YPM Loc. A-919 [Fort Thompson Fm] (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Glades County, Florida (26.8° N, 81.4° W: paleocoordinates 26.8° N, 81.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Fort Thompson Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Fort Thompson Fm. AGE: Assigned to Late Pleistocene (A. Hendy, 2007). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation. According to collection notes, in addition to belonging to Fort Thompson Fm, the collection is from the "3rd interglacial".

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow-marine, siliciclastic environment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Siliciclastic, shelly. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on observation of specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Reposited in the YPM

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• COLLECTOR: C.O. Dunbar, 1965. REPOSITORY: YPM.

Primary reference: A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 69034: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.02.2007, edited by Kate Bulinski

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Taxonomic list

• TAXONOMY: Identified by A. Hendy; nomenclature based on revision of DuBar (1962) [PBDB Ref# 11119] and Portell et al. (1992) [PBDB Ref# 17634].
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Turbo (Taeniaturbo) sp. Woodring 1928 snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Fissurella sp. Bruguière 1789 snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula fornicula slipper shell
Crepidula plana Say 1822 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium eburneum Bruguière 1792 cerith snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Eupleura caudata Say 1822 murex snail
Coralliophila sp. Adams and Adams 1853 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cantharus sp. Röding 1798 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Nassarius (Nassarius) vibex" = Nassarius vibex
"Nassarius (Nassarius) vibex" = Nassarius vibex Say 1822 snail
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Busycon contrarium Conrad 1840 whelk
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Latirus sp. Monfort 1810 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus jaspideus Gmelin 1791 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Splendrillia sp. Hedley 1922 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
Carditamera floridana Conrad 1838 clam
Pleuromeris tridentata Say 1826 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Cardiida - Cyrenoididae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Globivenus rugatina Heilprin 1886 venus clam
"Anomalocardia auberiana" = Anomalocardia cuneimeris Conrad 1846 venus clam
Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
Gemma gemma Totten 1834 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactridae indet. Lamarck 1809 clam
Rangia cuneata Sowerby 1831 clam
Mactrotoma fragilis Gmelin 1792 surfclam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama congregata Conrad 1833 jewel box
Arcinella cornuta Conrad 1866 jewel box
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Laevicardium laevigatum" = Laevicardium serratum, "Trachycardium muricatum" = Trachycardium (Dallocardia) muricatum
"Laevicardium laevigatum" = Laevicardium serratum Linnaeus 1758 cockle
"Trachycardium muricatum" = Trachycardium (Dallocardia) muricatum Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele bellastriata Conrad 1837 clam
Abra aequalis Say 1822 abra
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Moerella sp." = Tellina (Moerella)
"Moerella sp." = Tellina (Moerella) Fischer 1887 tellin clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Tucetona pectinata Gmelin 1791 clam
 Arcida - Noetiidae
Arcopsis adamsi Dall 1886 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Anadara transversa" = Anadara (Larkinia) transversa
"Anadara transversa" = Anadara (Larkinia) transversa Say 1822 ark
[entered as Anadara tranversa]
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Crassostrea virginica Gmelin 1791 oyster
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845 jingle
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Aequipecten sp. Fischer 1886 scallop