Also known as Satilla Formation fauna
Where: Florida (30.6° N, 81.8° W: paleocoordinates 30.6° N, 81.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Satilla Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• Data a composite of Satilla Formation localities in Florida. Satilla Formation, a lithostratigraphic name commonly used in Georgia, NOT Florida. There may be some local correlative or synonym.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Compilation of known taxa from Satilla Formation, 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 35032: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.10.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Mellita quinquiesperforata Leske 1778 sand dollar |