Where: Walton County, Florida (30.9° N, 86.5° W: paleocoordinates 31.3° 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
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 42685: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 04.08.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Glycymeris drymanos" = Costaglycymeris drymanos
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"Crassatellites (Scambula) densus" = Crassatella densus
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"Lucina santarosana" = Pegophysema santarosana, "Phacoides (Parvilucina) flumenvadosa" = Parvilucina
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Corbula (Caryocorbula) seminella, "Corbula waltonensis" = Varicorbula disparilis, "Corbula (Caryocorbula) whitfieldi" = Cuneocorbula whitfieldi
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"Cardium (Cerastoderma) panastrum" = Cerastoderma
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"Chione (Lirophora) ceramota" = Lirophora (Lirophora) ceramota, "Venus prodroma" = Mercenaria prodroma
"Chione (Lirophora) ceramota" = Lirophora (Lirophora) ceramota Gardner 1947 venus clam present; ? in occurrence table
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"Spisula (Hemimactra) craspedota" = Spisula craspedota
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