USGS Loc. 10659 - Tanners/Old Senterfeit Mill [Oak Grove Sand] (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Walton County, Florida (31.0° N, 86.5° W: paleocoordinates 31.4° N, 82.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oak Grove Formation (Alum Bluff Group), Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Oak Grove Fm of the Alum Bluff Gp, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: late Early Miocene, on the basis of macro fossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown position within formation.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified, gray, green, calcareous sandstone

• gray-green sands, 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 42684: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 04.08.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Polinices (Neverita) eucallosus" = Neverita, "Polinices judsoni" = Natica judsoni
"Polinices (Neverita) eucallosus" = Neverita moon snail
present
"Polinices judsoni" = Natica judsoni Maury 1910 moon snail
present
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Mitrella phagon
Mitrella phagon snail
present
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Urosalpinx xustris
Urosalpinx xustris murex snail
rare
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea centralis
Calyptraea centralis Conrad 1841 slipper shell
rare
 Cerithioidea - Litiopidae
Litiopa palaeosargassina
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
"Cadulus (Gadila) clarae" = Gadila
"Cadulus (Gadila) clarae" = Gadila tusk shell
rare
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Venericardia himerta" = Glyptoactis (Glyptoactis) himerta
"Venericardia himerta" = Glyptoactis (Glyptoactis) himerta Dall 1903 clam
rare
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
"Crassatellites (Scambula) densus" = Crassatella densus, "Crassatellites (Crassinella) tanicus" = Crassinella
"Crassatellites (Scambula) densus" = Crassatella densus Dall 1900 clam
rare
"Crassatellites (Crassinella) tanicus" = Crassinella clam
abundant
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium (Cerastoderma) taphrium" = Dinocardium taphrium, "Cardium (Cerastoderma) panastrum" = Cerastoderma, "Cardium (Trachycardium) malacum" = Trachycardium
"Cardium (Cerastoderma) taphrium" = Dinocardium taphrium Dall 1900 cockle
common
"Cardium (Cerastoderma) panastrum" = Cerastoderma cockle
present
"Cardium (Trachycardium) malacum" = Trachycardium cockle
rare
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Ervilia planata, Semele compacta
Ervilia planata Dall 1898 clam
present
Semele compacta clam
present
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Pseudochama chipolana
Pseudochama chipolana jewel box
present
 Cardiida - Mactridae
"Spisula (Hemimactra) craspedota" = Spisula craspedota
"Spisula (Hemimactra) craspedota" = Spisula craspedota Gardner 1947 clam
present
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula (Caryocorbula) whitfieldi" = Cuneocorbula whitfieldi, Corbula (Caryocorbula) seminella
"Corbula (Caryocorbula) whitfieldi" = Cuneocorbula whitfieldi Brown 1905 clam
present
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten (Chlamys) sayanus" = Chlamys
"Pecten (Chlamys) sayanus" = Chlamys scallop
present
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca (Diluvarca) santarosana" = Anadara (Diluvarca) santarosana, "Arca (Barbatia) marylandica" = Barbatia marylandica
"Arca (Diluvarca) santarosana" = Anadara (Diluvarca) santarosana Dall 1898 ark
abundant
"Arca (Barbatia) marylandica" = Barbatia marylandica Conrad 1840 clam
rare
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sinaria
Nucula sinaria Dall 1898 nut clam
common