USGS Loc. 356 - Sullivan's field [Hawthorn Gp] (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Levy County, Florida (29.4° N, 82.6° W: paleocoordinates 29.8° N, 78.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hawthorn Group, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified, calcareous marl and unlithified, calcareous sandstone

• marls, sands, clays, for the most part unconsolidated, in places highly calcareous

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USGS

Primary reference: J. R. Gardner. 1947. The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper (142A-H)1-709 [A. Miller/K. Layou/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 42441: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 29.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea normalis
Ostrea normalis Gardner 1926 oyster
abundant