Also known as Station 7096
Where: Decatur County, Georgia (30.9° N, 84.6° W: paleocoordinates 31.0° N, 78.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Flint River Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)
• From lower bed. Assigned to Lower Oligocene (Rupelinan) by Scott et al. 2001 following mapping by Cooke (1945).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, cherty/siliceous limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, replaced with silica
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Collected by Cooke and Mansfield (1914). Reposted in USNM collections.
Primary reference: W. H. Dall. 1916. A contribution to the invertebrate fauna of the Oligocene beds of Flint, River. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 51(2162):487-524 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 60838: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.05.2006, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Cerithium silicifluvium cerith snail | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Ampullina solida snail
Ampullina streptostoma snail | |
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"Murex rufirupicolus" = Pterynotus (Pterynotus) rufirupicolus
"Murex rufirupicolus" = Pterynotus (Pterynotus) rufirupicolus Dall 1916 mustached bat | |
Lyria mansfieldi Dall 1916 volute | |
Fusinus nexilis Dall 1890 snail | |
Conus demiurgus, "Conus tortilis" = Conus sauridens
Conus demiurgus Dall 1903 cone shell
"Conus tortilis" = Conus sauridens Conrad 1833 cone shell | |
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
Bivalvia | |
"Phacoides (Miltha) ocalanus" = Pseudomiltha ocalanus, Phacoides sp.
"Phacoides (Miltha) ocalanus" = Pseudomiltha ocalanus Dall 1903 clam
Phacoides sp. Blainville 1825 clam | |
"Cardium (Laevicardium) sp." = Laevicardium
"Cardium (Laevicardium) sp." = Laevicardium Swainson 1840 cockle | |
Pitaria (Lamelliconcha) calcanea, Pitaria (Lamelliconcha) silicifluvia, "Macrocallista (Chionella) sp." = Pitar (Chionella), "Antigona aff. caesarina" = Periglypta caesarina, "Chione bainbridgensis" = Chione (Chionopsis) bainbridgensis
Pitaria (Lamelliconcha) calcanea Dall 1903 venus clam
Pitaria (Lamelliconcha) silicifluvia Dall 1916 venus clam
"Macrocallista (Chionella) sp." = Pitar (Chionella) Cossmann 1886 venus clam
"Antigona aff. caesarina" = Periglypta caesarina Dall 1903 venus clam
"Chione bainbridgensis" = Chione (Chionopsis) bainbridgensis Dall 1916 venus clam | |
Crassatellites paramesus Dall 1916 clam | |
Glycymeris mississippiensis Conrad 1848 clam | |
"Pecten (Chlamys) anatipes" = Anatipopecten anatipes
"Pecten (Chlamys) anatipes" = Anatipopecten anatipes Morton 1833 scallop | |
Arcoperna inflata Dall 1916 mussel
Modiolus (Brachydontes) grammatus Dall 1898 mussel | |
Acroperna | |
Acroperna inflata1 Dall 1916 |