Where: Florida (26.1° N, 81.8° W: paleocoordinates 26.2° N, 81.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Golden Gate Member (Tamiami Formation), Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Golden Gate Mbr of the Tamiami Fm, Okeechobee Grp, which is overlain by the Fruitville Mbr, and overlies the Ochopee Mbr, both of the Tamiami Fm. Correlative with the Yorktown, Chowan River, Waccamaw, Duplin, and Jackson Bluff Fms. THICKNESS: Varies between 15 and 50 m across areal extent. AGE: Late Pliocene. Based on macrofossil biostratigraphy the unit is throught to represent the middle-late Piacenzian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Checklist representative of entire member.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; unlithified, shelly/skeletal, gray, blue, silty, calcareous marl and lithified, shelly/skeletal reef rocks
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Unknown, presumably the authors and others. REPOSITORY: No repository stated.
Primary reference: E. J. Petuch and C. E. Roberts. 2007. The geology of the Everglades and adjacent areas 1-212 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79958: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 29.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
"Astraea (Lithopoma) tectariaeformis" = Lithopoma
"Astraea (Lithopoma) tectariaeformis" = Lithopoma snail | |
"Acmaea actina" = Lottia actina
"Acmaea actina" = Lottia actina Woodring 1928 limpet | |
Cerithioclava turriculus, "Cerithium turriculum" = Cerithium, Cerithium dominicense, "Bayericerithium obesum" = Cerithium
Cerithioclava turriculus cerith snail
"Cerithium turriculum" = Cerithium cerith snail
"Bayericerithium obesum" = Cerithium cerith snail | |
Modulus basileus Guppy 1874 snail | |
Pachycrommium guppyi Gabb 1873 snail | |
Hipponix ceras hoof shell | |
Columbella submercatoria Olsson 1922 snail
Parametaria lindae snail | |
Pleuroploca lindae snail
Latirus miamiensis snail | |
Hesperisternia miamiensis, "Hesperisternia joelshugari" = Hesperisternia multangulus, "Hesperisternia dadeensis" = Hesperisternia multangulus, Solenosteira mulepenensis
Hesperisternia miamiensis Petuch 1991 true whelk
"Hesperisternia joelshugari" = Hesperisternia multangulus Philippi 1848 true whelk
"Hesperisternia dadeensis" = Hesperisternia multangulus Philippi 1848 true whelk
Solenosteira mulepenensis true whelk | |
"Fulguropsis radula" = Busycon, "Busycoarctum superbus" = Busycon (Busycoarctum), "Lindafulgur miamiensis" = Busycon
"Fulguropsis radula" = Busycon whelk
"Busycoarctum superbus" = Busycon (Busycoarctum) whelk
"Lindafulgur miamiensis" = Busycon whelk | |
Mitra (Scrabricola) lindae mitre shell | |
Eugeniconus irisae, "Contraconus schmidti" = Conus (Contraconus) adversarius, "Virgiconus miamiensis" = Conus (Virgiconus), "Spuriconus martinshugari" = Conus, "Jaspidiconus hertwecki" = Conus hertwecki
Eugeniconus irisae cone shell
"Contraconus schmidti" = Conus (Contraconus) adversarius Conrad 1840 cone shell
"Virgiconus miamiensis" = Conus (Virgiconus) cone shell
"Spuriconus martinshugari" = Conus cone shell
"Jaspidiconus hertwecki" = Conus hertwecki Petuch 1988 cone shell | |
Coralliophila miocenica, Magilus streami, "Subpterynotus miamiensis" = Murexiella (Subpterynotus), Babelomurex lindae
Coralliophila miocenica Guppy 1874 murex snail
Magilus streami murex snail
"Subpterynotus miamiensis" = Murexiella (Subpterynotus) murex snail
Babelomurex lindae Petuch 1988 murex snail | |
"Eustrombus dominator" = Strombus (Eustrombus)
"Eustrombus dominator" = Strombus (Eustrombus) conch | |
Jenneria violetae Petuch 1991 Jenner's Cowry | |
Cyphoma finkli Petuch 1986 snail
"Pseudocyphoma carolae" = Cyphoma carolae Petuch 1986 snail
Cyphoma miamiensis Petuch 1986 snail
Cyphoma viaavensis Petuch 1986 snail | |
"Decoriatrivia miccosukee" = Pusula miccosukee
"Decoriatrivia miccosukee" = Pusula miccosukee Petuch 1991 snail | |
Siphocypraea grovesi Petuch 1998 cowry
Pseudadusta ketteri Petuch 1994 cowry
Pseudadusta lindae Petuch 1986 cowry | |
"Bursa (Marsupina) proavus" = Marsupina bufo, Bursa rugosa
"Bursa (Marsupina) proavus" = Marsupina bufo BruguiƩre 1792 frog shell
Bursa rugosa Sowerby 1835 frog shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Petricoxenica concoralla Vokes 1976 venus clam | |
Anthozoa | |
Astrocoenia meinzeri Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Stephanocoenia spongiformis Duncan 1864 stony coral | |
Stylophora minor, Stylophora granulata, Stylophora affinis, Pocillopora crassoramosa, Pocillopora baracoaensis
Stylophora minor Duncan 1863 stony coral
Stylophora granulata Duncan 1864 stony coral
Stylophora affinis Duncan 1863 stony coral
Pocillopora crassoramosa Duncan 1864 stony coral
Pocillopora baracoaensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
Acropora panamensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
Siderastrea pliocenica Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Siderastrea dalli Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
"Goniopora jacobiana" = Goniopora hilli Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Porites matanzaensis stony coral
Porites barracoaensis stony coral | |
Agaricia dominicensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
Asterosmilia exarata Duncan 1867 stony coral
Placocyathus variabilis Duncan 1864 stony coral
Placocyathus barretti Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
Flabellum exaratum stony coral
Flabellum dubium Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
"Montastrea imbata" = Montastraea, Montastrea brevis, Montastrea endothecata, "Barysmilia intermedia" = Montastrea intermedia
"Montastrea imbata" = Montastraea stony coral
Montastrea brevis Duncan 1864 stony coral
Montastrea endothecata Duncan 1863 stony coral
"Barysmilia intermedia" = Montastrea intermedia Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
Septastrea matsoni Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
Dichocoenia cf. eminens Weisbord 1974 stony coral
Dichocoenia tuberosa Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
Thysanus corbicula Duncan 1863 stony coral
Thysanus excentricus Duncan 1863 stony coral
Solenastrea globosa stony coral | |
"Antillia dubia" = Trachyphyllia, "Antillia walli" = Trachyphyllia, "Antillia bilobata" = Trachyphyllia bilobata
"Antillia dubia" = Trachyphyllia stony coral
"Antillia walli" = Trachyphyllia stony coral
"Antillia bilobata" = Trachyphyllia bilobata Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
Diploria sarasotana, Manicina pliocenica, Isophyllia desotoensis, Isophyllia cf. sinuosa, Mussa affinis, Syzygophyllia dentata
Diploria sarasotana Weisbord 1974 stony coral
Manicina pliocenica Gane 1895 stony coral
Isophyllia desotoensis Weisbord 1974 stony coral
Isophyllia cf. sinuosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Mussa affinis stony coral
Syzygophyllia dentata stony coral |