USGS Loc. 7468 - Sopchoppy Creek [Chipola Fm]: Burdigalian, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Ostrea trigonalis Conrad 1854
recombined as Gigantostrea trigonalis
rare; ? in occurrence table
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea rugifera (Dall 1898)
recombined as Cubitostrea rugifera
common
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Carolia (Wakullina) floridana
common
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten (Chlamys) acanikos Gardner 1926
recombined as Lindapecten acanikos
rare
Pecten (Chlamys) chipolanus Dall 1898
recombined as Lindapecten chipolanus
present; ? in occurrence table
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca (Diluvarca) hypomela
spelled with current rank as Anadara (Diluvarca)
rare; ? in occurrence table
Arca (Diluvarca) staminata
spelled with current rank as Anadara (Diluvarca)
present; ? in occurrence table
Arca (Diluvarca) santarosana (Dall 1898)
recombined as Anadara (Diluvarca) santarosana
present; ? in occurrence table, A. (D.) santarosana geraetera
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Arca (Barbatia) adamsi Dall 1886
recombined as Arcopsis adamsi
rare; ? in occurrence table
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus (Mytiloconcha) incurvus
original and current combination Mytiloconcha
rare; ? in occurrence table
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Caryocorbula) wakullensis n. sp.
abundant
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium (Cerastoderma) chipolanum Dall 1900
recombined as Cerastoderma chipolanum
common; ? in occurrence table, C. (C.) chipolanum alumen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Strigilla paraflexuosa Gardner 1947
common; ? in occurrence table
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Clementia grayi Dall 1900
recombined as Clementia (Egesta) grayi
common
Callocardia (Agriopoma) albofonte
rare
Macrocallista acuminata Dall 1903
recombined as Macrocallista (Macrocallista) acuminata
common; ? in occurrence table
Chione sp. von Mühlfield 1811
rare
Chione chipolana Dall 1903
present
Venus langdoni Dall 1900
recombined as Mercenaria langdoni
rare
Dosinia (Dosinidia) chipolana Dall 1903
recombined as Dosinia chipolana
common; ? in occurrence table
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Solen amphistemma
present; ? in occurrence table
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina janus Dall 1903
recombined as Pegophysema janus
present; ? in occurrence table
Phacoides (Cardiolucina) trisulcatus (Conrad 1841)
recombined as Cavilinga trisulcata
rare; ? in occurrence table
Divaricella chipolana Dall 1903
recombined as Divaricella (Divaricella) chipolana
present
Phacoides (Linga) glenni (Dall 1903)
recombined as Here glenni
rare
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus chipolanus Dall 1890
recombined as Persististrombus chipolanus
rare; ? in occurrence table
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus isomitratus
rare; ? in occurrence table
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra (Strioterebrum) langdoni
original and current combination Strioterebrum
rare; ? in occurrence table
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella alcida
present; T. alcida bicarinata
Turritella (Torcula) dalli Gardner 1947
recombined as Turritella dalli
present
Turritella subgrundifera Dall 1892
present
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Wakulla
Coordinates: 30.1° North, 84.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.0° North, 80.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Burdigalian
Age range of interval:20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago
Age estimate:18.2 Ma (Sr isotope)
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Alum Bluff Formation:Chipola
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: AGE: Direct date from 87Sr/86Sr isotope dating of fossils from elsewhere in Chipola Fm [=Burdigalian age].
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified calcareous marl
Secondary lithology: unlithified calcareous sandstone
Lithology description: marls, sands, clays, for the most part unconsolidated, in places highly calcareous
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USGS
Metadata
Database number:42424
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2004-07-29 07:08:30 Last modified:2012-12-05 15:03:19
Access level:the public Released:2004-07-29 07:08:30
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
11206. J. R. Gardner. 1947. The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper (142A-H)1-709 [A. Miller/K. Layou/A. Hendy]