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The Swirl [Tampa Limestone], Wakulla County, Florida, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 30.1,-84.3 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Florida, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Wakulla County, Florida, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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The Swirl [Tampa Limestone] | Mansfield W. C. (1937) | Hawthorn - Arcadia - Tampa Limestone | LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Formerly referred to as the Tampa Limestone. Scott et al. (2001) assign the Tampa to the rank of member and place it in the Arcadia Formation. AGE: Mansfield suggests age equivalencies (based primarily on faunal similarities) with the Chipola Fm., the Trent Marl of North Carolina, and the Anguilla Fm. of Anguilla. Placed here into the Chattian-Aquitanian on the basis of most recent chronostratigraphy. | "limestone" | 28.1 - 20.44 Ma Cenozoic |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Trachycardium (Dallocardia) phlyctaena species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Cardiidae : Dallocardia : Trachycardium (Dallocardia) phlyctaena | 28.1 - 20.44 Ma Cenozoic |
Lucina sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Lucinidae : Lucina | 28.1 - 20.44 Ma Cenozoic |
References
Mansfield W. C. (1937) Molluscs of the Tampa and Suwannee Limestones, Geological Bulletin, State of Florida Department of Conservation 15, 1-334 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!