Chattahoochee Formation (FL) fauna (Miocene to of the United States)

Also known as Chattahoochee Formation fauna

Where: Florida (30.7° N, 84.8° W: paleocoordinates 31.0° N, 82.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Chattahoochee Formation (Hawthorn Group), Aquitanian to Aquitanian (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• Data a composite of Chattahoochee Formation localities in Florida.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone and dolomite

• Geology not specified for Chattahoochee Formation.
• Lithologic data not specified for Chattahoochee Formation. From other source: predominantly fine-grained, often fossiliferous, silty to sandy dolostone and limestone.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Compilation of known taxa from Chattahoochee Formation in Florida State. Comprises range on unspecified collecting techniques

Primary reference: C. W. Oyen and R. W. Portell. 2001. Diversity patterns and biostratigraphy of Cenozoic echinodems from Florida. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 166:193-218 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 35021: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.10.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Complete checklist of echinoid taxa for Chattahoochee Formation of Florida.
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
 Cidaroidea -
 Spatangoida - Brissidae
Brissopatagus sp. Cotteau 1863 heart urchin
 Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Clypeaster sp. Lamarck 1801 sand dollar
Amphidetus
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"Lovenia clarki" = Amphidetus clarki
"Lovenia clarki" = Amphidetus clarki Lambert 1924