AMNH Loc. 1057 - Alum Bluff [Chipola Fm]: Burdigalian, Florida
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Miltha chipolanus
Dall 1903
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella dalli
(Gardner 1947)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Turritella segmenta
Gardner 1947
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Cerithium sp.
Bruguière 1789
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Sinum chipolanum
(Dall 1892)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus chipolanus
Dall 1896
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Marginella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| LISTED AS: M. (Egouena) sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Olivella (Olivella) sp.
Swainson 1831
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Busycon sicyoides
Gardner 1947
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Fasciolaria kindlei
Maury 1910
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Triplofusus kindlei | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Uzita sp.
Adams and Adams 1853
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Nassarius (Uzita) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Thersiteidae
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Orthaulax gabbi
Dall 1890
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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"Cypraea" sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Turbinidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Spisula cf. craspedota
(Gardner 1947)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Pseudochama chipolana
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pitar (Pitar) sp.
Römer 1857
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Mercenaria langdoni
(Dall 1900)
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14 specimens | |||||||||
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Dosinia chipolana
(Dall 1903)
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25 specimens | |||||||||
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Lirophora (Lirophora) funiakensis
(Gardner 1947)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Macrocallista (Macrocallista) acuminata
(Dall 1903)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Metis chipolana
Dall 1900
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Florimetis chipolana | ||||||||||
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Moerella sp.
Fischer 1887
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16 specimens | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Tellina (Moerella) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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"Cerastoderma" chipolanum
(Dall 1900)
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Laevicardium compressum
(Dall 1900)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) aliculum
(Dall 1900)
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37 specimens | |||||||||
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Trachycardium (Trachycardium) sp.
Mörch 1853
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43 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Here glenni
(Dall 1903)
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33 specimens | |||||||||
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Divaricella (Divaricella) chipolana
(Dall 1903)
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15 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Carditamera (Carditamera) defuniak
(Gardner 1947)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Cubitostrea rugifera
(Dall 1898)
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22 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara (Diluvarca) santarosana
(Dall 1898)
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15 specimens | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Florida | County: | Liberty |
| Coordinates: | 30.5° North, 85.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.9° North, 81.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Chipola Fm of the Alum Bluff Gp. AGE: Direct date from 87Sr/86Sr isotope dating of fossils from elsewhere in Chipola Fm [=Burdigalian age]. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position with formation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | medium,coarse,shelly/skeletal unlithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Medium-coarse grained sand beds, shelly. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Deposited in shallow, warm to temperate waters, mostly in a marginal marine environment. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite,original calcite |
| Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | AMNH |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Squires and Heaslip (1955). REPOSITORY: AMNH (AMNH Loc. 1057) | |
| Taxonomic list comments:TAXONOMY: Identified by A. Hendy; nomenclature based on revision of Gardner (1926) [PBDB Ref# 11206]. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 68971 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-02-14 13:52:10 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2008-02-14 13:52:10 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 19909. | A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |