Where: Liberty County, Florida (30.5° N, 85.0° W: paleocoordinates 30.9° N, 81.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Chipola Formation (Alum Bluff Group), Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Chipola Fm of the Alum Bluff Gp. AGE: Direct date from 87Sr/86Sr isotope dating of fossils from elsewhere in Chipola Fm [=Burdigalian age]. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position with formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, medium-grained, coarse, shelly/skeletal sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Reposited in the AMNH
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COLLECTOR: Squires and Heaslip (1955). REPOSITORY: AMNH (AMNH Loc. 1057)
Primary reference: A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 68971: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 14.02.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Turbinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 snail | |
Sinum chipolanum Dall 1892 moon snail | |
Olivella (Olivella) sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail | |
Busycon sicyoides Gardner 1947 whelk | |
"Uzita sp." = Nassarius (Uzita)
"Uzita sp." = Nassarius (Uzita) Adams and Adams 1853 snail | |
"Fasciolaria kindlei" = Triplofusus kindlei
"Fasciolaria kindlei" = Triplofusus kindlei Maury 1910 snail | |
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Conus chipolanus Dall 1896 cone shell | |
Orthaulax gabbi Dall 1890 snail | |
"Cypraea" sp. Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail | |
Turritella dalli Gardner 1947 turret shell
Turritella segmenta Gardner 1947 turret shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Carditamera (Carditamera) defuniak Gardner 1947 clam | |
Divaricella (Divaricella) chipolana Dall 1903 clam
Here glenni Dall 1903 clam | |
Laevicardium compressum, Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) aliculum, "Cerastoderma" chipolanum, Trachycardium (Trachycardium) sp.
Laevicardium compressum Dall 1900 cockle
Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) aliculum Dall 1900 cockle
"Cerastoderma" chipolanum Dall 1900 cockle
Trachycardium (Trachycardium) sp. Mörch 1853 cockle | |
"Metis chipolana" = Florimetis chipolana, "Moerella sp." = Tellina (Moerella)
"Metis chipolana" = Florimetis chipolana Dall 1900 tellin clam
"Moerella sp." = Tellina (Moerella) Fischer 1887 tellin clam | |
Pseudochama chipolana jewel box | |
Pitar (Pitar) sp., Dosinia chipolana, Lirophora (Lirophora) funiakensis, Mercenaria langdoni, Macrocallista (Macrocallista) acuminata
Pitar (Pitar) sp. Römer 1857 venus clam
Dosinia chipolana Dall 1903 venus clam
Lirophora (Lirophora) funiakensis Gardner 1947 venus clam
Mercenaria langdoni Dall 1900 quahog
Macrocallista (Macrocallista) acuminata Dall 1903 venus clam | |
Spisula cf. craspedota Gardner 1947 clam | |
Cubitostrea rugifera Dall 1898 oyster | |
Anadara (Diluvarca) santarosana Dall 1898 ark |