Quarry west of Dowling Park, Lafayette: Late Eocene, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
Echinolampas tanypetalis n. sp.
Globorotaliidae
Globorotalia crystalriverensis
Globothalamea - Loftusiida - Acervulinidae
Sphaerogypsina globula Reuss 1848
Nummulitidae
Operculinoides floridensis
Operculinoides moodysbranchensis
Operculinoides cf. ocalanus
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Lafayette
Coordinates: 30.2° North, 83.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.4° North, 75.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Priabonian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 3
Key time interval: Late Eocene
Age range of interval: 37.71 - 33.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Ocala
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: probably from the boundary of the Middle Ocala (Williston Formation) and the Upper Ocala (Crystal River Formation)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:73586
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate,micropaleontology
Created:2007-06-20 07:21:20 Last modified:2007-06-20 10:25:53
Access level:the public Released:2007-06-20 07:21:20
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
24674.1% 15520J. A. Harper and G. D. Shaak. 1974. A new Echinolampas (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) from the Ocala Limestone of Florida. Journal of Paleontology 48(6):1166-1169 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]