TU 810 - Taylor Branch [Chipola Fm] (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Calhoun County, Florida (30.5° N, 85.2° W: paleocoordinates 30.9° 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

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 Unpublished notes [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]more details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 92545: 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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Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Jaspidella cofacorys1, Oliva (Omogymna) liodes1, Oliva (Omogymna) martensii1
Jaspidella cofacorys1 Gardner 1937 olive snail
Oliva (Omogymna) liodes1 Dall 1903 olive snail
Oliva (Omogymna) martensii1 Dall 1903 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) linguiferus2, Poirieria (Panamurex) laccopoia4, Dermomurex (Dermomurex) matercula n. sp.5
Poirieria (Panamurex) laccopoia4 Gardner 1947 murex snail
Dermomurex (Dermomurex) matercula n. sp.5 Vokes 1975 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus isomatratus3, Conus sulculus3
Conus isomatratus3 Dall 1896 cone shell
Conus sulculus3 Dall 1896 cone shell
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte (Ashtarotha) sp.6
Astarte (Ashtarotha) sp.6 Dall 1903 clam
1Drez 1981; 2Gertman 1969; 3Hoerle 1976; 4Vokes 1970; 5Vokes 1975; 6Vokes 1981