FLX [Chipola Fm]: Burdigalian, Florida
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites chipolanum
Weisbord 1971
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Pocilloporidae
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Stylophora undata n. sp.
Weisbord 1971
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Stylophora imperatoris
Vaughan 1919
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Astrocoeniidae
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Stylocoenia cf. pumpellyi
(Vaughan 1900)
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? Stephanocoenia decaseptata n. sp.
Weisbord 1971
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| recombined as Madracis decaseptata | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montastraeidae
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Montastrea cf. costata
(Duncan 1863)
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Montastrea cavernosa
(Linne 1767)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Antiguastrea cf. cellulosa
(Duncan 1863)
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| subsp. silicensis | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Florida | County: | Calhoun |
| Coordinates: | 30.5° North, 85.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.9° North, 81.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
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: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: COMMENTS: Corals without labels from the Florida State University collections probably from the Chipola Formation. 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: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 123564 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-01-26 00:06:22 | Last modified: | 2012-12-05 20:30:42 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2013-01-26 00:06:22 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 39743. | N. E. Weisbord. 1971. Corals from the Chipola and Jackson Bluff Formations of Florida. Geological Bulletin State of Florida Department of Natural Resources Division of Interior Resources Bureau of Geology 53:1-105 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel] |