USGS Loc. 10660 - Alum Bluff, lower bed [Chipola Fm]: Burdigalian, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella minuscula
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca mikkula
Arca staminata
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia tellia Dall 1903
Cardita apotegea
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Divaricella chipolana Dall 1903
recombined as Divaricella (Divaricella) chipolana
Phacoides glenni Dall 1903
recombined as Here glenni
Phacoides sphaeriolus
Codakia chipolana
Phacoides trisulcatus (Conrad 1841)
recombined as Cavilinga trisulcata
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sarda
Corbula chipolana Gardner 1928
recombined as Varicorbula chipolana
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium parile Deshayes 1858
recombined as Nemocardium parile
Cardium simrothi Dall 1900
recombined as Trigoniocardia (Apiocardia) simrothi
Cardium aliculum (Dall 1900)
recombined as Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) aliculum
Cardium burnsii Dall 1900
recombined as Americardia burnsii
Cardium chipolanum Dall 1900
recombined as Cerastoderma chipolanum
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Ervilia chipolana Dall 1898
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Strigilla paraflexuosa Gardner 1947
Tellina chipolana Dall 1900
recombined as Tellina (Tellinella) chipolana
Metis chipolana Dall 1900
recombined as Florimetis chipolana
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Pseudochama chipolana
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Erycinidae
Erycina scaptera
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Liberty
Coordinates: 30.4° North, 85.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.8° North, 81.3° 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:20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago
Age estimate:18.2 Ma (Sr isotope)
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Alum Bluff Formation:Chipola
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Lower bed. AGE: 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:42272
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2004-07-27 08:49:47 Last modified:2012-12-05 14:20:37
Access level:the public Released:2004-07-27 08:49:47
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]