Where: Wakulla County, Florida (30.2° N, 84.4° W: paleocoordinates 30.6° N, 80.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Torreya Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Torreya Fm, which unconformably underlies the Chipola Fm (Middle Miocene). AGE: Early Miocene based on molluscan biostratigraphy. Also correlates with Hemingfordian (land mammal)), Miogypsina (foram) and Dizatom Zone I of Abbott (1978) biostratigraphic zones. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From lower part of the Torreya Fm.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, original calcite

Collection methods: COLLECTORS: Probably multiple collectors, but including Hunter and Huddlestun. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.

Primary reference: M. E. Hunter and P. F. Huddlestun. 1980. The biostratigraphy of the Torreya Formation of Florida . Southeastern Geological Society Special Publication 25:211-223 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79773: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.03.2008

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