Marianna Limestone (Florida) fauna: Rupelian, Florida
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Clypeasteroida
- Clypeasteridae
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Clypeaster rogersi
(Morton 1834)
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Schizasteridae
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Schizaster americanus
(Clark and Twitchell 1915)
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| original and current combination Schizaster americana | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Florida | County: | Jackson |
| Coordinates: | 30.8° North, 85.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.9° North, 78.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Rupelian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Marianna | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Data a composite of Mariana Limestone localities in Florida. From Florida GS source: "It is laterally equivalent to the lower portion of the Suwannee Limestone." | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal,white,yellow argillaceous "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Lithologic data not specified for Marianna Limestone. From FGS source: "The Marianna Limestone is a white to cream, fossiliferous, variably argillaceous marine limestone...." | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
| Geology comments: Geology not specified for Mariana Limestone | |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils,some microfossils |
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection,observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: Compilation of known taxa from Marianna Limestone Limestone, Florida State. Comprises range on unspecified collecting techniques. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Complete checklist of echinoid taxa for Marianna Limestone of Florida. From Florida GS source: "Fossils include foraminifera, mollusks, and rare vertebrates." | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Marianna Limestone fauna | ||
| Database number: | 35015 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-10-24 12:43:53 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-10-24 12:43:53 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9411. | 1% 460 | C. W. Oyen and R. W. Portell. 2001. Diversity patterns and biostratigraphy of Cenozoic echinodems from Florida. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 166:193-218 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |