M 39 - Dunnellon Phospate Minig Co. pit [Inglis Limestone] (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Citrus County, Florida (28.9° N, 82.5° W: paleocoordinates 29.0° N, 74.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Inglis Limestone Formation (Ocala Group), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Inglis Fm of the Ocala Group, which is overlain by the Williston Limestone, and overlies the Avon Park Limestone; originally proposed as Inglis Member of Moodys Branch Fm by Vernon (1951). AGE: Priabonian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1965. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene mollusca of the southern and eastern United States. Part 1. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Peteropoda, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:1-471 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 99194: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 02.11.2010

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
"Tugurium grayi" = Onustus
"Tugurium grayi" = Onustus carrier shell
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
"Pseudocrommium brucei" = Pachycrommium, Ampullinopsis citrinensis
"Pseudocrommium brucei" = Pachycrommium snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
"Bellatara" citrana cerith snail
Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Miltha (? Eomiltha) megameris" = Superlucina megameris, Lucina "sp. B"
"Miltha (? Eomiltha) megameris" = Superlucina megameris Dall 1901 clam
Lucina "sp. B" Bruguière 1797 clam
 Cardiida - Glossidae
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella "sp. L" Lamarck 1799 clam