Where: Calhoun County, Florida (30.4° N, 85.2° W: paleocoordinates 30.8° N, 81.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Chipola Formation (Alum Bluff Group), Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Chipola Fm of the Alum Bluff Gp, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: late Early Miocene, on the basis of macro fossil biostratigraphy; direct date from 87Sr/86Sr isotope dating of fossils from elsewhere in Chipola Fm [=Burdigalian age]. STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown position within formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified, calcareous marl and unlithified, calcareous sandstone
• ENVIRONMENT: Not discussed in text.
• LITHOLOGY: Marls, sands, clays, for the most part unconsolidated, in places highly calcareous. LITHIIFCATION: Unlithified, on the basis of figured specimens.
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Collected by Vokes & Vokes; reposited in the FLMNH, USNM
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: E.H. Vokes and H.E. Vokes. REPOSITORY: FLMNH, USNM.
Primary reference: E. H. Vokes and H. E. Vokes. 2000. Catalogue of Tulane University fossil localities. Unpublished notes [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 89574: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 03.06.2009, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in taxonomic treatments. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
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Gastropoda |
Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae |
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Cerithioidea - Litiopidae |
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Sorbeoconcha - Pleisotrochidae |
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Sorbeoconcha - Campanilidae |
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Neogastropoda - Olividae |
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Neogastropoda - Conidae |
Conus sextoni n. sp. 8, Conus gardnerae7, Conus praecipuus7, Conus vegrandis7, " Conus cracens" = Conus sauridens7, Conus isomatratus7, Conus ambonos7, Conus trajectionis7, Conus rapunculus n. sp. 7, Conus demiurgus7, Conus tricoratus n. sp. 7, Conus aquoreus7, Conus aneuretos7, Conus chipolanus7
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Neogastropoda - Muricidae |
Hexaplex (Hexaplex) veatchi9, Typhis (Rugotyphis) keenae5, Pterotyphis (Tripterotyphis) vokesae5, Pygmaepterys pratulum18, " Typhis (Talityphis) obesus" = Typhina obesa5, Dermomurex (Trialatella) farleyensis15, Dermomurex (Viator) vaughani15, Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) linguiferus5, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) elusivus13, Chicoreus (Siratus) chipolanus11, Chicoreus (Siratus) juliagardnerae11, Poirieria (Panamurex) fusinoides10, Poirieria (Panamurex) mauryae10
" Typhis (Talityphis) obesus" = Typhina obesa5 Gabb 1873 murex snail
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Neogastropoda - Volutidae |
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Sorbeoconcha - Cymatiidae |
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Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae |
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Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae |
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Sorbeoconcha - Bursidae |
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Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae |
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Bivalvia |
Cardiida - Cardiidae |
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