TU 70 - Tenmile Creek [Chipola Fm] (Miocene of the United States)

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 Unpublished notes [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]more details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 92503: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.11.2009

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in taxonomic treatments. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Symbiangia vaughani13
Symbiangia vaughani13 Weisbord 1971 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Globularia fischeri11
Globularia fischeri11 Dall 1892 snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra (Paraterebra) odopoia13
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus chipolanus5, Conus sulculus5, Conus isomatratus5, Conus trajectionis5, "Conus cracens" = Conus sauridens5
Conus chipolanus5 Dall 1896 cone shell
Conus sulculus5 Dall 1896 cone shell
Conus isomatratus5 Dall 1896 cone shell
Conus trajectionis5 Maury 1910 cone shell
"Conus cracens" = Conus sauridens5 Conrad 1833 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva (Omogymna) martensii2, Oliva (Omogymna) liodes2, Oliva (Oliva) blowi2, Oliva (Oliva) vokesorum2
Oliva (Omogymna) martensii2 Dall 1903 olive snail
Oliva (Omogymna) liodes2 Dall 1903 olive snail
Oliva (Oliva) blowi2 Drez 1981 olive snail
Oliva (Oliva) vokesorum2 Drez 1981 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Murex (Murex) gardnerae" = Chicoreus (Siratus) juliagardnerae6, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) elusivus10, "Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus7, Murex (Murex) chipolanus6, Murex (Murex) gilli6, Poirieria (Panamurex) fusinoides9, Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) linguiferus3, "Typhis (Talityphis) obesus" = Typhina obesa3
"Murex (Murex) gardnerae" = Chicoreus (Siratus) juliagardnerae6 Vokes 1970 murex snail
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) elusivus10 Vokes 1974 murex snail
"Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus7 Guppy 1876 murex snail
Murex (Murex) chipolanus6 Dall 1890 murex snail
Murex (Murex) gilli6 Maury 1910 murex snail
Poirieria (Panamurex) fusinoides9 Gardner 1947 murex snail
"Typhis (Talityphis) obesus" = Typhina obesa3 Gabb 1873 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Eudolium subfasciatum1
Eudolium subfasciatum1 Sacco 1890 tun shell
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Potamides suprasulcatus4
Potamides suprasulcatus4 Gabb 1873 horn snail
 Cerithioidea - Litiopidae
Alaba chipolana4
Alaba chipolana4 Dall 1892 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Alabina (Caloosalba) turbatrix4, Alabina (Caloosalba) boiplex4, Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) chipolana4, Bittium serenum4, Hemicerithium cossmanni4, Hemicerithium craticulum4
Alabina (Caloosalba) turbatrix4 Hoerle 1972 cerith snail
Alabina (Caloosalba) boiplex4 Dall 1892 cerith snail
Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) chipolana4 Dall 1892 cerith snail
Bittium serenum4 Hoerle 1972 cerith snail
Hemicerithium cossmanni4 Dall 1892 cerith snail
Hemicerithium craticulum4 Hoerle 1972 cerith snail
Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Miltha (Miltha) chipolana" = Miltha chipolana8
"Miltha (Miltha) chipolana" = Miltha chipolana8 Dall 1903 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Clementia (Egesta) grayi12
Clementia (Egesta) grayi12 Dall 1900 venus clam
1Beu 2010; 2Drez 1981; 3Gertman 1969; 4Hoerle 1972; 5Hoerle 1976; 6Vokes 1963; 7Vokes 1965; 8Vokes 1969; 9Vokes 1970; 10Vokes 1974; 11Vokes 1974; 12Vokes 1974; 13Wells 1972