TU 555 - Fourmile Creek [Chipola Fm]: Burdigalian, Florida
collected by Vokes & Vokes

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebrataliidae
Terebratalia dentilabris
Hoerle 1972
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Potamides suprasulcatus (Gabb 1873)
Hoerle 1972
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Alabina (Caloosalba) boiplex (Dall 1892)
Hoerle 1972
Alabina (Caloosalba) turbatrix Hoerle 1972
Hoerle 1972
Hemicerithium pagodum Hoerle 1972
Hoerle 1972
Hemicerithium akriton Hoerle 1972
Hoerle 1972
Hemicerithium cossmanni (Dall 1892)
Hoerle 1972
Bittium serenum Hoerle 1972
Hoerle 1972
Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) chipolana (Dall 1892)
Hoerle 1972
Gastropoda - Campanilidae
Cerithium (Thericium) chipolanum (Dall 1892)
Hoerle 1972
Cerithium burnsii Dall 1892
Hoerle 1972
recombined as Cerithium (Thericium) burnsii
Gastropoda - Pleisotrochidae
Tenuicerithium absonum n. sp.
Hoerle 1972 5000 specimens
Tenuicerithium permutabile (Dall 1892)
Hoerle 1972
Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae
Seila adamsii (Lea 1845)
Hoerle 1972
Cerithiopsis inopinus n. sp. Hoerle 1972
Hoerle 1972
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Talparia (Talparia) mariaelisabethae Dolin 1991
Dolin 1991
Cypraeorbis ballista (Dall 1915)
Dolin 1991
recombined as Cypraeorbis willcoxi ballista
Gastropoda - Eratoidae
Erato chipolana n. sp. Maury 1910
Dolin 1991
recombined as Hespererato chipolana
Gastropoda - Ovulidae
Simnia (Neosimnia) cristata n. sp. Dolin 1991
Dolin 1991
Simnia (Spiculata) terminatincta n. sp. Dolin 1991
Dolin 1991
Gastropoda - Thersiteidae
Orthaulax gabbi Dall 1890
Vokes and Vokes 1968
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Typhis (Rugotyphis) keenae Gertman 1969
Gertman 1969
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) elusivus Vokes 1974
Vokes 1974
Poirieria (Panamurex) lychnia (Gardner 1947)
Vokes 1970
Poirieria (Panamurex) mauryae Vokes 1970
Vokes 1970
Haustellum gilli
Vokes 1990
Concholepas drezi Vokes 1972
Vokes 1972
Pterynotus (Pterynotus) hoerlei Vokes 1970
Vokes 1970
Hexaplex veatchi (Maury 1910)
Vokes 1990
Murexiella (Murexiella) calhounensis n. sp. Vokes 1968
Vokes 1968
Dermomurex (Dermomurex) matercula Vokes 1975
Vokes 1975
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva (Omogymna) martensii Dall 1903
Drez 1981
Oliva (Omogymna) liodes (Dall 1903)
Drez 1981
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus isomatratus Dall 1896
Hoerle 1976
Conus demiurgus Dall 1903
Hoerle 1976
Conus gardnerae Hoerle 1976
Hoerle 1976
Conus tapetus Hoerle 1976
Hoerle 1976
Conus sulculus (Dall 1896)
Hoerle 1976
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepipatella apprimus Vokes 1975
Vokes 1975 96 specimens
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Globularia fischeri (Dall 1892)
Vokes 1974 48 specimens
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Smaragdia chipolana
Vokes 1981
Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Neritopsidae
Neritopsis vokesorum n. sp. Hoerle 1972
Hoerle 1972
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sportellidae
Basterotia (Basterotella) miocenica n. sp. Vokes 1981
Vokes 1981 10 specimens
Basterotia (Basterotia) ambona n. sp. Vokes 1981
Vokes 1981 17 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
Gastrochaena (Spengleria) emilyana Vokes 1976
Vokes 1976 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Teredinidae
Kuphus incrassatus Gabb 1873
Vokes 1972
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Miltha (Miltha) chipolana (Dall 1903)
Vokes 1969
recombined as Miltha chipolana
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Ctenoides (Ctenoides) scabra (Born 1778)
Vokes 1973
Ctenoides (Ctenoides) floridana (Olsson and Harbison 1953)
Vokes 1973 21 specimens
Limaria (Limaria) chipolana Vokes 1973
Vokes 1973
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Calhoun
Coordinates: 30.4° North, 85.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.8° North, 81.5° 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:formation
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Chipola Fm of the Alum Bluff Gp, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: late Early Miocene, on the basis of macro fossil biostratigraphy; direct date from 87Sr/86Sr isotope dating of fossils from elsewhere in Chipola Fm [=Burdigalian age]. STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown position within formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified calcareous marl
Secondary lithology: unlithified calcareous sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Marls, sands, clays, for the most part unconsolidated, in places highly calcareous. LITHIIFCATION: Unlithified, on the basis of figured specimens.
