Holey Land Mbr, Bermont Fm (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Florida (26.4° N, 80.7° W: paleocoordinates 26.4° N, 80.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Holey Land Member (Bermont Formation), Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Holey Land Mbr of the Bermont Fm, Okeechobee Grp, which is overlain by the Belle Glade Mbr. Correlative with the Flanners Beach Fm (North and South Carolina). THICKNESS: Varies between 3.5 and 15 m across areal extent. AGE: Middle Pleistocene. Based on uranium isotope dating the unit is dated as early middle Pleistocene, Aftonian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Checklist representative of entire member.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal, sandy, calcareous limestone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow subtidal carbonate; mangrove forests and intertidal mud flats, turtle grass beds, shallow-sand-bottom lagoons, coral reefs and bioherms.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandy (quartz), highly fossiliferous limestones (arenaceous biomicrudites and arenaceous crudites), often indurated, sometimes unconsolidated. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, based on figured specimens and facies description.

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 79747: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.03.2008

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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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Manicina sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Carolinapecten jamieae Petuch 2004 scallop
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara sp., "Caloosarca castarca" = Anadara (Caloosarca)
Anadara sp. Gray 1847 ark
"Caloosarca castarca" = Anadara (Caloosarca) ark
 Arcida - Noetiidae
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele aff. perlamellosa Heilprin 1887 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Chione elevata Say 1822 venus clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Miltha carmenae Vokes 1969 clam
Codakia sp. Scopoli 1777 clam
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Titanostrombus williamsi" = Lobatus williamsi, "Eustrombus gigas" = Lobatus gigas, Strombus erici, "Macrostrombus mayacensis" = Strombus (Macrostrombus), "Macrostrombus diegelae" = Strombus (Macrostrombus), "Macrostrombus scotti" = Strombus (Macrostrombus)
"Titanostrombus williamsi" = Lobatus williamsi Olsson and Petit 1964 true conch
"Eustrombus gigas" = Lobatus gigas Linnaeus 1758 true conch
SUBSPECIES: Eustrombus gigas pahayokee
"Macrostrombus mayacensis" = Strombus (Macrostrombus) conch
"Macrostrombus diegelae" = Strombus (Macrostrombus) conch
"Macrostrombus scotti" = Strombus (Macrostrombus) conch
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Scaphella seminole, "Scaphella capelettii" = Scaphella junonia
"Scaphella capelettii" = Scaphella junonia Lamark 1804 volute
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
"Lindoliva spengleri" = Lindoliva diegelae Petuch 1988 olive snail
"Lindoliva griffini" = Lindoliva diegelae Petuch 1988 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
"Jaspidiconus hyshugari" = Conus hyshugari, "Gradiconus loxahatcheensis" = Conus largillierti, "Gradiconus capelettii" = Conus largillierti, "Ximeniconus palmbeachensis" = Conus (Ximeniconus), "Jaspidiconus maureenae" = Conus maureenae, "Cariboconus griffini" = Conus daucus
"Jaspidiconus hyshugari" = Conus hyshugari Petuch 1994 cone shell
"Gradiconus loxahatcheensis" = Conus largillierti Kiener 1845 cone shell
"Gradiconus capelettii" = Conus largillierti Kiener 1845 cone shell
"Ximeniconus palmbeachensis" = Conus (Ximeniconus) cone shell
"Jaspidiconus maureenae" = Conus maureenae Petuch 1994 cone shell
"Cariboconus griffini" = Conus daucus Hwass in BruguiƩre 1792 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena (Miccosukea) cynthiae, Melongena (Miccosukea) holeylandica, "Fulguropsis capelettii" = Busycon, Fulguropsis feldmanni, "Pyruella tomeui" = Busycon, "Sinistrofulgur holeylandica" = Busycon
"Fulguropsis capelettii" = Busycon whelk
Fulguropsis feldmanni Petuch 1991 whelk
"Pyruella tomeui" = Busycon whelk
"Sinistrofulgur holeylandica" = Busycon whelk
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolaria okeechobeensis, "Fasciolaria (Cinctura) capelettii" = Cinctura, "Fasciolaria (Cinctura) holeylandica" = Cinctura, Fusinus capeletti
"Fasciolaria (Cinctura) capelettii" = Cinctura snail
"Fasciolaria (Cinctura) holeylandica" = Cinctura snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
"Phalium loxahatcheensis" = Semicassis granulata Born 1778 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Malea springi Petuch 1989 tun shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Triviidae
Pusula dadeensis, "Trivia (Niveria) bermontiana" = Pusula pediculus, Pusula lindajoyceae
Pusula dadeensis Petuch 1994 snail
"Trivia (Niveria) bermontiana" = Pusula pediculus Linnaeus 1758 snail
Pusula lindajoyceae Petuch 1994 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Pseudozonaria portelli Petuch 1990 cowry
Luria voleki Petuch 2003 cowry
Macrocypraea joanneae Petuch 2004 cowry
"Macrocypraea spengleri" = Cypraea (Macrocypraea) spengleri Petuch 1990 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Pediculariidae
Jenneria loxahatchiensis Maxwell Smith 1936 Jenner's Cowry
Jenneria hepleri Olsson 1967 Jenner's Cowry
 Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Astraea (Lithopoma) lindae" = Lithopoma
"Astraea (Lithopoma) lindae" = Lithopoma snail
Echinoidea
 Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae
 Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Clypeaster rosaceus Linnaeus 1758 sand dollar