata var. rostrata)
Crucibulum multilineatum Conrad 1842 slipper shell
Calyptraea centralis Conrad 1841 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
 Cerithioidea - Scaliolidae
"Alabina adamsi" = Finella adamsi
"Alabina adamsi" = Finella adamsi Dall 1889 snail
Subspecies: Alabina adamsi floridana and leonensis
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus pugilis Linnaeus 1758 conch
Subspecies: Strombus pugilis floridanus
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella mutica Say 1822 olive snail
"Oliva sayana" = Oliva (Ispidula) sayana Ravenel 1834 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Alectrion floridana" = Nassarius (Alectrion), "Alectrion quadridentata" = Nassarius (Alectrion), "Alectrion consensa" = Nassarius (Alectrion)
"Alectrion floridana" = Nassarius (Alectrion) snail
"Alectrion quadridentata" = Nassarius (Alectrion) snail
"Alectrion consensa" = Nassarius (Alectrion) snail
Subspecies: A. consensa leonensis
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
"Conus floridanus" = Conus anabathrum, "Conus adversarius" = Conus (Contraconus) adversarius
"Conus floridanus" = Conus anabathrum Crosse 1865 cone shell
"Conus adversarius" = Conus (Contraconus) adversarius Conrad 1840 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
 Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae
Glyphostoma watsoni snail
Subspecies: G. watsoni leonensis
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
"Mangilia harveyensis" = Cythara (Mangelia)
"Mangilia harveyensis" = Cythara (Mangelia) snail
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella minuta, "Marginella aureocincta" = Dentimargo aureocinctus
Marginella minuta Pfeiffer 1840 margin shell
"Marginella aureocincta" = Dentimargo aureocinctus Stearns 1872 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria tabulata Gardner and Aldrich 1919 snail
Cancellaria reticulata Emmon 1858 snail
Subspecies: C. reticulata leonensis
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices (Dallitesta) coensis, "Polinices (Neverita) duplicatus" = Neverita duplicatus, "Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena, Tectonatica pusilla
Polinices (Dallitesta) coensis Mansfield 1930 moon snail
"Polinices (Neverita) duplicatus" = Neverita duplicatus Say 1822 moon snail
"Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
Tectonatica pusilla Say 1822 moon snail
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Acteocina canaliculata Say 1826 barrel-bubble
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Noetiidae
"Arca (Noetia) incile" = Noetia incile1
"Arca (Noetia) incile" = Noetia incile1 Say 1824 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca (Anadara) idonea" = Dallarca idonea1, "Arca (Anadara) improcera" = Anadara1, "Arca (Anadara) propearesta" = Anadara1
"Arca (Anadara) idonea" = Dallarca idonea1 Conrad 1832 clam
Subspecies: Arca (Anadara) idonea harveyensis
"Arca (Anadara) improcera" = Anadara1 ark
"Arca (Anadara) propearesta" = Anadara1 ark
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia simplex1 d'Orbigny 1845 jingle
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Phacoides (Parvilucina) multilineatus" = Parvilucina multistriata1, "Phacoides (Parvilucina) crenulatus" = Parvilucina crenulata1, "Lucina chrysostoma" = Anodontia alba1, "Phacoides (Lucinisca) cribrarius" = Lucinisca cribrarius1, Phacoides (Bellucina) tuomeyi1
"Phacoides (Parvilucina) multilineatus" = Parvilucina multistriata1 Conrad 1841 clam
"Phacoides (Parvilucina) crenulatus" = Parvilucina crenulata1 Conrad 1840 clam
"Lucina chrysostoma" = Anodontia alba1 Link 1807 clam
"Phacoides (Lucinisca) cribrarius" = Lucinisca cribrarius1 Say 1824 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Caryocorbula) nucleata1, "Corbula (Corbula) waltonensis" = Varicorbula disparilis1
Corbula (Caryocorbula) nucleata1 clam
Subspecies: C. (C.) nucleata deadenensis
"Corbula (Corbula) waltonensis" = Varicorbula disparilis1 d'Orbigny 1853 clam
Subspecies: C. (C.) waltonensis rubisiniana
 Cardiida - Chamidae
"Echinochama arcinella" = Arcinella arcinella1
"Echinochama arcinella" = Arcinella arcinella1 Linnaeus 1767 jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Transennella ? caloosana1, "Callocardia (Agriopoma) sayana" = Pitar morrhuanus1, Cyclinella cf. tenuis1, "Chione (Lirophora) sp." = Lirophora1, "Venus campechiensis" = Mercenaria campechiensis1, Chione (Chione) erosa1
"Callocardia (Agriopoma) sayana" = Pitar morrhuanus1 Dall 1902 venus clam
Cyclinella cf. tenuis1 Récluz 1852 venus clam
"Chione (Lirophora) sp." = Lirophora1 Conrad 1863 venus clam
Subspecies: C. (L.) latilirata athleta
"Venus campechiensis" = Mercenaria campechiensis1 Gmelin 1791 quahog
Subspecies: V. campechiensis ochlockoneensis
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula "sp. B"1 Gray 1837 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium (Trigoniocardia) deadenense" = Trigoniocardia1 cockle
Trachycardium (Phlogocardia) leonense2 Mansfield 1932 cockle
Subspecies: Cardium (Trachycardium) stiriatum leonense
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Macoma virginiana" = Macoma (Macoma) virginiana1
"Macoma virginiana" = Macoma (Macoma) virginiana1 Conrad 1866 tellin clam
Subspecies: M. virginiana coensis
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella acuta1, Crassinella dupliniana1, "Crassatellites (Crassatellites) gibbesii" = Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) speciosa1
"Crassatellites (Crassatellites) gibbesii" = Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) speciosa1 Adams 1854 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima1
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima1 Say 1820 Atlantic Nut Clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Leda trochilia" = Nuculana1, "Leda hamlinensis" = Nuculana1
"Leda trochilia" = Nuculana1 pointed nut clam
Subspecies: L. trochilia coensis and L. trochilia hamlinensis
"Leda hamlinensis" = Nuculana1 pointed nut clam
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus thallus, "Cadulus (aff. Polyschides) quadridentatus" = Polyschides
Cadulus thallus Conrad 1834 tusk shell
"Cadulus (aff. Polyschides) quadridentatus" = Polyschides tusk shell
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
"Dentalium (? Dentalium) disparile" = Paradentalium disparile
"Dentalium (? Dentalium) disparile" = Paradentalium disparile d'Orbigny 1847 tusk shell
Subspecies: D. (D.) disparile leonense