Mill Creek Quarry [Ocala Limestone]: Late/Upper Eocene, Florida
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus alleni
Hendricks and Portell 2008
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Florida | County: | Lafayette |
| Coordinates: | 30.3° North, 83.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.4° North, 75.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | hand sample |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Ocala Limestone | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Ocala Limestone, for which stratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Jacksonian = Late Eocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text, but presumably siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera,some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | FLMNH |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Not stated in text. REPOSITORY: UF (University of Florida) | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to taxon described in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Loc. UF ZL004 | ||
| Database number: | 89238 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-05-11 10:25:26 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-05-11 10:25:26 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 29921. | J. R. Hendricks and R. W. Portell. 2008. Late Eocene Conus (Neogastropoda: Conidae) from Florida, USA. The Nautilus 122(2):79-93 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |