Where: Hendry County, Florida (26.9° N, 82.0° W: paleocoordinates 27.0° N, 81.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-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.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal, gray, yellow sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collected by Jones; reposited in the MCZ
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COLLECTOR: C. Jones, ~1970's. REPOSITORY: MCZ, Harvard. FIDELITY: High ecological fidelity.
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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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 79786: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.03.2008, edited by Kate Bulinski
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834 | |
Echinoidea | |
Dendraster sp. Agassiz and Desor 1847 sand dollar | |
Bivalvia | |
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel | |
Arcopsis adamsi Dall 1886 clam | |
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842 clam
"Anadara lienosa" = Anadara (Rasia) lienosa Say 1832 ark
Arca wagneriana Heilprin 1887 ark | |
Crassostrea virginica Gmelin 1791 oyster
Ostrea subdigitalina Olsson and Harbison 1953 oyster | |
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889 calico scallop
"Amussium sp." = Amusium Röding 1798 scallop
Aequipecten sp. Fischer 1886 scallop | |
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
Carditamera arata Conrad 1832 clam | |
Lucina pensylvanica, Stewartia anodonta, "Parvilucina multilineata" = Parvilucina multistriata, Radiolucina arrionta
Lucina pensylvanica Linnaeus 1758 clam
"Parvilucina multilineata" = Parvilucina multistriata Conrad 1841 clam
Radiolucina arrionta clam | |
"Notocorbula sp." = Corbula (Notocorbula) Iredale 1930 clam | |
Semele bellastriata Conrad 1837 clam | |
Tellidora lunulata, "Moerella sp." = Tellina (Moerella)
Tellidora lunulata Adams 1856 tellin clam
"Moerella sp." = Tellina (Moerella) Fischer 1887 tellin clam | |
Lirophora sp., Anomalocardia caloosana, "Dosinia elegans" = Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans, Chione cancellata, Mercenaria mercenaria, Pitar morrhuanus, Transennella conradina, Macrocallista maculata, "Macrocallista nimbosa" = Macrocallista (Macrocallista) nimbosa, Gemma magna
Lirophora sp. Conrad 1863 venus clam
"Dosinia elegans" = Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans Conrad 1838 venus clam
Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
Mercenaria mercenaria Linnaeus 1758 quahog
Pitar morrhuanus Dall 1902 venus clam
Transennella conradina Dall 1884 venus clam
Macrocallista maculata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
"Macrocallista nimbosa" = Macrocallista (Macrocallista) nimbosa Solander 1786 venus clam
Gemma magna Dall 1903 venus clam | |
"Echinochama arcinella" = Arcinella arcinella
"Echinochama arcinella" = Arcinella arcinella Linnaeus 1767 jewel box | |
Mulinia lateralis Say 1822 clam | |
Mytilopsis sp. Conrad 1857 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Bulla occidentalis" = Bulla striata
"Bulla occidentalis" = Bulla striata Bruguiére 1792 snail | |
Planorbis sp. Muller 1774 snail | |
Modulus modulus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Cerithium (Thericium) atratum Born 1778 cerith snail
Cerithioclava caloosaensis cerith snail | |
"Turritella (Torcula) wagneriana" = Torcula, Turritella (Bactrospira) perattenuata
"Turritella (Torcula) wagneriana" = Torcula turret shell
Turritella (Bactrospira) perattenuata Heilprin 1886 turret shell | |
Stigmaulax polypum, "Neverita duplicata" = Neverita duplicatus
Stigmaulax polypum moon snail
"Neverita duplicata" = Neverita duplicatus Say 1822 moon snail | |
Capulus sp. Monfort 1810 snail | |
"Vasum horridum" = Vasum (Hystrivasum) horridum, Xancus regina
"Vasum horridum" = Vasum (Hystrivasum) horridum Heilprin 1887 snail
Xancus regina Heilprin 1887 snail | |
"Pleioptygma heilpriri" = Mitra (Pleioptygma)
"Pleioptygma heilpriri" = Mitra (Pleioptygma) mitre shell | |
"Costoanachis sp." = Anachis (Costoanachis)
"Costoanachis sp." = Anachis (Costoanachis) Sacco 1890 snail | |
Buccinum contrarium true whelk | |
Busycon contrarium, "Busycon pyrum" = Busycotypus spiratus
Busycon contrarium Conrad 1840 whelk
"Busycon pyrum" = Busycotypus spiratus Lamarck 1816 whelk | |
"Uzita floridensis" = Nassarius (Uzita), "Nassarius (Nassarius) vibex" = Nassarius vibex
"Uzita floridensis" = Nassarius (Uzita) snail
"Nassarius (Nassarius) vibex" = Nassarius vibex Say 1822 snail | |
Heilprinia caloosaensis, "Fasciolaria apicina" = Fasciolaria (Fasciolaria) apicina
Heilprinia caloosaensis Heilprin 1887 snail
"Fasciolaria apicina" = Fasciolaria (Fasciolaria) apicina Dall 1890 tulip snail | |
Cancellaria rotunda Dall 1892 snail | |
"Oliva (Ispidula) reticularis" = Oliva reticularis
"Oliva (Ispidula) reticularis" = Oliva reticularis Lamarck 1811 olive snail | |
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid | |
Conus (Conus) waccamawensis cone shell | |
Syntomodrillia sp. Woodring 1928 snail
Clathrodrillia sp. Dall 1918 snail | |
Scaphella floridana Heilprin 1887 volute | |
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell | |
"Stramonita haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma
"Stramonita haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma Linnaeus 1767 murex snail | |
Strombus pugilis Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
"Crucibulum imbricatum" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) imbricata, Crepidula fornicata
"Crucibulum imbricatum" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) imbricata Sowerby 1824 slipper shell [entered as Crucibulum imbriatum]
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell | |
Cirripedia | |
Cirripedia indet. barnacle |