Carolia floridiana assemblage [Dogtown Mbr, Torreya Fm]: Early Miocene, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Charentiidae
Peneroplis sp. Montfort 1808
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Soritidae
Archaias sp. Montfort 1808
Amphisorus sp. Ehrenberg 1839
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys cf. acanikos Gardner 1926
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Zacanthoididae
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae
Callianassa sp. Leach 1814
Thecostraca
Cirripedia indet. Rafinesque 1816
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida
Coordinates: 30.2° North, 84.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.0° North, 76.1° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Early Miocene
Age range of interval: 23.04 - 15.98 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Torreya Member:Dogtown
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Dogtown Mbr of the Torreya Fm, which unconformably underlies the Chipola Fm (Middle Miocene). AGE: Early Miocene based on molluscan biostratigraphy. Also correlates with Hemingfordian (land mammal)), Miogypsina (foram) and Dizatom Zone I of Abbott (1978) biostratigraphic zones. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From the middle part of the Torreya Fm.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Presumably limestone, but not explicitly stated. LITHIFICATION: Lithified on the basis of taphonomic descriptions.
Environment:carbonate indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Not stated, but apparently a firmground carbonate environment on the basis of numerous epifaunal taxa.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast,mold/impression,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Probably multiple collectors, but including Hunter and Huddlestun. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to characteristic gastropoda, bivalvia, echinoidea and other taxa, including land mammals.
Metadata
Database number:79775
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2008-03-23 14:14:24 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2008-03-23 14:14:24
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
26834. M. E. Hunter and P. F. Huddlestun. 1980. The biostratigraphy of the Torreya Formation of Florida . Southeastern Geological Society Special Publication 25:211-223 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/M. Uhen]