FGS L-135 - Withlacoochee River [Inglis Limestone]: Priabonian, Florida
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Ampullinidae
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Pseudocrommium brucei
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Bellatara americana
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Bellatara floridana n. sp.
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella fischeri
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Gastropoda
- Xenophoridae
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Xenophora sp.
Fischer von Waldheim 1807
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Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Velates floridanus
Richards 1946
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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? Tectariopsis avonensis n. sp.
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea falco
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula densata
Conrad 1854
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella inglisia
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Tubothalamea
- Miliolida
- Miliolidae
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Miliolidae indet.
Ehrenberg 1839
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Florida | County: | Levy |
| Coordinates: | 29.0° North, 82.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 29.1° North, 75.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Priabonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71 - 33.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Ocala | Formation: | Inglis Limestone | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Inglis Fm of the Ocala Group, which is overlain by the Williston Limestone, and overlies the Avon Park Limestone; originally proposed as Inglis Member of Moodys Branch Fm by Vernon (1951). AGE: Priabonian; Moodys Branch=Bartonian (JAS 14 October 2010); emended to Priabonian as no longer placed in Moodys Branch Fm (AJWH 15 August 2014). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified "limestone" | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Lithology description: boulders of cream-colored, soft, granular, porous miliolid limestone | |||
| Environment: | marine indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all microfossils |
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | FLMNH |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Formerly at Florida Geological Survey; likely now at Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH). | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 41474 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | K. Layou |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-07-15 07:45:02 | Last modified: | 2014-08-15 10:33:38 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-07-15 07:45:02 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11115. | H. G. Richards and K.V.W. Palmer. 1953. Eocene Mollusks from Citrus and Levy Counties, Florida. Florida Geological Survey Geological Bulletin (35) [A. Miller/K. Layou/K. Layou] |