Where: Polk County, Florida (28.2° N, 82.2° W: paleocoordinates 28.2° N, 75.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Suwannee Limestone Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Suwannee Fm of the Vicksburg Group. AGE: Early Oligocene (Latdorfian) based on correlation with the Gulf Coastal Plain succession. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal, cherty/siliceous limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with silica
Collected by Kendrew & Petuch; reposited in the FMNH
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: E. Kendrew and E. Petuch. REPOSITORY:UF (University of Florida, Gainesville, FL) = FLMNH.
Primary reference: E. J. Petuch. 1997. A new gastropod fauna from an Oligocene back-reef lagoonal environment in west central Florida. The Nautilus 110(4):122-138 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 80184: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 08.04.2008, edited by Mihaela Krause
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Anthozoa | |
Antiguastrea silicensis stony coral | |
"Montastrea bainbridgensis" = Montastraea endothecata
"Montastrea bainbridgensis" = Montastraea endothecata Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
"Stylophora minutissima" = Stylophora minor
"Stylophora minutissima" = Stylophora minor Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Calliostoma silicatum top snail | |
Astraea (Astralium) polkensis Petuch 1997 snail | |
Suwannescapha lindae Petuch 1997 snail | |
"Crassispirella lyopleura" = Crassispira (Crassispirella)
"Crassispirella lyopleura" = Crassispira (Crassispirella) snail | |
Calyptraea conradi slipper shell | |
Sinum mississippiensis moon snail
Natica caseyi moon snail | |
Vasum suwanneensis Petuch 1997 snail
Turbinella suwanneensis snail | |
Conomitra staminea ribbed mitre
Conomitra crenulata ribbed mitre
Conomitra kendrewi Petuch 1997 ribbed mitre | |
Fusimitra conquista mitre shell | |
Terebra (Terebrellina) divisura auger snail | |
Conus (Asprella) kendrewi Petuch 1997 cone shell
Conus (Leptoconus) cookei Dall 1916 cone shell
Conorbis porcellanus cone shell | |
Pleurofusia brooksvillensis, Pleurofusia plutonica, Pleurofusia servata, Pleurofusia dowlingi, Polystira subsimilis
Pleurofusia brooksvillensis turrid
Pleurofusia plutonica turrid
Pleurofusia servata turrid
Pleurofusia dowlingi Petuch 1997 turrid
Polystira subsimilis turrid | |
Pallacera vicksburgensis snail
Pallacera caseyi snail | |
"Myristica crassicornuta" = Melongena (Myristica), Spinifulgur gemmulatum
"Myristica crassicornuta" = Melongena (Myristica) snail
Spinifulgur gemmulatum Petuch 1997 whelk | |
Solenosteira suwanneensis Petuch 1997 true whelk | |
Oliva (Omogymna) brooksvillensis Mansfield 1937 olive snail
Olivella vicksburgensis olive snail
Olivella liveoakensis olive snail | |
Persicula macneili snail
Persicula suwanneensis Petuch 1997 snail
Persicula dockeryi Petuch 1997 snail | |
Falsilyria mansfieldi volute
Falsilyria kendrewi Petuch 1997 volute | |
Hyalina silicicifluvia margin shell
Dentimargo dalli Petuch 1997 margin shell
Prunum ericae margin shell
Prunum jessicae Petuch 1997 margin shell
Prunum sandrae Petuch 1997 margin shell | |
Chicoreus stetopus, Poirieria (Dallmurex) rufirupicolus, "Talityphis mississippiensis" = Typhina, Pterynotus propeposti
Chicoreus stetopus murex snail
Poirieria (Dallmurex) rufirupicolus murex snail
"Talityphis mississippiensis" = Typhina murex snail
Pterynotus propeposti Mansfield 1937 mustached bat | |
Orthaulax hernandoensis Mansfield 1937 snail | |
Cypraeorbis kendrewi Petuch 1997 cowry | |
Phalium caelatura snail | |
Ficus mississippiensis Conrad 1848 fig shell | |
Telescopium blackwaterensis horn snail
Telescopium hernandoensis horn snail | |
Torcula caseyi turret shell
Torcula mississippiensis turret shell | |
Pyrazisinus kendrewi Petuch 1997 snail | |
Modulus liveoakensis snail | |
Cerithioclava eutextile, "Semivertagus menthafontis" = Clava (Semivertagus), "Semivertagus silicium" = Clava (Semivertagus), Cerithium cookei, Cerithium (Thericium) insulatum, Prismacerithium prisma, Bittium caseyi, Cestumcerithium pascoensis, Cestumcerithium vaginatum, Cestumcerithium liveoakensis, Cestumcerithium brooksvillensis
Cerithioclava eutextile cerith snail
"Semivertagus menthafontis" = Clava (Semivertagus) cerith snail
"Semivertagus silicium" = Clava (Semivertagus) cerith snail
Cerithium cookei cerith snail
Cerithium (Thericium) insulatum Dall 1916 cerith snail
Prismacerithium prisma Petuch 1997 cerith snail
Bittium caseyi cerith snail
Cestumcerithium pascoensis Mansfield 1937 cerith snail
Cestumcerithium vaginatum Mansfield 1937 cerith snail
Cestumcerithium liveoakensis Mansfield 1937 cerith snail
Cestumcerithium brooksvillensis Mansfield 1937 cerith snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Glycymeris suwannensis Mansfield 1937 clam | |
Phacoides hernandoensis Mansfield 1937 clam | |
"Chione bainbridgensis" = Chione (Chionopsis) bainbridgensis
"Chione bainbridgensis" = Chione (Chionopsis) bainbridgensis Dall 1916 venus clam | |
Crassatella portelli Devries 2016 clam |