PRI 3201 - Gulf Hammock [Inglis Limestone] (Eocene of the United States)

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
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Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus "sp. A" Lamarck 1801 mussel
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea "sp. O" Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia inglisia Richards and Palmer 1953 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"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
 Cardiida - Glossidae
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Fimbria vernoni Richards 1953 clam
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
"Pseudocrommium brucei" = Pachycrommium
"Pseudocrommium brucei" = Pachycrommium snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
Hipponix levinus hoof shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Conomitra sp. Conrad 1865 ribbed mitre
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
 Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus "spp. B" Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Personidae
"Distorsio (Personella) jacksonensis" = Distorsio jacksonensis
"Distorsio (Personella) jacksonensis" = Distorsio jacksonensis Meyer 1885 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella fischeri turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
 Ptenoglossa - Vasidae