Global Information Lookup Global Information

Alachua Formation information


Alachua Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early-Late Miocene (Hemingfordian-Hemphillian)
~20–5.3 Ma
PreꞒ
O
S
D
C
P
T
J
K
Pg
N
TypeFormation
Lithology
PrimaryClaystone, sandstone
OtherPhosphorite
Location
Coordinates29°42′N 82°36′W / 29.7°N 82.6°W / 29.7; -82.6
Approximate paleocoordinates29°48′N 80°54′W / 29.8°N 80.9°W / 29.8; -80.9
RegionFlorida
CountryAlachua Formation United States
Type section
Named forAlachua, Florida
Alachua Formation is located in the United States
Alachua Formation
Alachua Formation
Alachua Formation
Alachua Formation
Alachua Formation
Alachua Formation
Alachua Formation (the United States)
Alachua Formation is located in Florida
Alachua Formation
Alachua Formation
Alachua Formation
Alachua Formation
Alachua Formation
Alachua Formation
Alachua Formation (Florida)

The Alachua Formation is a Miocene geologic formation in Florida. The claystones, sandstones and phosphorites of the formation preserve many fossils of mammals, birds, reptiles and fish, among others megalodon.

and 27 Related for: Alachua Formation information

Request time (Page generated in 0.8667 seconds.)

Alachua Formation

Last Update:

The Alachua Formation is a Miocene geologic formation in Florida. The claystones, sandstones and phosphorites of the formation preserve many fossils of...

Word Count : 626

Alachua

Last Update:

in north-central Florida, c. AD 700 to 1700 Alachua Formation, a geological formation in Florida Alachua, a former genus of wasps in the family Eulophidae...

Word Count : 97

Phosphate mining in the United States

Last Update:

Bone Valley Formation. The Florida Hard Rock district mines phosphate from the Alachua Formation of Pliocene age. The Alachua Formation is nonmarine...

Word Count : 1983

Citronelle Formation

Last Update:

Paleontology in Louisiana Alachua Formation Chagres Formation Goliad Formation Rattlesnake Formation Citronelle Formation at Fossilworks.org E. M. Manning...

Word Count : 184

Hawthorn Group

Last Update:

Citrus, Sumter, Alachua and Marion County. The Hawthorn is also present below undifferentiated sediments (TQu) as well as the Tamiami Formation from Polk County...

Word Count : 1338

List of counties in Florida

Last Update:

and its last county was created in 1925 with the formation of Gilchrist County from a segment of Alachua County. Florida's counties are subdivisions of...

Word Count : 976

2016 in reptile paleontology

Last Update:

known chameleon fossils from India are described from the Miocene Nagri Formation by Sankhyan & Čerňanský (2016). Lee et al. (2016) examine the limb anatomy...

Word Count : 4928

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Florida

Last Update:

Group or Formation Period Notes Alachua Formation Neogene Chipola Formation Neogene Cypresshead Formation Neogene Oak Grove Formation Neogene Shoal River...

Word Count : 36

Haile Quarry site

Last Update:

mining, which began in the late 1940s. Haile sites are found in the Alachua Formation. Two sites within the Ocala Limestone yielded Upper Eocene Valvatida...

Word Count : 641

1986 in paleontology

Last Update:

(1986). "Abies milleri, sp. nov., from the middle Eocene Klondike Mountain Formation, Republic, Ferry County, Washington". Burke Museum Contributions in Anthropology...

Word Count : 1028

2017 in reptile paleontology

Last Update:

Omphalosaurus is described from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) Karchowice Formation (Poland) by Wintrich, Hagdorn & Sander (2017), representing the first...

Word Count : 9524

List of county seats in Florida

Last Update:

and its last county was created in 1925 with the formation of Gilchrist County from a segment of Alachua County. Each county has a county seat. In Florida...

Word Count : 615

Euoplocyon

Last Update:

spissidens, Enhydrocyon spissidens) White 1947, discovered at the Alachua Formation, Alachua County, Florida. W. D. Matthew. 1924. Third contribution to the...

Word Count : 217

Floridachoerus

Last Update:

and Metatomarctus, a canid. The Thomas Farm site is located on the Alachua Formation. Toledo Bend site: A coarse palaeochannel fill; a conglomerate likely...

Word Count : 293

List of counties in Vermont

Last Update:

while Addison County, Vermont is 001, Belknap County, New Hampshire and Alachua County, Florida are also 001. To uniquely identify Addison County, Vermont...

Word Count : 436

Coosawhatchie Formation

Last Update:

and is present in Alachua, Marion, Sumter, and Lake County. It is exposed or lies beneath a thin overburden. The Coosawhatchie Formation varies in color...

Word Count : 267

Florida Certified Organic Growers

Last Update:

in Alachua County, all providing nutritious food, education and physical exercise for a healthier community. These gardens are funded by Alachua County...

Word Count : 1514

Steve Oelrich

Last Update:

from 2006 to 2012, where he represented the 14th District, which included Alachua, Bradford, Columbia, Gilchrist, Levy, Marion, Putnam, and Union counties...

Word Count : 978

Motmot

Last Update:

humerus found in early Hemphilian (Late Miocene, c. 8 mya) deposits in Alachua County, USA has not been named; it might belong to an extant genus. Master...

Word Count : 728

Hot Water Music

Last Update:

1997) You Can Take the Boy Out of Bradenton (Schematics Records 1996) Alachua 7-inch - Allied Recordings (Self-released 1997, No Idea Records re-issue...

Word Count : 2700

National Center for Construction Education and Research

Last Update:

Research Formation January 1, 1996; 28 years ago (1996-01-01) Legal status 501(c)(3) Purpose Professional craft certification Headquarters Alachua, Florida...

Word Count : 434

Daphoenus

Last Update:

Alachua County, Florida (Whitneyan) estimated at 31.1—24.3 Ma., Tecuya Canyon, California (Arikareean age) 30.8—20.6 Ma., Haystack Member Formation,...

Word Count : 471

Douglass Beach Site

Last Update:

Florida. The site has two components; a cultural formation and a natural formation. The cultural formation aspect of the site is an 18th-century Spanish...

Word Count : 1425

Othram

Last Update:

assaulted and strangled to death. Her case was reopened in 2017 following the formation of a cold case unit, and it was taken up by Othram in September 2022....

Word Count : 35357

Daphoeninae

Last Update:

Alachua County, Florida (Whitneyan) estimated at 31.1—24.3 Ma., Tecuya Canyon, California (Arikareean age) 30.8—20.6 Ma., Haystack Member Formation,...

Word Count : 177

Peopling of the Americas

Last Update:

Lithic Archaic Formative Classic Post-Classic Archaeological cultures Adena Alachua Ancient Beringian Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) Avonlea Baytown Belle Glade...

Word Count : 13570

1st Helicopter Squadron

Last Update:

Florida, 20 April 1944 Cross City Army Air Field, Florida, 12 June 1944 Alachua Army Air Field, Florida, 21 June 1944 Drew Field, Florida, 17 August 1944...

Word Count : 1268

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net