American Agricultural Chemical Company, Brodkorb Locality 2 (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Polk County, Florida (27.7° N, 81.9° W: paleocoordinates 27.9° N, 80.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Bone Valley Member (Peace River Formation), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• age from Morgan 1994; lower beds

•Previously Barstovian, but Missimer (1999) suggested that the Peace River Formation in Florida was likely deposited between 11-4.3Ma. The lower sequence is Tortonian, deposited between 11-8.5Ma, and the upper sequence is Zanclean and deposited between 5.2-4.3Ma

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. Brodkorb. 1955. The avifauna of the Bone Valley Formation. Florida Geological Survey Report of Investigations 14:1-57 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 122351: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.12.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
"Australca grandis n. gen. n. sp." = Alca grandis
"Australca grandis n. gen. n. sp." = Alca grandis Brodkorb 1955 auk
 Charadriiformes - Laridae
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Erolia penepusilla n. sp. Brodkorb 1955 snipe
Calidris pacis n. sp. Brodkorb 1955 snipe
Limosa sp. Brisson 1760 godwit
 Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae
"Pliodytes lanquisti" = Podiceps auritus
"Pliodytes lanquisti" = Podiceps auritus Linnaeus 1758 horned grebe
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Bucephala ossivallis Brodkorb 1955 seaduck
 Suliformes - Sulidae
Morus peninsularis n. sp. Brodkorb 1955 gannet
Sula phosphata n. sp. Brodkorb 1955 booby
Sula guano n. sp. Brodkorb 1955 booby
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax idahensis Marsh 1870 cormorant
Phalacrocorax wetmorei n. sp. Brodkorb 1955 cormorant
 Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Ardea polkensis Brodkorb 1955 heron
 Gaviiformes - Gaviidae
"Gavia concinna" = Gavia concinna, "Gavia palaeodytes" = Gavia concinna
"Gavia concinna" = Gavia concinna Wetmore 1940 loon
"Gavia palaeodytes" = Gavia concinna Wetmore 1940 loon
 Phoenicopteriformes - Phoenicopteridae
Phoenicopterus floridanus Brodkorb 1953 flamingo