Also known as FGS Station 1/967
Where: Leon County, Florida (30.4° N, 84.6° W: paleocoordinates 30.5° N, 84.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Jackson Bluff Formation (Alum Bluff Group), Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• Lower upper Miocene bed. Ecphora Zone of Choctawhatchee Formation, Alum Bluff Group. The Ecphora zone, from which the collection is derived, is typically exposed in the upper fossiliferous bed unconformably overlying the Chipola Formation at Alum Bluff, Apachicola River. The bed ranges in thickness from 15-25 ft at different places along the bluff. Late Miocene age based on recent lithostratigraphy. Local section name = Jackson Bluff, Basinal/regional section name = Leon. Placed in Jackson Bluff Fm (and hence Late Pliocene) by enterer.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal, blue, sandy claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USNM
• Specimens are lodged in USNM collections. Collected by T.W. Vaughan (1900) and W.C. Mansfield (1925)
Primary reference: W. C. Mansfield. 1930. Miocene gastropods and scaphopods of the Choctawatchee Formation of Florida. Florida State Geological Survey Bulletin 3 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 59487: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 03.04.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
Cadulus floridanus tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
"Arca (Noetia) incile" = Noetia incile1
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Glycymeris americana1, "Glycymeris subovata" = Costaglycymeris subovata1, "Glycymeris pectinata" = Tucetona pectinata1
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"Arca (Anadara) lienosa" = Anadara (Rasia) lienosa1, "Arca (Anadara) callicestosa" = Anadara callicestosa1, "Arca (Anadara) campsa" = Anadara campsa1
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"Ostrea haitensis" = Hyotissa haitensis1
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"Chlamys (Plagioctenium) eboreus" = Carolinapecten eboreus1, Amusium mortoni1, "Chlamys (Plagioctenium) comparilis" = Aequipecten comparilis1
"Chlamys (Plagioctenium) eboreus" = Carolinapecten eboreus1 Conrad 1833 scallop Subspecies: C. (P.) eboreus eboreus
"Chlamys (Plagioctenium) comparilis" = Aequipecten comparilis1 Tuomey and Holmes 1855 scallop Subspecies: C. (P.) comparilis jacksonensis
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"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa1
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Crassatellites (Crassatellites) meridionalis1, Crassinella lunulata1, "Crassatellites (Crassatellites) gibbesii" = Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) speciosa1
"Crassatellites (Crassatellites) gibbesii" = Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) speciosa1 Adams 1854 clam | |
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"Venericardia (Pleuromeris) perplana" = Pteromeris perplana1, "Venericardia (Cyclocardia) granulata" = Cyclocardia granulata1, "Venericardia (Pleuromeris) tridentata" = Pleuromeris tridentata1, Venericardia (Pleuromeris) scituloides1, Cardita (Carditamera) vaughani1
"Venericardia (Pleuromeris) perplana" = Pteromeris perplana1 Dall 1903 clam Subspecies: V. (P.) perplana abbreviata
"Venericardia (Pleuromeris) tridentata" = Pleuromeris tridentata1 Say 1826 clam Subspecies: V. (P.) tridentata decemcostata
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Phacoides (Bellucina) tuomeyi1, "Phacoides (Parvilucina) crenulatus" = Parvilucina crenulata1, "Codakia (Jagonia) speciosa" = Ctena (Ctena) speciosa1, "Codakia (Jagonia) leonensis" = Ctena1
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Corbula (Caryocorbula) nucleata1, Corbula (Caryocorbula) inaequalis1, "Corbula (Corbula) waltonensis" = Varicorbula disparilis1, "Corbula (Caryocorbula) barrattiana" = Caryocorbula caribaea1, "Corbula (Caryocorbula) aff. cuneata" = Caryocorbula cuneata1
"Corbula (Corbula) waltonensis" = Varicorbula disparilis1 d'Orbigny 1853 clam Subspecies: C. (C.) waltonensis rubisiniana
"Corbula (Caryocorbula) barrattiana" = Caryocorbula caribaea1 d'Orbigny 1845 clam Subspecies: C. (C.) barrattiana leonensis
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"Macoma virginiana" = Macoma (Macoma) virginiana1 Conrad 1866 tellin clam Subspecies: M. virginiana coensis
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"Chione (Lirophora) xesta" = Lirophora1, "Chione (Lirophora) sp." = Lirophora1, "Chione (Lirophora) ulocyma" = Lirophora (Panchione) ulocyma1, Chione (Chione) erosa1, Chione (Chione) cortinaria1, "Venus tridacnoides" = Mercenaria campechiensis tridacnoides1, "Callocardia (Agriopoma) sayana" = Pitar morrhuanus1, "Gafrarium (Gouldia) metastriatum" = Gouldia1, Gemma magna1
"Venus tridacnoides" = Mercenaria campechiensis tridacnoides1 Lamarck 1818 quahog Subspecies: V. tridacnoides rileyi
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"Leda trochilia" = Nuculana1
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Gastropoda | |
Solariella vaughani Mansfield 1930 snail | |
Cylichnella jacksonensis snail
Acteocina canaliculata Say 1826 barrel-bubble | |
"Architectonica granulata" = Architectonica nobilis
"Architectonica granulata" = Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial | |
Turritella alumensis turret shell
Turritella subannulata turret shell Subspecies: T. subannulata jacksonensis and. T. subannulata ochlockoneensis
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Tectonatica pusilla Say 1822 moon snail | |
"Rissoina (Zebina) johnsoni" = Zebina
"Rissoina (Zebina) johnsoni" = Zebina snail | |
Petaloconchus sculpturatus Lea 1846 worm shell | |
"Cancellaria (Trigonostoma) tenera" = Ventrilia tenerum
"Cancellaria (Trigonostoma) tenera" = Ventrilia tenerum Philippi 1848 snail | |
Olivella jacksonensis olive snail | |
"Conus adversarius" = Conus (Contraconus) adversarius
"Conus adversarius" = Conus (Contraconus) adversarius Conrad 1840 cone shell | |
"Mangilia gardnerae" = Cythara (Mangelia)
"Mangilia gardnerae" = Cythara (Mangelia) snail | |
"Aurinia mutabilis" = Volutifusus mutabilis2
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Marginella aff. contracta margin shell
Marginella cf. gravida margin shell | |
Seila clavulus snail | |
"Crucibulum auriculum" = Crucibulum (Crucibulum) auricula, "Crepidula aculeata" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus, Crepidula fornicata, Crepidula plana, Calyptraea centralis
"Crucibulum auriculum" = Crucibulum (Crucibulum) auricula Gmelin 1791 slipper shell Subspecies: C. auriculum imbricatum
"Crepidula aculeata" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus Gmelin 1791 slipper shell Subspecies: C. aculeata spinosa
Crepidula plana Say 1822 slipper shell
Calyptraea centralis Conrad 1841 slipper shell |