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
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Foraminifera indet.
Eichwald 1830
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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? Tectariopsis avonensis n. sp.
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Costellariidae
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Conomitra sp.
Conrad 1865
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Gastropoda
- Hipponicidae
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Hipponix floridanus
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Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Velates floridanus
Richards 1946
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synonym of Velates perversus | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium (Trachycardium) cf. claibornense
Aldrich 1911
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recombined as Agnocardia claibornense | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia scabricostata
(Guppy 1866)
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recombined as Cardita (Glans) scabricostata | |||||||
Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Protosirenidae
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Protosiren sp.
Abel 1904
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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] |