USGS Loc. 10603 - White's Creek [Shoal River Fm]: Serravallian, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia soror
present
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Leda polychoa
synonym of Nuculana
common; also L. polychoa defuniak (common)
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula defuniak
common
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Phacoides (Parvilucina) vaughani
spelled with current rank as Parvilucina
abundant
Lucina santarosana Dall 1903
recombined as Pegophysema santarosana
rare; ? in occurrence table
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Lasaeidae
Aligena lineata
rare
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele taracodes
present
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina (Moerella) piesa Gardner 1947
present
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium (Cerastoderma) taphrium Dall 1900
recombined as Dinocardium taphrium
present
Cardium (Cerastoderma) panastrum
original and current combination Cerastoderma
present
Cardium (Trachycardium) plectopleura
original and current combination Trachycardium
common
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Pseudochama (Echinochama) arcinella (Linnaeus 1767)
recombined as Arcinella arcinella
rare
Pseudochama chipolana
rare
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula (Hemimactra) craspedota Gardner 1947
recombined as Spisula craspedota
common
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Caryocorbula) whitfieldi Brown 1905
recombined as Cuneocorbula whitfieldi
rare; C. (C.) whitfieldi stikta
Corbula (Caryocorbula) parawhitfieldi
abundant
Corbula (Caryocorbula) seminella
rare
Corbula waltonensis Gardner 1928
synonym of Varicorbula disparilis
abundant
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Pandoridae
Pandora (Kennerleyia) dodona Dall 1903
recombined as Pandora (Pandorella) dodona
rare
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Periplomatidae
Periploma discus Stearns 1890
present
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte (Ashtarotha) sima
abundant
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatellites (Scambula) densus (Dall 1900)
recombined as Crassatella densus
abundant
Crassatellites (Crassinella) tanicus
original and current combination Crassinella
present; ? in occurrence table
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca occidentalis Philippi 1847
synonym of Byssoarca zebra
rare
Arca (Diluvarca) hypomela
spelled with current rank as Anadara (Diluvarca)
present
Arca (Diluvarca) waltonia
spelled with current rank as Anadara (Diluvarca)
common; ? in occurrence table
Arca (Diluvarca) strebla Gardner 1947
recombined as Anadara (Diluvarca) strebla
present
Arca (Barbatia) marylandica (Conrad 1840)
recombined as Barbatia marylandica
rare
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris waltonensis Gardner 1947
recombined as Costaglycymeris waltonensis
prolific
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten (Chlamys) nicholsi
original and current combination Chlamys
abundant
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia floridana
abundant
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Calliostoma rhombotoide n. sp. Gardner 1947
rare
Gastropoda - Personidae
Personella floridana (Olsson and McGinty 1951)
replaced by Distorsio mcgintyi
rare
Gastropoda - Triviidae
Trivia chipolana Maury 1910
Dolin 1991
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (? Torcula) sp. (Gray 1847)
original and current combination Torcula
present
Turritella (? Torcula) jacula n. sp. Gardner 1947
common
Turritella gatunensis Conrad 1857
rare; T. gatunensis blountensis
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Walton
Coordinates: 30.6° North, 86.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.0° North, 83.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Serravallian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Serravallian
Age range of interval:13.82000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago
Age estimate:12.4 Ma (Sr isotope)
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Alum Bluff Formation:Shoal River
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Shoal River Fm of the Alum Bluff, which lies between the Chipola Fm (Early Miocene) and the Chochtawatchee Fm [Early Pliocene). AGE: Early Miocene (Gardener 1947); Middle Miocene in Vokes (1990) and Portell et al. (2006), although Jones et al. (1993) reports 87Sr/86Sr ratios that yielded average age estimates of 12.4 Ma [=Serravalian]. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.
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:43036
Authorizer:A. Miller, P. Wagner Enterer:K. Layou, P. Wagner
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2004-08-09 12:42:57 Last modified:2012-12-05 21:09:35
Access level:the public Released:2004-08-09 12:42:57
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]

Secondary references:

57818 L. Dolin. 1991. Cypraeoidea and Lamellarioidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda), from the Chipola Formation (late early Miocene) of northwestern Florida. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 24(1-2):1-60 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]