TU 787 - Tenmile Creek [Chipola Fm] (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Calhoun County, Florida (30.4° N, 85.2° W: paleocoordinates 30.8° N, 81.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chipola Formation (Alum Bluff Group), Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Chipola Fm of the Alum Bluff Gp, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: late Early Miocene, on the basis of macro fossil biostratigraphy; direct date from 87Sr/86Sr isotope dating of fossils from elsewhere in Chipola Fm [=Burdigalian age]. STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown position within formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified, calcareous marl and unlithified, calcareous sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Not discussed in text.
• LITHOLOGY: Marls, sands, clays, for the most part unconsolidated, in places highly calcareous. LITHIIFCATION: Unlithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

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

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: E. H. Vokes and H. E. Vokes. REPOSITORY: FLMNH, 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 Unpublished notes [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]more details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 92544: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.11.2009

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in taxonomic treatments. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Symbiangia vaughani9
Symbiangia vaughani9 Weisbord 1971 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Alabina (Caloosalba) turbatrix4, Alabina (Caloosalba) boiplex4
Alabina (Caloosalba) turbatrix4 Hoerle 1972 cerith snail
Alabina (Caloosalba) boiplex4 Dall 1892 cerith snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva (Omogymna) martensii2
Oliva (Omogymna) martensii2 Dall 1903 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Poirieria (Panamurex) laccopoia6, Poirieria (Panamurex) fusinoides6, Haustellum gilli8, Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) linguiferus3
Poirieria (Panamurex) laccopoia6 Gardner 1947 murex snail
Poirieria (Panamurex) fusinoides6 Gardner 1947 murex snail
Haustellum gilli8 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus chipolanus5, Conus isomatratus5, Conus sulculus5, "Conus cracens" = Conus sauridens5
Conus chipolanus5 Dall 1896 cone shell
Conus isomatratus5 Dall 1896 cone shell
Conus sulculus5 Dall 1896 cone shell
"Conus cracens" = Conus sauridens5 Conrad 1833 cone shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Bursidae
Bursa chipolana1, Bursa (Tutufa) pelouatensis7
Bursa chipolana1 Schmelz 1997 frog shell
Bursa (Tutufa) pelouatensis7 Cossmann and Peyrot 1903 frog shell
1Beu 2010; 2Drez 1981; 3Gertman 1969; 4Hoerle 1972; 5Hoerle 1976; 6Vokes 1970; 7Vokes 1973; 8Vokes 1990; 9Wells 1972