Where: Lafayette County, Florida (30.2° N, 83.3° W: paleocoordinates 30.4° N, 75.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Ocala Group, Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• probably from the boundary of the Middle Ocala (Williston Formation) and the Upper Ocala (Crystal River Formation)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: J. 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 73586: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.06.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Echinolampas tanypetalis n. sp.
Echinolampas tanypetalis n. sp. sea urchin | |
Foraminifera | |
Globothalamea | |
Sphaerogypsina globula Reuss 1848 | |
Foraminifera | |
"Operculinoides floridensis" = Nummulites, "Operculinoides moodysbranchensis" = Nummulites, "Operculinoides cf. ocalanus" = Nummulites
"Operculinoides floridensis" = Nummulites
"Operculinoides moodysbranchensis" = Nummulites
"Operculinoides cf. ocalanus" = Nummulites |