TU 547 - Fourmile Creek: Burdigalian, Florida
collected by Vokes & Vokes

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Globularia fischeri (Dall 1892)
Vokes 1974
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Monoplex ritteri (Schmelz 1989)
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Bursidae
Bursa rhodostoma (Sowerby 1835)
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Bursa chipolana (Schmelz 1997)
Beu 2010
Bursa (Tutufa) pelouatensis (Cossmann and Peyrot 1903)
Vokes 1973
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Jaspidella cofacorys (Gardner 1937)
Drez 1981
Oliva (Omogymna) martensii Dall 1903
Drez 1981
Oliva (Omogymna) liodes (Dall 1903)
Drez 1981
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Pterynotus (Pterynotus) hoerlei n. sp. Vokes 1970
Vokes 1970
Pterotyphis (Pterotyphis) calhounensis n. sp. Gertman 1969
Gertman 1969
Typhis (Typhinellus) chipolanus n. sp. Gertman 1969
Gertman 1969 1 specimen
Dermomurex (Dermomurex) matercula Vokes 1975
Vokes 1975
Dermomurex (Viator) vaughani (Maury 1910)
Vokes 1975
Typhis (Talityphis) obesus (Gabb 1873)
Gertman 1969
recombined as Typhina obesa
Murexiella (Murexiella) calhounensis Vokes 1968
Vokes 1968
Murexiella (Murexiella) shilohensis (Heilprin 1887)
Vokes 1968
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus (Guppy 1876)
Vokes 1974
recombined as Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) dujardinoides (Vokes 1963)
Vokes 1965
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) elusivus Vokes 1974
Vokes 1974
Poirieria (Panamurex) mauryae Vokes 1970
Vokes 1970
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sulculus (Dall 1896)
Hoerle 1976
Conus tapetus Hoerle 1976
Hoerle 1976 62 specimens
Conus gardnerae Hoerle 1976
Hoerle 1976
Conus demiurgus Dall 1903
Hoerle 1976
Conus ambonos Hoerle 1976
Hoerle 1976
Conus isomatratus Dall 1896
Hoerle 1976
Conus erugatus Hoerle 1976
Hoerle 1976
Conus aquoreus Hoerle 1976
Hoerle 1976
Conus chipolanus Dall 1896
Hoerle 1976
Gastropoda - Thersiteidae
Orthaulax gabbi Dall 1890
Vokes and Vokes 1968
Gastropoda - Eratoidae
Hespererato chipolana (Maury 1910)
Dolin 1991
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Talparia (Talparia) mariaelisabethae Dolin 1991
Dolin 1991
Erronea (Adusta) heilprinii (Dall 1890)
Dolin 1991
recombined as Cypraea (Cypraeorbis) heilprinii
Lyncina theresae Dolin 1991
Dolin 1991
recombined as Zonaria theresae
Cypraeorbis ballista (Dall 1915)
Dolin 1991
recombined as Cypraeorbis willcoxi ballista
Siphocypraea chilona (Dall 1900)
Dolin 1991
recombined as Loxacypraea chilona
Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae
Cerithiopsis inopinus Hoerle 1972
Hoerle 1972
Seila adamsii (Lea 1845)
Hoerle 1972
Gastropoda - Pleisotrochidae
Tenuicerithium absonum
Hoerle 1972
Tenuicerithium permutabile (Dall 1892)
Hoerle 1972
Gastropoda - Campanilidae
Cerithium burnsii Dall 1892
Hoerle 1972
recombined as Cerithium (Thericium) burnsii
Cerithium (Thericium) chipolanum (Dall 1892)
Hoerle 1972
Cerithium (Thericium) vokesorum Hoerle 1972
Hoerle 1972
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepipatella apprimus Vokes 1975
Vokes 1975
Calyptraea (Trochita) costaria (Grateloup 1827)
Vokes 1975
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) chipolana (Dall 1892)
Hoerle 1972
Bittium serenum Hoerle 1972
Hoerle 1972
Alabina (Caloosalba) boiplex (Dall 1892)
Hoerle 1972
Alabina (Caloosalba) turbatrix Hoerle 1972
Hoerle 1972
Hemicerithium akriton Hoerle 1972
Hoerle 1972
Hemicerithium pagodum Hoerle 1972
Hoerle 1972
Hemicerithium cossmanni (Dall 1892)
Hoerle 1972
Gastropoda - Litiopidae
Alaba chipolana Dall 1892
Hoerle 1972
Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Neritopsidae
Neritopsis vokesorum Hoerle 1972
Hoerle 1972
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sportellidae
Basterotia (Basterotella) miocenica Vokes 1981
Vokes 1981 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
Gastrochaena (Spengleria) emilyana Vokes 1976
Vokes 1976 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Miltha (Miltha) chipolana (Dall 1903)
Vokes 1969
recombined as Miltha chipolana
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) caribbaea
Vokes 1973
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebrataliidae
Terebratalia dentilabris
Hoerle 1972
Asteroidea - Valvatida - Asterodiscididae
Kionaster petersonae n. sp. Blake and Portell 2011
Blake and Portell 2011 1 individual
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Calhoun
Coordinates: 30.4° North, 85.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.8° North, 81.5° 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:bed
Stratigraphy comments: 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.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified calcareous marl
Secondary lithology: unlithified calcareous sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Marls, sands, clays, for the most part unconsolidated, in places highly calcareous. LITHIIFCATION: Unlithified, on the basis of figured specimens.
