Also known as Coosawhatchie Formation fauna
Where: Florida (29.8° N, 82.4° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 31.8° N, 76.8° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Coosawhatchie Formation (Hawthorn Group), Aquitanian to Aquitanian (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)
• Data a composite of Coosawhatchie Formation localities in Florida
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, argillaceous sandstone and poorly lithified, silty, sandy claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Compilation of known taxa from Coosawhatchie 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 35022: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.10.2003
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Asteroidea | |
Astropectinidae indet. Gray 1840 sea star | |
Echinoidea | |
Abertella aberti Conrad 1842 sand dollar |