USGS Loc. 6175 - Suwannee River [Chipola Fm]: Burdigalian, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Scaphander langdoni
present
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
"Mazzalina" costata
? in occurrence table
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus chipolanus Dall 1896
rare; ? in occurrence table
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten (Chlamys) acanikos Gardner 1926
recombined as Lindapecten acanikos
common
Pecten (Chlamys) chipolanus Dall 1898
recombined as Lindapecten chipolanus
present; ? in occurrence table
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia suwaneensis
common
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea normalis Gardner 1926
present
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Ostrea trigonalis Conrad 1854
recombined as Gigantostrea trigonalis
rare; ? in occurrence table
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Callocardia (Agriopoma) albofonte
present
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Caryocorbula) whitfieldi Brown 1905
recombined as Cuneocorbula whitfieldi
rare; ? in occurrence table, C. (C.) whitfieldi boyntoni
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Columbia
Coordinates: 30.3° North, 82.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.7° North, 79.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Burdigalian
Age range of interval:20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago
Age estimate:18.2 Ma (Sr isotope)
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Alum Bluff Formation:Chipola
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: AGE: Direct date from 87Sr/86Sr isotope dating of fossils from elsewhere in Chipola Fm [=Burdigalian age].
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified calcareous marl
Secondary lithology: unlithified calcareous sandstone
Lithology description: marls, sands, clays, for the most part unconsolidated, in places highly calcareous
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USGS
Metadata
Database number:42425
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2004-07-29 07:36:06 Last modified:2012-12-05 15:03:47
Access level:the public Released:2004-07-29 07:36:06
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11206. J. R. Gardner. 1947. The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper (142A-H)1-709 [A. Miller/K. Layou/A. Hendy]