Where: Marion County, Florida (29.3° N, 82.2° W: paleocoordinates 29.4° N, 74.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ocala Limestone Formation (Ocala Group), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1965. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene mollusca of the southern and eastern United States. Part 1. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Peteropoda, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:1-471 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 92257: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 04.11.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Cardium "sp. F" Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
"Euloxa" sp. clam | |
Crassatella "sp. K" Lamarck 1799 clam | |
Ostrea "sp. G" Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Atrina quadrata oyster |