Red Bluff (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Decatur County, Georgia (31.0° N, 84.6° W: paleocoordinates 31.2° N, 77.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Ocala Formation, Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. W. Cooke. 1915. The Age of the Ocala Limestone. US Geological Survey Professional Paper 95(I):107-117 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 57926: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.01.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
 Orbitoidacea - Orbitoididae
Orbitoides papyracea, Orbitoides sp.
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Nummulites wilcoxi
Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Clypeaster sp.
Clypeaster sp. Lamarck 1801 sand dollar
 Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
Echinolampas sp.
Echinolampas sp. Gray 1825 sea urchin
 Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae
Cassidulus sp.
Cassidulus sp. Lamarck 1801 sea urchin
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Amusium ocalanum, "Pecten indecisus" = Chlamys indecisa, "Pecten suwaneensis" = Aequipecten suwaneensis
"Pecten indecisus" = Chlamys indecisa Dall 1898 scallop
"Pecten suwaneensis" = Aequipecten suwaneensis Dall 1898 scallop