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Not discussed in text.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:FLMNH,USNM
Collectors:Vokes & Vokes
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: E.H. Vokes and H.E. Vokes. REPOSITORY: FLMNH, USNM.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in taxonomic treatments. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:89576
Authorizer:A. Hendy, P. Wagner, L. Villier Enterer:A. Hendy, L. Villier, P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2009-06-03 11:24:08 Last modified:2016-06-24 16:58:53
Access level:the public Released:2009-06-03 11:24:08
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
31182. E. H. Vokes and H. E. Vokes. 2000. Catalogue of Tulane University fossil localities. Unpublished notes [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

30037 A. G. Beu. 2010. Neogene Tonnoidean Gastropods of Tropical and South America; contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and Uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology (377-378)1-550 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
36574 D. B. Blake and R. W. Portell. 2011. Kionaster petersonae, n. gen. and sp. (Asteroidea), the first fossil occurrence of the Asterodiscididae, from the Miocene of Florida. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 130:25-42 [L. Villier/L. Villier]
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]
31281 P. E. Drez. 1981. Olivinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Alum Bluff Group of northwestern Florida. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 16(3):105-122 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
31231 R. L. Gertman. 1969. Cenozoic Typhinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Western Atlantic region. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 7(4):143-192 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
31262 R. C. Hoerle. 1972. Notes on the fauna of the Chipola Formation - IV. A new species of Neritopsis (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 10(1):23-24 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
31258 S. E. Hoerle. 1972. Cerithiidae and Potamididae (Mollusca: Gastropoda0 from the Chipola Formation of northwestern Florida. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 10(1):1-22 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
31308 S. E. Hoerle. 1976. The genus Conus (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Alum Bluff Group of northwestern Florida. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 12(1):1-31 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
17604 E. H. Vokes. 1965. Cenozoic Muricidae of the western Atlantic region: Part II - Chicoreus sensu stricto and Chicoreus (Siratus). Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 3(4):181-204 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]
31169 E. H. Vokes. 1968. Cenozoic Muricidae of the Western Atlantic region. Part IV - Hexaplex and Murexiella. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 6(3):85-126 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
31194 E. H. Vokes. 1970. Cenozoic Muricidae of the Western Atlantic region. Part V - Pterynotus and Poirieria. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 8(1):1-50 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
31315 E. H. Vokes. 1973. Notes on the fauna of the Chipola Formation - XIV: On the occurrence of Bursa (Mollusca: Gastropoda), with comments on the genus. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 10(2):97-101 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
31296 E. H. Vokes. 1974. Notes on Chicoreus (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Cenozoic of the Western Atlantic region with the description on new species. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 11(2):81-95 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
31298 E. H. Vokes. 1974. Notes on the fauna of the Chipola Formation - XVI. On the color pattern of Globularia fischeri (MolluscaL Gastropoda). Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 11(1-2):99-100 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
31301 E. H. Vokes. 1975. Cenozoic Muricidae of the Western Atlantic region. Part VI - Aspella and Dermomurex. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 11(3):121-162 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
31302 E. H. Vokes. 1975. Notes on the fauna of the Chipola Formation - XVIII. Some new or otherwise interesting members of the Calyptraeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 11(1-2):163-172 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
31211 H. E. Vokes. 1969. Observations on the genus Miltha (Mollusca: Bivalvia) with notes on the type and the Florida Neogene species. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 7(3):93-126 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
31313 H. E. Vokes. 1973. Notes on the fauna of the Chipola Formation - XIII: The family Limidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 10(2):87-96 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
31305 H. E. Vokes. 1976. Notes on the fauna of the Chipola Formation - XIX. On the presence of Gastrochaena (Spengleria) (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 12(3):161-162 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
31284 H. E. Vokes. 1981. Notes on the fauna of the Chipola Formation - XXIII. On the occurrence of the genus Basterotia. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 16(3-4):157-164 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
31168 H. E. Vokes and E. H. Vokes. 1968. Variation in the genus Orthaulax (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 6(2):71-84 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]