ammonites
Suwannee Limestone (unspecified localitoes) (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Florida (29.3° N, 83.1° W: paleocoordinates 29.4° N, 76.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Suwannee Limestone Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• Data a composite of Suwannee Limestone localities in Florida.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, dolomitic, shelly/skeletal, white, yellow, cherty/siliceous limestone

• Geology not specified for Suwannee Limestone
• Lithologic data not specified for Suwannee Limestone. From FGS source: "The Suwannee Limestone, is a white to cream, fossiliferous, marine limestone. Dolomitized portions of the unit are gray, tan, light brown to moderate brown, dolostone with limited occurrences of fosiliferous (molds and casts) beds. Silicified limestone, in the form of chert, is common in Suwannee Limestone."

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Reposited in the USNM

• Compilation of known taxa from Suwannee Limestone, Florida State. Comprises range on unspecified collecting techniques.

Primary reference: C. W. Oyen and R. W. Portell. 2001. Diversity patterns and biostratigraphy of Cenozoic echinodems from Florida. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 166:193-218 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 35013: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.10.2003

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