Where: Marion County, Florida (29.3° N, 82.2° W: paleocoordinates 29.4° N, 74.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Crystal River Limestone Formation (Ocala Group), Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Crystal River Limestone, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Late Eocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, cherty/siliceous limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with silica
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: USNM.
Primary reference: E. H. Vokes. 1976. Cenozoic Muricidae of the western Atlantic region. Part VII - Calotrophon and Attiliosa. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 12(3):101-132 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 92785: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 29.11.2009, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834 | |
Echinoidea | |
Phyllacanthus sp. Brandt pencil urchin | |
Bivalvia | |
Amusium ocalanum scallop | |
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam | |
Chione sp. von Mühlfield 1811 venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Ovula (Transovula) multicarinata n. sp." = Cypraedia (Eucypraedia) multicarinata
"Ovula (Transovula) multicarinata n. sp." = Cypraedia (Eucypraedia) multicarinata Dall 1890 snail | |
Torcula martinensis turret shell | |
Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) ocalana cerith snail |