Also known as Mansfield Loc. 50
Where: Suwanee County, Florida (30.3° N, 83.7° W: paleocoordinates 30.4° N, 77.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Suwannee Limestone Formation (Vicksburg Group), Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)
• Cunningham et al. (1998) identified Suwannee LS as Early Oligocene age. Cooke and Mansfield (1936) assigned Suwannee to Vicksburg group. Suwannee assigned to Rupelian Stage (early Oligocene) by Brewster-Wingard et al. (1987) and COSUNA (1988).
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, white limestone
Primary reference: W. C. Mansfield. 1937. Molluscs of the Tampa and Suwannee Limestones. Geological Bulletin, State of Florida Department of Conservation 15:1-334 [A. Miller/C. Ferguson/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 60968: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 28.05.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Cerithium suwannensis, "Cerithium ? pascoensis" = Cestumcerithium pascoensis, "Cerithium liveoakensis" = Cestumcerithium liveoakensis
Cerithium suwannensis cerith snail
"Cerithium ? pascoensis" = Cestumcerithium pascoensis Mansfield 1937 cerith snail
"Cerithium liveoakensis" = Cestumcerithium liveoakensis Mansfield 1937 cerith snail | |
Turritella cf. halensis Dall 1916 turret shell | |
Modulus liveoakensis snail | |
Ampullina flintensis snail | |
Terebellum ? hernandoenis true conch | |
Olivella liveoakensis olive snail | |
"Alectrion sp." = Nassarius (Alectrion)
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? Latirus sp. Monfort 1810 snail | |
"Xancus polygonatus" = Turbinella
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Lyria musicina volute
Lyria ? mississippiensis Conrad 1843 volute | |
Xenophora conchyliphora carrier shell | |
Sinum aff. imperforatum Dall 1915 moon snail | |
Scaphander sp. Monfort 1810 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Barbatia ? marylandica Conrad 1840 clam | |
Glycymeris suwannensis Mansfield 1937 clam | |
Chlamys liveoakensis scallop subspecies: wannensis; liveoakensis is also present in its non-wannensis form
"Chlamys flintensis" = Antillipecten flintensis Mansfield 1937 scallop | |
Modiolus grammatus Dall 1898 mussel | |
Divaricella sp. Martens 1880 clam
Phacoides wacissanus Dall 1915 clam | |
"? Teredo incrassata" = Kuphus incrassatus
"? Teredo incrassata" = Kuphus incrassatus Gabb 1873 clam | |
"Chione aff. bainbridgensis" = Chione (Chionopsis) bainbridgensis
"Chione aff. bainbridgensis" = Chione (Chionopsis) bainbridgensis Dall 1916 venus clam | |
Cardium precursor cockle | |
Tellina ? silicata tellin clam | |
Cardita liveoakensis, "Venericardia ? serricosta" = Venericardia (Glyptoactis) serricosta
Cardita liveoakensis clam
"Venericardia ? serricosta" = Venericardia (Glyptoactis) serricosta Heilprin 1887 clam subspecies: brooksvillensis
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Echinoidea | |
Rhyncholampas gouldii Bouvé 1846 sea urchin |