Johnson's Lime Sink (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Levy County, Florida (29.4° N, 82.5° W: paleocoordinates 29.5° N, 74.8° W)

When: Ocala Formation, Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

• said to be Oligocene, but the Ocala LS is now thought to be Eocene

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. B. Clark and M. W. Twitchell. 1915. The Mesozoic and Cenozoic Echinodermata of the United States. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 54:1-341 [L. Villier/J. Millet/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 203472: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 16.08.2019

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Oligopygidae
Oligopygus haldermani Conrad 1850 sand dollar
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Schizaster floridanus n. sp. Clark and Twitchell 1915 heart urchin
 Spatangoida - Brissidae
Eupatagus floridanus n. sp. Clark and Twitchell 1915 heart urchin