Also known as FLMNH Loc. CA022
Where: Calhoun County, Florida (30.5° N, 85.2° W: paleocoordinates 30.9° N, 81.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Chipola Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Chipola Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Early Miocene; direct date from 87Sr/86Sr isotope dating of fossils from elsewhere in Chipola Fm [=Burdigalian age]. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Duerr, R. REPOSITORY: FLMNH.
Primary reference: R. Duerr. 2008. Two new species of Mitrella (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Columbellidae) from the lower Miocene Chipola Formation of northwestern Florida. The Nautilus 122(3):151-154 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 89240: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 11.05.2009, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Cypraeorbis willcoxi, "Zoila arlettae" = Cypraeorbis arlettae
Cypraeorbis willcoxi Dall 1890 cowry
"Zoila arlettae" = Cypraeorbis arlettae Dolin 1991 cowry | |
? Mitrella hayesorum n. sp., ? Mitrella phyllisae n. sp.
? Mitrella hayesorum n. sp. Duerr 2008 true whelk
? Mitrella phyllisae n. sp. Duerr 2008 true whelk |