Florida Geological Survey L-73, Avon Park Limestone, Levy Co.: Lutetian, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Foraminifera indet. Eichwald 1830
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
? Tectariopsis avonensis n. sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Conomitra sp. Conrad 1865
Gastropoda - Hipponicidae
Hipponix floridanus
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Velates floridanus Richards 1946
synonym of Velates perversus
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium (Trachycardium) cf. claibornense Aldrich 1911
recombined as Agnocardia claibornense
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia scabricostata (Guppy 1866)
recombined as Cardita (Glans) scabricostata
Mammalia - Sirenia - Protosirenidae
Protosiren sp. Abel 1904
Domning et al. 1982
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Levy
Coordinates: 29.3° North, 82.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.9° North, 71.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Lutetian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Lutetian
Age range of interval:47.80000 - 41.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Avon Park
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: The bed is 0.2 to 0.8 foot thick and is Bed No. 2 of section described by Vernon (1951) (FGS Bulletin 33)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:brown lithified dolomite
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: tan to brown, fairly hard, porous, massive dolomite
Environment:marine indet. Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:41446
Authorizer:A. Miller, M. Uhen Enterer:K. Layou, M. Uhen
Modifier:J. Sessa Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2004-07-14 12:41:30 Last modified:2010-08-06 11:16:34
Access level:the public Released:2004-07-14 12:41:30
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11115. H. G. Richards and K.V.W. Palmer. 1953. Eocene Mollusks from Citrus and Levy Counties, Florida. Florida Geological Survey Geological Bulletin (35) [A. Miller/K. Layou/K. Layou]

Secondary references:

12993 D. P. Domning, G. S. Morgan, and C. E. Ray. 1982. North American Eocene sea cows (Mammalia: Sirenia). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 52:1-69 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Holroyd]