Unspecified localities [Arcadia Formation] (Oligocene to of the United States)

Where: Florida (27.2° N, 81.9° W: paleocoordinates 27.6° N, 77.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Arcadia Formation (Hawthorn Group), Chattian to Chattian (28.1 - 11.6 Ma)

• The Arcadia Formation is a composite sequence containing four high-frequency sequences composed of multiple vertically stacked carbonate cycles. Most cycles do not show evidence of subaerial exposure and were deposited under more temperate conditions, relative to the Suwannee Limestone. The Arcadia Formation in southernmost Florida is bounded by regional unconformities representing third-order sequence boundaries.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: carbonate

• Geology not specified for Chipola Formation
• Lithologic data not specified for Chipola Formation

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Compilation of known taxa from Chipola Formation in Florida State. Comprises range on unspecified collecting techniques.

Primary reference: C. W. Oyen and R. W. Portell. 2001. Diversity patterns and biostratigraphy of Cenozoic echinodems from Florida. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 166:193-218 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 35020: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.10.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Complete checklist of echinoid taxa for Chipola Formation of Florida.
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus humilis Conrad 1846 barnacle
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Agassizia sp. Valenciennes 1846 heart urchin
 Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae
Rhyncholampas sp. Agassiz 1869 sea urchin
 Clypeasteroida - Abertellidae
Abertella aberti Conrad 1842 sand dollar
Asteroidea
 Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Astropectinidae indet. Gray 1840 sea star