Where: Calhoun County, Florida (30.4° N, 85.2° W: paleocoordinates 30.8° N, 81.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Chipola Formation (Alum Bluff Group), Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Chipola Fm of the Alum Bluff Gp, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: late Early Miocene, on the basis of macro fossil biostratigraphy; direct date from 87Sr/86Sr isotope dating of fossils from elsewhere in Chipola Fm [=Burdigalian age]. STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown position within formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified, calcareous marl and unlithified, calcareous sandstone
• ENVIRONMENT: Not discussed in text.
• LITHOLOGY: Marls, sands, clays, for the most part unconsolidated, in places highly calcareous. LITHIIFCATION: Unlithified, on the basis of figured specimens.
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Collected by Vokes & Vokes; reposited in the FLMNH, USNM
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: E.H. Vokes and H.E. Vokes. REPOSITORY: FLMNH, USNM.
Primary reference: E. H. Vokes and H. E. Vokes. 2000. Catalogue of Tulane University fossil localities. Unpublished notes [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 89574: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 03.06.2009, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in taxonomic treatments. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
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Bivalvia |
Cardiida - Cardiidae |
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Gastropoda |
Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae |
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Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae |
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Sorbeoconcha - Bursidae |
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Sorbeoconcha - Cymatiidae |
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Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae |
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Neogastropoda - Olividae |
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Neogastropoda - Conidae |
Conus vegrandis7, Conus trajectionis7, Conus gardnerae7, Conus tricoratus n. sp. 7, Conus demiurgus7, Conus isomatratus7, Conus chipolanus7, Conus praecipuus7, Conus rapunculus n. sp. 7, Conus aneuretos7, " Conus cracens" = Conus sauridens7, Conus aquoreus7, Conus ambonos7, Conus sextoni n. sp. 8
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Neogastropoda - Muricidae |
Poirieria (Panamurex) mauryae10, Poirieria (Panamurex) fusinoides10, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) elusivus13, Chicoreus (Siratus) chipolanus11, Chicoreus (Siratus) juliagardnerae11, Dermomurex (Viator) vaughani15, Dermomurex (Trialatella) farleyensis15, Typhis (Rugotyphis) keenae5, Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) linguiferus5, Pygmaepterys pratulum18, Hexaplex (Hexaplex) veatchi9, " Typhis (Talityphis) obesus" = Typhina obesa5, Pterotyphis (Tripterotyphis) vokesae5
" Typhis (Talityphis) obesus" = Typhina obesa5 Gabb 1873 murex snail
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Neogastropoda - Volutidae |
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Sorbeoconcha - Campanilidae |
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Sorbeoconcha - Pleisotrochidae |
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Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae |
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Cerithioidea - Litiopidae |
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