Where: Hendry County, Florida (26.8° N, 81.3° W: paleocoordinates 26.8° N, 80.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Caloosahatchee Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Caloosahatchee Fm. AGE: Early Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Fargo, Locklin, and others. REPOSITORY: ANSP, Phialdelphia.
Primary reference: A. A. Olsson and A. Harbison. 1953. Pliocene Mollusca of Southern Florida. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Monograph 8:1-457 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79334: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
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"Ostrea (Alectryonia) tamiamiensis" = Hyotissa haitensis
"Ostrea (Alectryonia) tamiamiensis" = Hyotissa haitensis Sowerby 1850 oyster | |
"Chlamys (Plagioctenium) comparilis" = Aequipecten comparilis
"Chlamys (Plagioctenium) comparilis" = Aequipecten comparilis Tuomey and Holmes 1855 scallop | |
"Eucrassatella gibbesii" = Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) speciosa
"Eucrassatella gibbesii" = Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) speciosa Adams 1854 clam | |
"Codakia orbicularis" = Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis
"Codakia orbicularis" = Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
"Cardium (Dinocardium) robustum" = Dinocardium robustum
"Cardium (Dinocardium) robustum" = Dinocardium robustum Lightfoot 1786 cockle | |
Panopea floridana clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Vermicularia recta turret shell
Vermicularia weberi turret shell | |
Polinices (Polinices) caroliniana moon snail | |
Ficus papyratia Say 1822 fig shell | |
"Cancellaria (Cancellaria) conradiana" = Cancellaria conradiana
"Cancellaria (Cancellaria) conradiana" = Cancellaria conradiana Dall 1890 snail | |
"Conus (Leptoconus) stearnsii" = Conus jaspideus, Conus (Leptoconus) marylandicus, Conus (Contraconus) adversarius, Conus (Leptoconus) waccamawensis
"Conus (Leptoconus) stearnsii" = Conus jaspideus Gmelin 1791 cone shell
Conus (Leptoconus) marylandicus Green 1830 cone shell
Conus (Contraconus) adversarius Conrad 1840 cone shell
Conus (Leptoconus) waccamawensis cone shell |