Shoal River Formation

Shoal River Formation
Stratigraphic range: Serravallian (Clarendonian) ~13.6–10.3  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Formation
Unit of	Alum Bluff Group
Underlies	Chochtawatchee Formation
Overlies	Chipola Formation
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Other	Marl
Location
Coordinates	30°48′N86°18′W / 30.8°N 86.3°W / 30.8; -86.3
Approximate paleocoordinates	31°06′N83°30′W / 31.1°N 83.5°W / 31.1; -83.5
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

1. Pineda Salgado et al., 2016
2. Shoal River Formation at Fossilworks.org

Bibliography

• 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

• 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