USGS Loc. 10611 - White's Creek [Chipola Fm]: Burdigalian, Florida
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Yoldiidae
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Yoldia frater
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| abundant | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Ostrea haitensis
Sowerby 1850
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| common | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Florida | County: | Walton |
| Coordinates: | 30.6° North, 86.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.1° North, 82.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.44 - 15.98 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 18.2 Ma (Sr isotope) |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Alum Bluff | Formation: | Chipola | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Direct date from 87Sr/86Sr isotope dating of fossils from elsewhere in Chipola Fm [=Burdigalian age]. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified calcareous marl |
| Secondary lithology: | unlithified calcareous sandstone |
| Lithology description: marls, sands, clays, for the most part unconsolidated, in places highly calcareous | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
Metadata
| Database number: | 42214 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | K. Layou |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-07-26 07:45:13 | Last modified: | 2012-12-05 14:15:49 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-07-26 07:45:13 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11206. | J. R. Gardner. 1947. The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper (142A-H)1-709 [A. Miller/K. Layou/A. Hendy] |