USGS Loc. 9957 - White's Creek [Shoal River Fm]: Serravallian, Florida
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Epitonium (Clathrus) alaquaense
Mansfield 1935
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rare | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Clavatulidae
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Clavatula gunteri n. sp.
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rare | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Pseudomelaniidae
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Crassispira laurentii n. sp.
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rare | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Leda polychoa
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synonym of Nuculana | ||||||||||
common; L. polychoa defuniak (common) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Yoldiidae
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Yoldia soror
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present | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula chipolana
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rare; N. chipolana waltonia | ||||||||||
Nucula defuniak
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rare | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten (Chlamys) nicholsi
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original and current combination Chlamys | ||||||||||
common | ||||||||||
Pecten (Chlamys) condylomatus
Dall 1898
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recombined as Lyropecten condylomatus | ||||||||||
rare | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia floridana
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common | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Noetiidae
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Arca (Barbatia) adamsi
Dall 1886
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recombined as Arcopsis adamsi | ||||||||||
rare | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris waltonensis
Gardner 1947
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recombined as Costaglycymeris waltonensis | ||||||||||
abundant | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium (Trachycardium) plectopleura
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original and current combination Trachycardium | ||||||||||
common | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Semele taracodes
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rare | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina (Moerella) piesa
Gardner 1947
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rare | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Kelliellidae
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Alveinus micculus
Gardner 1926
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synonym of Alveinus rotundus | ||||||||||
rare | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Spisula (Hemimactra) craspedota
Gardner 1947
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recombined as Spisula craspedota | ||||||||||
present | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula (Caryocorbula) whitfieldi
Brown 1905
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recombined as Cuneocorbula whitfieldi | ||||||||||
rare; C. (C.) whitfieldensis stikta | ||||||||||
Corbula waltonensis
Gardner 1928
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synonym of Varicorbula disparilis | ||||||||||
common | ||||||||||
Corbula (Caryocorbula) parawhitfieldi
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Corbula (Caryocorbula) seminella
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rare | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Thraciida
- Periplomatidae
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Periploma discus
Stearns 1890
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rare | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Phacoides (Parvilucina) piluliformis
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spelled with current rank as Parvilucina | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatellites (Scambula) densus
(Dall 1900)
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recombined as Crassatella densus | ||||||||||
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Crassatellites (Crassinella) tanicus
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original and current combination Crassinella | ||||||||||
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Crassatellites (Crassinella) triangulatus
Dall 1900
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rare; ? in occurrence table | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte (Bythiamena) wagneri
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Astarte (Ashtarotha) sima
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common | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Florida | County: | Walton |
Coordinates: | 30.6° North, 86.0° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 31.0° North, 83.8° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Serravallian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
Key time interval: | Serravallian | ||
Age range of interval: | 13.82000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago | ||
Age estimate: | 12.4 Ma (Sr isotope) |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Alum Bluff | Formation: | Shoal River | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Shoal River Fm of the Alum Bluff, which lies between the Chipola Fm (Early Miocene) and the Chochtawatchee Fm [Early Pliocene). AGE: Early Miocene (Gardener 1947); Middle Miocene in Vokes (1990) and Portell et al. (2006), although Jones et al. (1993) reports 87Sr/86Sr ratios that yielded average age estimates of 12.4 Ma [=Serravalian]. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation. |
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: | 43032 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | K. Layou |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2004-08-09 12:26:33 | Last modified: | 2012-12-05 21:22:27 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-08-09 12:26:33 |
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] |