FLe-1 (Crystal River) (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Levy County, Florida (29.4° N, 82.4° W: paleocoordinates 29.5° N, 74.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Crystal River Limestone Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• supposedly "Ludian"; stage assignment based on Baum et al. 1994; Section FLe-1

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; carbonate

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: L. D. Toulmin. 1977. Stratigraphic Distribution of Paleocene and Eocene Fossils in the Eastern Gulf Coast Region. Geological Survey of Alabama, Monograph 13(1):1-602 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3572: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 05.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Lithophysema sp. Stewart 1926 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gigantostrea trigonalis Conrad 1854 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys spillmani scallop
"spillmani "vars." - originally entered as "Chlamys spillmani "vars."
"Amussium ocalanum" = Amusium scallop
originally entered as "Amusium ocalanum"