Where: Levy County, Florida (29.3° N, 82.7° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 31.9° N, 63.5° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Avon Park Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• The bed is 0.2 to 0.8 foot thick and is Bed No. 2 of section described by Vernon (1951) (FGS Bulletin 33)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, brown dolomite
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: H. G. Richards and K.V.W. Palmer. 1953. Eocene Mollusks from Citrus and Levy Counties, Florida. Florida Geological Survey Geological Bulletin (35) [A. Miller/K. Layou/K. Layou]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 41446: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 14.07.2004, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Foraminifera indet. foram | |
Mammalia | |
Protosiren sp. Abel 1904 sirenian | |
Gastropoda | |
? Tectariopsis avonensis n. sp.
? Tectariopsis avonensis n. sp. snail | |
"Velates floridanus" = Velates perversus
"Velates floridanus" = Velates perversus Gmelin 1791 snail | |
Conomitra sp. Conrad 1865 ribbed mitre | |
Hipponix floridanus hoof shell | |
Bivalvia | |
"Cardium (Trachycardium) cf. claibornense" = Agnocardia claibornense
"Cardium (Trachycardium) cf. claibornense" = Agnocardia claibornense Aldrich 1911 cockle | |
"Venericardia scabricostata" = Cardita (Glans) scabricostata
"Venericardia scabricostata" = Cardita (Glans) scabricostata Guppy 1866 clam |