Unspecified localities [Pamlico Fm]: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Florida
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanus sp.
Da Costa 1778
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Balanus niveus
Darwin 1854
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Chelonibiidae
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Chelonibia testudinaria
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| INCLUDES: Chelonibia testudinaria solida | ||||||||||
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Coronulidae
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Platylepas wilsoni
Ross 1963
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Florida |
| Coordinates: | 30.6° North, 81.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.6° North, 81.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Pamlico | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From Pamlico Formation, for which lithostratigraphic relationships to other units in the region (e.g., Anastasia Fm) are not known. AGE: Late Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in formation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified "siliciclastic" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, on the basis of age. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine, shelfal siliciclastic. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Unknown. REPOSITORIES: Unknown. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to Cirripedia. NOMENCLATURE: An authoritative publication and with somewhat antiquated nomenclature but with species-resolution identifications. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 160133 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-08-15 12:09:12 | Last modified: | 2014-08-15 12:09:12 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-08-15 12:09:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 52258. | A. Ross and W. A. Newman. 1967. Eocene Balanidae of Florida, Including a New Genus and Species with a Unique Plan of "Turtle-Barnacle" Organization. American Museum Novitates 2288:1-21 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |