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 Unpublished notes [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]more details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
Typhis (Rugotyphis) harrisi1, Poirieria (Panamurex) clarksvillensis5, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) floridanus2, Murexiella (Subpterynotus) textilis3, "Murexiella (Murexiella) macgintyi" = Murexiella macgintyi3, Calotrophon ostrearum7
Typhis (Rugotyphis) harrisi1 Olsson 1914 murex snail
Poirieria (Panamurex) clarksvillensis5 Mansfield 1937 murex snail
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) floridanus2 Vokes 1965 murex snail
Murexiella (Subpterynotus) textilis3 Gabb 1873 murex snail
"Murexiella (Murexiella) macgintyi" = Murexiella macgintyi3 Smith 1938 murex snail
SUBSPECIES: Murexiella (Murexiella) macgintyi faceta
Calotrophon ostrearum7 Conrad 1846 murex snail
SUBSPECIES: Calotrophon ostrearum conradi
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