Penney Farms Formation

Penney Farms Formation
TypeGeological formation
Location
RegionFlorida
CountryUnited States

The Penney Farms Formation is a geologic formation in Florida. It preserves fossils from the early Miocene.

Fossil content

Invertebrates

Crustaceans
GenusSpeciesPresence MaterialNotesImages
Balanus B. reflexus Osceola National Forest, Columbia County, Florida. 4 scuta, 1 tergum, 2 shells. A balanid barnacle also found in the Parachucla Formation.
Concavus C. crassostricola Osceola National Forest, Columbia County, Florida. 2 scuta, 4 compartmental plates. A balanid barnacle also found in the Parachucla Formation.
Solidobalanus S. sp. indet. Osceola National Forest, Columbia County, Florida. One scutum, 6 compartmental plates. An archaeobalanid barnacle also found in the Parachucla Formation.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Geologic Unit: Penney Farms".
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Zullo, Victor A.; Portell, Roger W. (1991). "Balanoid Barnacles from the Early Miocene Parachucla and Penney Farms Formations, Northern Florida". Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology. 24 (4).