Quarry west of Dowling Park, Lafayette (Eocene of the United States)

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

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
Echinolampas tanypetalis n. sp. sea urchin
Foraminifera
 Globigerinoidea - Globorotaliidae
Globothalamea
 Loftusiida - Acervulinidae
Foraminifera
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
"Operculinoides floridensis" = Nummulites, "Operculinoides moodysbranchensis" = Nummulites, "Operculinoides cf. ocalanus" = Nummulites
"Operculinoides floridensis" = Nummulites
"Operculinoides moodysbranchensis" = Nummulites
"Operculinoides cf. ocalanus" = Nummulites