Where: Polk County, Florida (28.2° N, 82.2° W: paleocoordinates 28.2° N, 75.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Suwannee Limestone Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Suwannee Fm of the Vicksburg Group. AGE: Early Oligocene (Latdorfian) based on correlation with the Gulf Coastal Plain succession. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal, cherty/siliceous limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with silica
Collected by Kendrew & Petuch; reposited in the FMNH
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: E. Kendrew and E. Petuch. REPOSITORY:UF (University of Florida, Gainesville, FL) = FLMNH.
Primary reference: E. J. Petuch. 1997. A new gastropod fauna from an Oligocene back-reef lagoonal environment in west central Florida. The Nautilus 110(4):122-138 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 80184: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 08.04.2008, edited by Mihaela Krause
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Anthozoa | |
"Montastrea bainbridgensis" = Montastraea endothecata
"Montastrea bainbridgensis" = Montastraea endothecata Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
Antiguastrea silicensis stony coral | |
"Stylophora minutissima" = Stylophora minor
"Stylophora minutissima" = Stylophora minor Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Calliostoma silicatum top snail | |
Astraea (Astralium) polkensis Petuch 1997 snail | |
Suwannescapha lindae Petuch 1997 snail | |
Calyptraea conradi slipper shell | |
Modulus liveoakensis snail | |
"Semivertagus menthafontis" = Clava (Semivertagus), "Semivertagus silicium" = Clava (Semivertagus), Cerithium cookei, Cerithium (Thericium) insulatum, Prismacerithium prisma, Cestumcerithium liveoakensis, Cestumcerithium vaginatum, Cestumcerithium brooksvillensis, Cestumcerithium pascoensis, Bittium caseyi, Cerithioclava eutextile
"Semivertagus menthafontis" = Clava (Semivertagus) cerith snail
"Semivertagus silicium" = Clava (Semivertagus) cerith snail
Cerithium cookei cerith snail
Cerithium (Thericium) insulatum Dall 1916 cerith snail
Prismacerithium prisma Petuch 1997 cerith snail
Cestumcerithium liveoakensis Mansfield 1937 cerith snail
Cestumcerithium vaginatum Mansfield 1937 cerith snail
Cestumcerithium brooksvillensis Mansfield 1937 cerith snail
Cestumcerithium pascoensis Mansfield 1937 cerith snail
Bittium caseyi cerith snail
Cerithioclava eutextile cerith snail | |
Pyrazisinus kendrewi Petuch 1997 snail | |
Torcula caseyi turret shell
Torcula mississippiensis turret shell | |
Telescopium blackwaterensis horn snail
Telescopium hernandoensis horn snail | |
Phalium caelatura snail | |
Olivella vicksburgensis olive snail
Olivella liveoakensis olive snail
Oliva (Omogymna) brooksvillensis Mansfield 1937 olive snail | |
Conomitra staminea ribbed mitre
Conomitra crenulata ribbed mitre
Conomitra kendrewi Petuch 1997 ribbed mitre | |
Vasum suwanneensis Petuch 1997 snail
Turbinella suwanneensis snail | |
Falsilyria mansfieldi volute
Falsilyria kendrewi Petuch 1997 volute | |
Persicula macneili snail
Persicula suwanneensis Petuch 1997 snail
Persicula dockeryi Petuch 1997 snail | |
"Talityphis mississippiensis" = Typhina, Chicoreus stetopus, Poirieria (Dallmurex) rufirupicolus, Pterynotus propeposti
"Talityphis mississippiensis" = Typhina murex snail
Chicoreus stetopus murex snail
Poirieria (Dallmurex) rufirupicolus murex snail
Pterynotus propeposti Mansfield 1937 mustached bat | |
Hyalina silicicifluvia margin shell
Prunum ericae margin shell
Prunum jessicae Petuch 1997 margin shell
Prunum sandrae Petuch 1997 margin shell
Dentimargo dalli Petuch 1997 margin shell | |
"Myristica crassicornuta" = Melongena (Myristica), Spinifulgur gemmulatum
"Myristica crassicornuta" = Melongena (Myristica) snail
Spinifulgur gemmulatum Petuch 1997 whelk | |
Solenosteira suwanneensis Petuch 1997 true whelk | |
Pallacera vicksburgensis snail
Pallacera caseyi snail | |
Fusimitra conquista mitre shell | |
Polystira subsimilis, Pleurofusia brooksvillensis, Pleurofusia plutonica, Pleurofusia servata, Pleurofusia dowlingi
Polystira subsimilis turrid
Pleurofusia brooksvillensis turrid
Pleurofusia plutonica turrid
Pleurofusia servata turrid
Pleurofusia dowlingi Petuch 1997 turrid | |
Conorbis porcellanus cone shell
Conus (Leptoconus) cookei Dall 1916 cone shell
Conus (Asprella) kendrewi Petuch 1997 cone shell | |
Terebra (Terebrellina) divisura auger snail | |
Ficus mississippiensis Conrad 1848 fig shell | |
Cypraeorbis kendrewi Petuch 1997 cowry | |
Orthaulax hernandoensis Mansfield 1937 snail | |
Sinum mississippiensis moon snail
Natica caseyi moon snail | |
"Crassispirella lyopleura" = Crassispira (Crassispirella)
"Crassispirella lyopleura" = Crassispira (Crassispirella) snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Glycymeris suwannensis Mansfield 1937 clam | |
Phacoides hernandoensis Mansfield 1937 clam | |
"Chione bainbridgensis" = Chione (Chionopsis) bainbridgensis
"Chione bainbridgensis" = Chione (Chionopsis) bainbridgensis Dall 1916 venus clam | |
Crassatella portelli Devries 2016 clam |