Where: Polk County, Florida (28.2° N, 82.2° W: paleocoordinates 28.2° N, 75.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Suwannee Limestone Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Suwannee Fm of the Vicksburg Group. AGE: Early Oligocene (Latdorfian) based on correlation with the Gulf Coastal Plain succession. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal, cherty/siliceous limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with silica
Collected by Kendrew & Petuch; reposited in the FMNH
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: E. Kendrew and E. Petuch. REPOSITORY:UF (University of Florida, Gainesville, FL) = FLMNH.
Primary reference: E. J. Petuch. 1997. A new gastropod fauna from an Oligocene back-reef lagoonal environment in west central Florida. The Nautilus 110(4):122-138 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 80184: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 08.04.2008, edited by Mihaela Krause
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Calliostoma silicatum top snail | |
Astraea (Astralium) polkensis Petuch 1997 snail | |
Suwannescapha lindae Petuch 1997 snail | |
Prismacerithium prisma, Bittium caseyi, Cerithioclava eutextile, Cestumcerithium vaginatum, Cestumcerithium liveoakensis, Cestumcerithium pascoensis, Cestumcerithium brooksvillensis, Cerithium cookei, Cerithium (Thericium) insulatum, "Semivertagus menthafontis" = Clava (Semivertagus), "Semivertagus silicium" = Clava (Semivertagus)
Prismacerithium prisma Petuch 1997 cerith snail
Bittium caseyi cerith snail
Cerithioclava eutextile cerith snail
Cestumcerithium vaginatum Mansfield 1937 cerith snail
Cestumcerithium liveoakensis Mansfield 1937 cerith snail
Cestumcerithium pascoensis Mansfield 1937 cerith snail
Cestumcerithium brooksvillensis Mansfield 1937 cerith snail
Cerithium cookei cerith snail
Cerithium (Thericium) insulatum Dall 1916 cerith snail
"Semivertagus menthafontis" = Clava (Semivertagus) cerith snail
"Semivertagus silicium" = Clava (Semivertagus) cerith snail | |
Pyrazisinus kendrewi Petuch 1997 snail | |
Torcula caseyi turret shell
Torcula mississippiensis turret shell | |
Modulus liveoakensis snail | |
Telescopium blackwaterensis horn snail
Telescopium hernandoensis horn snail | |
Calyptraea conradi slipper shell | |
Natica caseyi moon snail
Sinum mississippiensis moon snail | |
Pallacera vicksburgensis snail
Pallacera caseyi snail | |
Solenosteira suwanneensis Petuch 1997 true whelk | |
"Myristica crassicornuta" = Melongena (Myristica), Spinifulgur gemmulatum
"Myristica crassicornuta" = Melongena (Myristica) snail
Spinifulgur gemmulatum Petuch 1997 whelk | |
Fusimitra conquista mitre shell | |
Terebra (Terebrellina) divisura auger snail | |
Conus (Leptoconus) cookei Dall 1916 cone shell
Conus (Asprella) kendrewi Petuch 1997 cone shell
Conorbis porcellanus cone shell | |
Polystira subsimilis, Pleurofusia brooksvillensis, Pleurofusia plutonica, Pleurofusia servata, Pleurofusia dowlingi
Polystira subsimilis turrid
Pleurofusia brooksvillensis turrid
Pleurofusia plutonica turrid
Pleurofusia servata turrid
Pleurofusia dowlingi Petuch 1997 turrid | |
Olivella vicksburgensis olive snail
Olivella liveoakensis olive snail
Oliva (Omogymna) brooksvillensis Mansfield 1937 olive snail | |
Conomitra staminea ribbed mitre
Conomitra crenulata ribbed mitre
Conomitra kendrewi Petuch 1997 ribbed mitre | |
Vasum suwanneensis Petuch 1997 snail
Turbinella suwanneensis snail | |
Prunum ericae margin shell
Prunum jessicae Petuch 1997 margin shell
Prunum sandrae Petuch 1997 margin shell
Hyalina silicicifluvia margin shell
Dentimargo dalli Petuch 1997 margin shell | |
Falsilyria mansfieldi volute
Falsilyria kendrewi Petuch 1997 volute | |
Poirieria (Dallmurex) rufirupicolus, Chicoreus stetopus, Pterynotus propeposti, "Talityphis mississippiensis" = Typhina
Poirieria (Dallmurex) rufirupicolus murex snail
Chicoreus stetopus murex snail
Pterynotus propeposti Mansfield 1937 mustached bat
"Talityphis mississippiensis" = Typhina murex snail | |
Persicula macneili snail
Persicula suwanneensis Petuch 1997 snail
Persicula dockeryi Petuch 1997 snail | |
Orthaulax hernandoensis Mansfield 1937 snail | |
Cypraeorbis kendrewi Petuch 1997 cowry | |
Phalium caelatura snail | |
Ficus mississippiensis Conrad 1848 fig shell | |
"Crassispirella lyopleura" = Crassispira (Crassispirella)
"Crassispirella lyopleura" = Crassispira (Crassispirella) snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Glycymeris suwannensis Mansfield 1937 clam | |
"Chione bainbridgensis" = Chione (Chionopsis) bainbridgensis
"Chione bainbridgensis" = Chione (Chionopsis) bainbridgensis Dall 1916 venus clam | |
Phacoides hernandoensis Mansfield 1937 clam | |
Crassatella portelli Devries 2016 clam | |
Anthozoa | |
"Stylophora minutissima" = Stylophora minor
"Stylophora minutissima" = Stylophora minor Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
"Montastrea bainbridgensis" = Montastraea endothecata
"Montastrea bainbridgensis" = Montastraea endothecata Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
Antiguastrea silicensis stony coral |