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Cubitostrea rugifera

Geological Range

Early Miocene to Middle Miocene; Extinct.

Paleogeographic Distribution

Northern Florida.

Remarks

Original Description (from Dall, 1898, p. 678):

"Middle Oligocene of the Chipola beds at Alum Bluff and on the Chipola River, Florida, and in the silex beds at Ballast Point, Tampa Bay, Florida; Dall and Burns.

Shell rather thin, irregular, coarsely ribbed, more or less imbricated, margin plicate, form tending to ovate or rounded."

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Stratigraphic Occurrences

Middle Miocene
Coosawhatchie Formation (Charlton Member) (GA)
Early Miocene
Chipola Formation (N. FL)
Torreya Formation (N. FL)
<i>Cubitostrea rugifera</i> from the Early Miocene Chipola Fm. of Liberty County, Florida (UF 246729).
Cubitostrea rugifera from the Early Miocene Chipola Fm. of Liberty County, Florida (UF 246729).
Middle Miocene Map
Middle Miocene Map
Early Miocene Map
Early Miocene Map<