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Torreya - Dogtown, Florida, USA

FormationTorreya
MemberDogtown
Age:16.0 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene
IntervalEarly Barstovian
Lithologyclaystone, sandstone, "limestone"
Number of Collections8
Number of Occurrences78

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
ChattahoocheeGadsden County, Florida, USATorreya - Dogtown
Pododesmus scopelus assemblage [Torreya Fm]Wakulla County, Florida, USATorreya - Dogtown

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Torreya23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
limestone25

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Peneroplis sp.
genus
6Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Miliolida : Peneroplidae : Peneroplis23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Amphisorus sp.
genus
6Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Miliolida : Soritidae : Amphisorus23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Archaias sp.
genus
6Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Miliolida : Soritidae : Archaias23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Sorites sp.
genus
6Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Miliolida : Soritidae : Sorites23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Cirripedia
subclass
3.3Animalia : Arthropoda : Maxillopoda : Cirripedia23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Callianassa sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Callianassidae : Callianassa23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Camelidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Merycoidodontidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Merycoidodontidae20.43 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Ticholeptus zygomaticus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Merycoidodontidae : Ticholeptus : Ticholeptus zygomaticus15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Aletomeryx gracilis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Palaeomerycidae : Aletomeryx : Aletomeryx gracilis20.43 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Bouromeryx sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Dromomerycidae : Bouromeryx15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Bouromeryx americanus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Palaeomerycidae : Bouromeryx : Bouromeryx americanus15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Rakomeryx sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Palaeomerycidae : Rakomeryx15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Prosynthetoceras texanus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Protoceratidae : Prosynthetoceras : Prosynthetoceras texanus20.43 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Prosthennops xiphodonticus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Tayassuidae : Prosthennops : Prosthennops xiphodonticus15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Amphicyon pontoni
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Amphicyonidae : Amphicyon : Amphicyon pontoni20.43 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Borophaginae
subfamily
5.3Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Borophaginae20.43 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Procyoninae
subfamily
5.3Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Procyonidae : Procyoninae20.43 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Squalodon sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Squalodontidae : Squalodon15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Lanthanotherium sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Erinaceomorpha : Erinaceidae : Lanthanotherium15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Acritohippus isonesus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Acritohippus : Acritohippus isonesus15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Anchitherium clarencei
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Anchitherium : Anchitherium clarencei15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Archaeohippus blackbergi
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Archaeohippus : Archaeohippus blackbergi20.43 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Merychippus gunteri
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Merychippus : Merychippus gunteri15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Merychippus primus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Merychippus : Merychippus primus15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Aphelops sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Rhinocerotidae : Aphelops15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Proboscidea
order
4Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Geomyoidea
superfamily
4.7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Geomyoidea15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Copemys sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Muridae : Copemys15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Harrymys magnus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Heteromyidae : Harrymys : Harrymys magnus20.43 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Perognathus minutus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Heteromyidae : Perognathus : Perognathus minutus15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Proheteromys floridanus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Geomyidae : Proheteromys : Proheteromys floridanus20.43 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Mylagaulidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Mylagaulidae15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Protospermophilus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Sciuridae : Protospermophilus15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Metaxytherium crataegense
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Sirenia : Dugongidae : Metaxytherium : Metaxytherium crataegense15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Nanosiren sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Sirenia : Dugongidae : Nanosiren20.43 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Batrachosauroides dissimulans
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Proteida : Batrachosauroididae : Batrachosauroides : Batrachosauroides dissimulans15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Alligator olseni
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Alligatoridae : Alligator : Alligator olseni20.43 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Colubrinae
subfamily
5.3Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Colubridae : Colubrinae15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Natricinae
subfamily
5.3Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Colubridae : Natricinae15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Leiocephalus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Leiocephalidae : Leiocephalus15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Heloderma sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Helodermatidae : Heloderma15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Scincidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Scincidae15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Cnemidophorus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Teiidae : Cnemidophorus15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Macrochelys sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Chelydridae : Macrochelys15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Deirochelyinae
subfamily
5.3Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Emydidae : Deirochelyinae20.43 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Emydidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Emydidae15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Kinosternoidea
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Kinosternoidea15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Podocnemidae
unranked clade
99Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Podocnemidae20.43 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Hesperotestudo sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Testudinidae : Hesperotestudo20.43 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Testudinidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Testudinidae15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Apalone sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Trionychidae : Apalone15.97 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Trionychidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Trionychidae20.43 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Carolia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Anomiidae : Carolia23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Lindapecten acanikos
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Lindapecten : Lindapecten acanikos23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene

References

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Wood A. E. (1932) New heteromyid rodents from the Miocene of Florida, Bulletin of the Florida State Geological Survey 10
Auffenberg W. (1957) Notes on fossil crocodilians from Southeastern United States, Quarterly Journal of The Florida Academy of Sciences 20, 107-113
Patton T. H., Taylor B. E. (1971) The Synthetoceratinae (Mammalia, Tylopoda, Protoceratidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 145 2, 119-218
Hunter M. E., Huddlestun P. F. (1980) The biostratigraphy of the Torreya Formation of Florida\r\n, Southeastern Geological Society Special Publication 25, 211-223
MacFadden B. J., Bryant J. D., et al (1991) Sr-isotopic, paleomagnetic, and biostratigraphic calibration of horse evolution: evidence from the Miocene of Florida, Geology 19 3, 242-245
Bryant J. D. (1991) New early Barstovian (middle Miocene) vertebrates from the upper Torreya Formation, eastern Florida panhandle, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11 4, 472-489
Bryant J. D., MacFadden B. J., et al (1992) Improved chronologic resolution of the Hawthorn and the Alum Bluff Groups in northern Florida: Implications for Miocene chronostratigraphy, Geological Society America Bulletin 104 2, 208-218
Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals
Liter M., Prothero D. (2003) New dromomerycids (Mammalia: Artiodactyla) from the middle Miocene Sharktooth Hill Bonebed, California, and the systematics of the cranioceratinins, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23 3, 72A
Domning D. P., Aguilera O. A. (2008) Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbeaan Region. VIII. Nanosiren garciae, gen. et sp. nov. and Nanosiren sanchezi, sp. nov., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 2, 479-500
Bourque J. R. (2013) Fossil Kinosternidae from the Oligocene and Miocene of Florida, USA, Morphology and Evolution of Turtles, Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology, 459-475 doi:10.1007/978-94-007-4309-0_25
Thomas T. M., Granatosky M. C., et al (2014) Taxonomic assessment of alligator snapping turtles (Chelydridae: Macrochelys), with the description of two new species from the southeastern United States, Zootaxa 3786 2, 141-165
Bourque J. R. (2016) Side-Necked Turtles (Testudines, Pleurodira) from the Ancient Gulf Coastal Plain of Florida During Middle Cenozoic Megathermals, Chelonian Conservation and Biology 15 1, 23-35
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!
 
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