Shoal River Formation
Stratigraphic range: Serravallian (Clarendonian)
~13.6–10.3 Ma

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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]

## Contents

* 1 See also
* 2 References
* 2.1 Bibliography
* 3 Further reading

## 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.; 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

## 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

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