Abandoned limerock quarry, FL Highway 26 [Williston Limestone] (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Alachua County, Florida (29.7° N, 82.5° W: paleocoordinates 29.8° N, 74.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Williston Limestone Formation (Ocala Group), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Willistone Limestone of the Ocala Group, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Upper Eocene in text, consistent with other collections; Jackson Stage = Priabonian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, shelly/skeletal limestone

• LITHOLOGY: Equigranular, coquinoid limestone composed mostly of foraminifers. Limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the AMNH

• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: American Museum of Natural History.

Primary reference: A. Ross and W. A. Newman. 1967. Eocene Balanidae of Florida, Including a New Genus and Species with a Unique Plan of "Turtle-Barnacle" Organization. American Museum Novitates 2288:1-21 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 160118: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.08.2014

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to Cirripedia. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-resolution names, and relatively modern nomenclature.
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Coronulidae
Emersonius cybosyrinx n. sp. Ross and Newman 1967 whale barnacle
AMNH 28462