Shoal River Formation

Shoal River Formation Stratigraphic range: Serravallian (Clarendonian) ~13.6–10.3 Ma PreЄ Є 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′N 86°18′W / 30.8°N 86.3°W / 30.8; -86.3
Paleocoordinates	[ ⚑ ] 31°06′N 83°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]

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Florida

• Pineda Salgado, G.; P. Schaaf; M. Aguilar Piña; G. Solís Pichardo, and F.J. Vega. 2016. Contribución al alcance estratigráfico de la Formación Agueguexquite (Mioceno), Veracruz, México. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana 68. 187–197. doi:10.18268/BSGM2016v68n2a2

• 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

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