Where: Levy County, Florida (29.2° N, 82.7° W: paleocoordinates 29.4° N, 75.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Inglis Limestone Formation (Ocala Group), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Inglis Fm of the Ocala Group, which is overlain by the Williston Limestone, and overlies the Avon Park Limestone; originally proposed as Inglis Member of Moodys Branch Fm by Vernon (1951). AGE: Priabonian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Reposited in the PRI
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Paleontological Research Institute (PRI).
Primary reference: K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1965. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene mollusca of the southern and eastern United States. Part 1. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Peteropoda, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:1-471 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 92391: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 09.11.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
Modiolus "sp. A" Lamarck 1801 mussel | |
Ostrea "sp. O" Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) lisbonensis Harris 1919 clam | |
Barbatia palmerae clam
Barbatia inglisia Richards and Palmer 1953 clam | |
Venericardia "sp. A" Lamarck 1801 clam | |
Crassatella inglisia clam
Crassatella eutawcolens Harris 1919 clam | |
"Cardium" "sp. G", "Dinocardium levyi" = Laevicardium (Dinocardium) levyi, "Trigoniocardia (Americardia) protoalicula" = Americardia
"Cardium" "sp. G" Linnaeus 1758 cockle
"Dinocardium levyi" = Laevicardium (Dinocardium) levyi Richards 1953 cockle
"Trigoniocardia (Americardia) protoalicula" = Americardia cockle | |
Divaricella robertsi clam
Fimbria vernoni Richards 1953 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Scaphander richardsi snail | |
"Pseudocrommium brucei" = Pachycrommium
"Pseudocrommium brucei" = Pachycrommium snail | |
Hipponix levinus hoof shell | |
Laevella floridana true conch | |
Conomitra sp. Conrad 1865 ribbed mitre | |
Lapparia conradi volute
Falsilyria eocenia volute
Caricella obsoleta volute
Sycospira eocensis volute
Athleta arangius volute | |
Agaronia inglisia snail | |
Olivella (Callianax) poinciana olive snail | |
Conus "spp. B" Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Pseudotoma floridana snail | |
Papillina gunteri snail | |
"Distorsio (Personella) jacksonensis" = Distorsio jacksonensis
"Distorsio (Personella) jacksonensis" = Distorsio jacksonensis Meyer 1885 snail | |
Turritella fischeri turret shell | |
Batillaria advena snail | |
Dirocerithium americanum cerith snail | |
Eovasum vernoni snail |