Where: Hendry County, Florida (27.0° 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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 79787: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.03.2008, edited by Kate Bulinski
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima Say 1820 Atlantic Nut Clam | |
"Saccella acuta" = Nuculana acuta
"Saccella acuta" = Nuculana acuta Conrad 1832 pointed nut clam | |
Carditamera arata Conrad 1832 clam
Pleuromeris tridentata Say 1826 clam | |
Tellidora lunulata Adams 1856 tellin clam
Macoma sp. Leach 1819 tellin clam | |
Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809 cockle
Dinocardium robustum Lightfoot 1786 cockle | |
Erycina phaseola clam | |
Callocardia (Agriopoma) sp., Transennella conradina, "Dosinia elegans" = Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans, Anomalocardia caloosana, Mercenaria mercenaria, Chione cancellata, "Macrocallista nimbosa" = Macrocallista (Macrocallista) nimbosa
Callocardia (Agriopoma) sp. venus clam
Transennella conradina Dall 1884 venus clam
"Dosinia elegans" = Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans Conrad 1838 venus clam
Mercenaria mercenaria Linnaeus 1758 quahog
Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
"Macrocallista nimbosa" = Macrocallista (Macrocallista) nimbosa Solander 1786 venus clam | |
Raeta plicatella Lamarck 1818 clam | |
Mulinia lateralis Say 1822 clam | |
Pandora sp. Bruguière 1797 clam | |
"Pegophysema schrammi" = Anodontia (Pegophysema) schrammi Crosse 1876 clam
Radiolucina amianta Dall 1901 clam
Lucinisca nassula Conrad 1846 clam | |
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889 calico scallop
Aequipecten sp. Fischer 1886 scallop | |
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
Pteria colymbus Röding 1798 pearl oyster | |
Ostrea subdigitalina Olsson and Harbison 1953 oyster | |
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
Brachiodontes exustus mussel | |
"Crenella divaricata" = Crenella decussata
"Crenella divaricata" = Crenella decussata Montagu 1808 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Neverita duplicatus Say 1822 moon snail | |
Conus (Conus) waccamawensis cone shell | |
Eupleura sp., "Cantharus (Psuedosalpinx) perplexus" = Calotrophon ostrearum
Eupleura sp. Adams and Adams 1853 murex snail
"Cantharus (Psuedosalpinx) perplexus" = Calotrophon ostrearum Conrad 1846 murex snail | |
"Nassarius (Nassarius) vibex" = Nassarius vibex
"Nassarius (Nassarius) vibex" = Nassarius vibex Say 1822 snail | |
Busycon contrarium Conrad 1840 whelk | |
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
Crepidula plana Say 1822 slipper shell | |
Pyramidella sp. Lamarck 1799 snail | |
Diodora corditella snail | |
Calliostoma jujucanulum top snail | |
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Cirripedia | |
Cirripedia indet. barnacle | |
Anthozoa | |
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834 |