Coffee Mill Hammock Mbr, Fort Thompson Fm (unspecified localities) (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Florida (26.8° N, 81.3° W: paleocoordinates 26.8° N, 80.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• basin-level geographic resolution

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

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Coffee Mill Hammock Mbr of the Fort Thompson Fm, which overlies the Okaloacoochee Mbr. Correlative with the Socastee Fm (South Carolina). THICKNESS: Varies between 1 and 3 m across areal extent. AGE: Late Pleistocene. Based on uranium isotope dating (Lyons, 1991, p. 150-161) the unit is dated as Sangamonian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Checklist representative of entire member.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; unlithified, fine-grained, shelly/skeletal, brown, gray sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Marginal marine, including mangrove forests, and intertidal mud flats.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Fine, medium tan to gray quartz sand, fossiliferous. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

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: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79739: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 20.03.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Includes only the more abundant and indicative species of gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Modern nomenclature, with subgenus and species-resolution assignments.
unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Ellobiidae
"Melampus coffeus" = Melampus coffea, "Melampus monilis" = Melampus monile
"Melampus coffeus" = Melampus coffea Linnaeus 1758 snail
"Melampus monilis" = Melampus monile Bruguière 1789 snail
 Cerithioidea - Modulidae
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
"Cerithidea costata" = Cerithidea costatus, "Cerithidea beattyi" = Cerithidea costatus, Cerithidea scalariformis
"Cerithidea costata" = Cerithidea costatus da Costa 1778 horn snail
"Cerithidea beattyi" = Cerithidea costatus da Costa 1778 horn snail
SUBSPECIES: Cerithidea beattyi lakeworthensis
Cerithidea scalariformis Say 1825 horn snail
SUBSPECIES: Cerithidea scalariformis palbeachensis
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
"Cerithium floridanum" = Cerithium atratum, Cerithium muscarum, "Cerithium algicola" = Cerithium eburneum
"Cerithium floridanum" = Cerithium atratum Born 1778 cerith snail
Cerithium muscarum Say 1832 cerith snail
"Cerithium algicola" = Cerithium eburneum Bruguière 1792 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
Batillaria minima Gmelin 1791 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Cassis madagascariensis Lamarck 1822 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Macrocypraea cervus Linnaeus 1771 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Eustrombus gigas" = Lobatus gigas, "Macrostrombus costatus" = Lobatus costatus, "Strombus (Lobatus) raninus" = Strombus (Lentigo) raninus, Strombus alatus
"Eustrombus gigas" = Lobatus gigas Linnaeus 1758 true conch
"Macrostrombus costatus" = Lobatus costatus Gmelin 1791 true conch
"Strombus (Lobatus) raninus" = Strombus (Lentigo) raninus Gmelin 1791 conch
Strombus alatus Gmelin 1792 conch
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella mutica Say 1822 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
"Melongena (Rexmela) corona" = Melongena corona, Melongena melongena, "Sinistrofulgur sinistrum" = Busycon
"Melongena (Rexmela) corona" = Melongena corona Gmelin 1791 snail
INCLUDES: Melongena (Rexmela) corona winnerae
Melongena melongena Linnaeus 1758 snail
"Sinistrofulgur sinistrum" = Busycon whelk
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Solenosteira cancellaria Conrad 1846 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Triplofusus giganteus, "Fasciolaria (Cinctura) hunteria" = Cinctura hunteria, Fasciolaria tulipa
Triplofusus giganteus Kiener 1840 snail
"Fasciolaria (Cinctura) hunteria" = Cinctura hunteria Perry 1811 snail
Fasciolaria tulipa Linnaeus 1758 tulip snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Columbella rusticoides Heilprin 1887 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
"Gradiconus patglicksteinae" = Conus, "Jaspidiconus stearnsi" = Conus jaspideus, "Spuriconus spurius" = Conus spurius
"Gradiconus patglicksteinae" = Conus cone shell
"Jaspidiconus stearnsi" = Conus jaspideus Gmelin 1791 cone shell
"Spuriconus spurius" = Conus spurius Gmelin 1791 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
 Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
"Bulla occidentalis" = Bulla striata
"Bulla occidentalis" = Bulla striata Bruguiére 1792 snail
Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Pseudomiltha floridana" = Stewartia floridana
"Pseudomiltha floridana" = Stewartia floridana Conrad 1833 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Mercenaria campechiensis Gmelin 1791 quahog
Chione elevata Say 1822 venus clam