TU 60 - Jackson Bluff [Jackson Bluff Fm] (Pliocene of the United States)

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)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Jackson Bluff Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Late Pliocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal, brown, gray, green, argillaceous sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow-marine, siliciclastic environment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Lithologic data not specified for Jackson Bluff Formation. From Schmidt (1984): "In the outcrop area, the Jackson Bluff Formation is described as a sandy, clayey shell bed. It is composed of tan to orange-brown to gray green, poorly consolidated, fossiliferous, sandy clays to clayey sands." - Schmidt, W., 1984, Florida Geological Survey Bulletin 58. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, based on observation of specimens from locality.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Collected by Vokes & Vokes; reposited in the FLMNH, USNM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: E. Vokes and H. Vokes. REPOSITORY: Florida Museum of Natural History; USNM.

Primary reference: E. H. Vokes and H. E. Vokes. 2000. Catalogue of Tulane University fossil localities. Unpublished notes [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 92440: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.11.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text, and subsequent publications. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
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Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Trajana (Trajana) pyta" = Trajana pyta4
"Trajana (Trajana) pyta" = Trajana pyta4 Gardner 1948 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Poirieria (Panamurex) clarksvillensis5, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) floridanus2, "Murexiella (Murexiella) macgintyi" = Murexiella macgintyi3, Murexiella (Subpterynotus) textilis3, Calotrophon ostrearum7, Typhis (Rugotyphis) harrisi1
Poirieria (Panamurex) clarksvillensis5 Mansfield 1937 murex snail
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) floridanus2 Vokes 1965 murex snail
"Murexiella (Murexiella) macgintyi" = Murexiella macgintyi3 Smith 1938 murex snail
SUBSPECIES: Murexiella (Murexiella) macgintyi faceta
Murexiella (Subpterynotus) textilis3 Gabb 1873 murex snail
Calotrophon ostrearum7 Conrad 1846 murex snail
SUBSPECIES: Calotrophon ostrearum conradi
Typhis (Rugotyphis) harrisi1 Olsson 1914 murex snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limidae
Limaria (Limaria) carolinensis6
Limaria (Limaria) carolinensis6 Dall 1898 file clam
1Gertman 1969; 2Vokes 1965; 3Vokes 1968; 4Vokes 1969; 5Vokes 1970; 6Vokes 1973; 7Vokes 1976