Ortona Locks [Caloosahatchee Fm] (Pleistocene of the United States)

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

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow-marine, siliciclastic environment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Marl, shelly. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on figured specimens and facies description.

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

• COVERAGE: Authoritative for bivalvia and gastropoda. NOMENCLATURE: Identified by A. Olsson and A. Harbison. Authoritative publication with fairly modern nomenclature and use of species and subgenus assignments.
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea (Ostrea) disparilis oyster
SUBSPECIES: Ostrea (Ostrea) disparilis raveneliana
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Ostrea (Alectryonia) tamiamiensis" = Hyotissa haitensis
"Ostrea (Alectryonia) tamiamiensis" = Hyotissa haitensis Sowerby 1850 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys (Plagioctenium) comparilis" = Aequipecten comparilis
"Chlamys (Plagioctenium) comparilis" = Aequipecten comparilis Tuomey and Holmes 1855 scallop
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
"Eucrassatella gibbesii" = Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) speciosa
"Eucrassatella gibbesii" = Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) speciosa Adams 1854 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Codakia orbicularis" = Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis
"Codakia orbicularis" = Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium (Dinocardium) robustum" = Dinocardium robustum
"Cardium (Dinocardium) robustum" = Dinocardium robustum Lightfoot 1786 cockle
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Vermicularia recta turret shell
Vermicularia weberi turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficus papyratia Say 1822 fig shell
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
"Cancellaria (Cancellaria) conradiana" = Cancellaria conradiana
"Cancellaria (Cancellaria) conradiana" = Cancellaria conradiana Dall 1890 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
"Conus (Leptoconus) stearnsii" = Conus jaspideus Gmelin 1791 cone shell
Conus (Leptoconus) marylandicus Green 1830 cone shell
Conus (Contraconus) adversarius Conrad 1840 cone shell