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]
| Shoal River Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Serravallian (Clarendonian) ~ | |
| 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 |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 31°06′N 83°30′W / 31.1°N 83.5°W |
| Region |  Florida |
| Country |  United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Shoal River |
  Shoal River Formation (the United States)  Shoal River Formation (Florida) | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Pineda Salgado et al., 2016
- ^ Shoal River Formation at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography
edit- Pineda Salgado, G.; Schaaf, P.; Aguilar Piña, M.; Solís Pichardo, G.; Vega, F.J. (2016), "Contribución al alcance estratigráfico de la Formación Agueguexquite (Mioceno), Veracruz, México", Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana, 68 (2): 187–197, doi:10.18268/BSGM2016v68n2a2
Further reading
edit- 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