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Not discussed in text.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:FLMNH,USNM
Collectors:Vokes & Vokes
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: E. H. Vokes and H. E. Vokes. REPOSITORY: FLMNH, USNM.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in taxonomic treatments. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:92460
Authorizer:A. Hendy, P. Wagner Enterer:A. Hendy, P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2009-11-13 20:32:07 Last modified:2016-06-24 17:11:39
Access level:the public Released:2009-11-13 20:32:07
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
31182. E. H. Vokes and H. E. Vokes. 2000. Catalogue of Tulane University fossil localities. Unpublished notes [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

57818 L. Dolin. 1991. Cypraeoidea and Lamellarioidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda), from the Chipola Formation (late early Miocene) of northwestern Florida. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 24(1-2):1-60 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
31281 P. E. Drez. 1981. Olivinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Alum Bluff Group of northwestern Florida. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 16(3):105-122 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
31231 R. L. Gertman. 1969. Cenozoic Typhinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Western Atlantic region. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 7(4):143-192 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
31262 R. C. Hoerle. 1972. Notes on the fauna of the Chipola Formation - IV. A new species of Neritopsis (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 10(1):23-24 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
31258 S. E. Hoerle. 1972. Cerithiidae and Potamididae (Mollusca: Gastropoda0 from the Chipola Formation of northwestern Florida. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 10(1):1-22 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
31308 S. E. Hoerle. 1976. The genus Conus (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Alum Bluff Group of northwestern Florida. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 12(1):1-31 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
31169 E. H. Vokes. 1968. Cenozoic Muricidae of the Western Atlantic region. Part IV - Hexaplex and Murexiella. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 6(3):85-126 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
31194 E. H. Vokes. 1970. Cenozoic Muricidae of the Western Atlantic region. Part V - Pterynotus and Poirieria. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 8(1):1-50 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
31265 E. H. Vokes. 1972. Notes on the fauna of the Chipola Formation - VII. On the occurrence of the genus Concholepas (Gastropoda: Thaididae) with the description of a new species. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 10(1):31-33 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
31296 E. H. Vokes. 1974. Notes on Chicoreus (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Cenozoic of the Western Atlantic region with the description on new species. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 11(2):81-95 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
31298 E. H. Vokes. 1974. Notes on the fauna of the Chipola Formation - XVI. On the color pattern of Globularia fischeri (MolluscaL Gastropoda). Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 11(1-2):99-100 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
31301 E. H. Vokes. 1975. Cenozoic Muricidae of the Western Atlantic region. Part VI - Aspella and Dermomurex. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 11(3):121-162 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
31302 E. H. Vokes. 1975. Notes on the fauna of the Chipola Formation - XVIII. Some new or otherwise interesting members of the Calyptraeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 11(1-2):163-172 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
36459 E. H. Vokes. 1990. Cenozoic Muricidae of the western Atlantic region, Part VIII - Murex ss, Haustellum, Chicoreus, and Hexaplex; additions and corrections. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 23(1-3):1-96 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
31211 H. E. Vokes. 1969. Observations on the genus Miltha (Mollusca: Bivalvia) with notes on the type and the Florida Neogene species. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 7(3):93-126 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
31267 H. E. Vokes. 1972. Notes on the fauna of the Chipola Formation - IX. On the presence of Kuphus incrassatus Gabb. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 10(1):41-46 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
31313 H. E. Vokes. 1973. Notes on the fauna of the Chipola Formation - XIII: The family Limidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 10(2):87-96 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
31305 H. E. Vokes. 1976. Notes on the fauna of the Chipola Formation - XIX. On the presence of Gastrochaena (Spengleria) (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 12(3):161-162 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
31284 H. E. Vokes. 1981. Notes on the fauna of the Chipola Formation - XXIII. On the occurrence of the genus Basterotia. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 16(3-4):157-164 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
31168 H. E. Vokes and E. H. Vokes. 1968. Variation in the genus Orthaulax (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 6(2):71-84 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]