Earth:Shoal River Formation
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| Shoal River Formation Stratigraphic range: Serravallian (Clarendonian) ~13.6–10.3 Ma | |
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| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Alum Bluff Group |
| Underlies | Chochtawatchee Formation |
| Overlies | Chipola Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Marl |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 30°48′N 86°18′W / 30.8°N 86.3°W |
| Paleocoordinates | [ ⚑ ] 31°06′N 83°30′W / 31.1°N 83.5°W |
| Region |  Florida |
| Country |  United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Shoal River |
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The Shoal River Formation is a geologic formation in Florida. The sandstones and marls of the formation preserve fossils dating back to the Serravallian epoch of the Middle Miocene of the Neogene period.[1][2]
See also
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Florida
References
- ↑ Pineda Salgado et al., 2016
- ↑ Shoal River Formation at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography
- Pineda Salgado, G.; P. Schaaf; M. Aguilar Piña; G. Solís Pichardo, and F.J. Vega. 2016. Contribución al alcance estratigráfico de la Formación Agueguexquite (Mioceno), Veracruz, México. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana 68. 187–197. doi:10.18268/BSGM2016v68n2a2
Further reading
- R. W. Portell, G. L. Polites, and G. W. Schmelz. 2006. Mollusca: Shoal River Formation (Middle Miocene. Florida Fossil Invertebrates 9:1-52
- J. R. Gardner. 1947. The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper (142A-H)1-709
- R. H. Smith. 1941. Micropaleontology and stratigraphy of a deep well at Niceville, Okaloosa County, Florida. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists 25(2):263-286
- M. J. Rathbun. 1935. Fossil Crustacea of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain. Geological Society of America Special Paper (2)1-160
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