Where: Florida (26.7° N, 81.5° W: paleocoordinates 26.8° N, 81.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Fort Denaud Member (Caloosahatchee Formation), Late/Upper Pliocene to Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Fort Denaud Mbr of the Caloosahatchee Fm, Okeechobee Grp, which is overlain by the Bee Branch Mbr, and overlies the Fordville Mbr of the Caloosahatchee Fm. Correlative with the James City Fm, Waccamaw Fm, and the Fort Drum Mbr of the Nashua Fm. THICKNESS: Varies between 1 and 30 m across areal extent. AGE: Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene. Based on macrofossil biostratigraphy the unit is throught to span the Pliocene-Pleistocene boundary. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Checklist representative of entire member.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal, gray, white, silty, calcareous sandstone
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: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79804: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Cerithidea jenniferae horn snail
Cerithidea xenos horn snail | |
Pyrazisinus scalatus snail
Pyrazisinus ecarinatus snail | |
Cerithioclava caloosanae cerith snail | |
Bactrospira perattenuata Heilprin 1886 turret shell
Vermicularia sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Sinum multilineatum moon snail | |
"Littorinopsis caloosahatcheensis" = Littoraria (Littorinopsis), "Littorinopsis seminole" = Littoraria (Littorinopsis)
"Littorinopsis caloosahatcheensis" = Littoraria (Littorinopsis) periwinkle
"Littorinopsis seminole" = Littoraria (Littorinopsis) periwinkle | |
Malea springi Petuch 1989 tun shell | |
"Siphocypraea (Okeechobea) philemoni" = Siphocypraea philemoni, Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) josiai, Siphocypraea problematica
"Siphocypraea (Okeechobea) philemoni" = Siphocypraea philemoni Fehse 1997 cowry
Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) josiai Fehse 1997 cowry
Siphocypraea problematica Heilprin 1886 cowry | |
"Trivia incerta" = Pusula pediculus
"Trivia incerta" = Pusula pediculus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Jenneria richardsi Olsson 1967 Jenner's Cowry | |
Turbinella scolymoides Dall 1890 snail
"Turbinella regina" = Xancus regina Heilprin 1887 snail
Hystrivasum horridum Heilprin 1887 snail | |
Knefastia lindae Petuch 1994 ribbed mitre | |
Oliva (Porphyria) paraporphyria olive snail
Oliva (Strephona) erici olive snail
Oliva (Strephona) roseae olive snail | |
Perplicaria perplexa Dall 1890 snail
Cancellaria conradiana Dall 1890 snail | |
"Pleioptygma lineolata" = Mitra (Pleioptygma)
"Pleioptygma lineolata" = Mitra (Pleioptygma) mitre shell | |
Heilprinia caloosaensis, Triplofusus acmaensis, Liochlamys bulbosa, Fasciolaria monocingulata, Fasciolaria calusa, "Fasciolaria (Cinctura) apicina" = Fasciolaria (Fasciolaria) apicina, Terebraspira scalarina
Heilprinia caloosaensis Heilprin 1887 snail
Triplofusus acmaensis snail
Liochlamys bulbosa snail
Fasciolaria monocingulata tulip snail
Fasciolaria calusa tulip snail
"Fasciolaria (Cinctura) apicina" = Fasciolaria (Fasciolaria) apicina Dall 1890 tulip snail
Terebraspira scalarina snail | |
"Sinistrofulgur caloosahatcheensis" = Busycon, "Sinistrofulgur palmbeachensis" = Busycon, "Pyruella planulatum" = Busycon, "Pyruella soror" = Busycon, "Busycoarctum rapum" = Busycon (Busycoarctum), "Fulguropsis floridanus" = Busycon, Echinofulgur echinatum, Melongena caloosahatcheensis
"Sinistrofulgur caloosahatcheensis" = Busycon whelk
"Sinistrofulgur palmbeachensis" = Busycon whelk
"Pyruella planulatum" = Busycon whelk
"Pyruella soror" = Busycon whelk
"Busycoarctum rapum" = Busycon (Busycoarctum) whelk
"Fulguropsis floridanus" = Busycon whelk
Echinofulgur echinatum Dall 1890 whelk | |
Ilyanassa palmbeachensis snail
Ilyanassa granifera Conrad 1868 snail
Ilyanassa wilmingtonensis Gardner 1943 snail | |
Scaphella floridana Heilprin 1887 volute | |
Phyllonotus evergladesensis, Chicoreus calusa, Chicoreus susanae, Eupleura calusa, Eupleura intermedia, "Subpterynotus cf. textilis" = Murexiella (Subpterynotus) textilis, Pterorhytis wilsoni
Phyllonotus evergladesensis murex snail
Chicoreus calusa murex snail
Chicoreus susanae murex snail
Eupleura calusa murex snail
Eupleura intermedia murex snail
"Subpterynotus cf. textilis" = Murexiella (Subpterynotus) textilis Gabb 1873 murex snail
Pterorhytis wilsoni murex snail | |
Morum floridanum, "Cancellomorum macgintyi" = Oniscidia
Morum floridanum snail
"Cancellomorum macgintyi" = Oniscidia snail | |
Seminoleconus diegelae, "Contraconus osceolai" = Conus (Contraconus) adversarius, "Contraconus tryoni" = Conus (Contraconus) adversarius, "Ximeniconus waccamawensis" = Conus (Ximeniconus), "Gradiconus parkeri" = Conus
Seminoleconus diegelae cone shell
"Contraconus osceolai" = Conus (Contraconus) adversarius Conrad 1840 cone shell
"Contraconus tryoni" = Conus (Contraconus) adversarius Conrad 1840 cone shell
"Ximeniconus waccamawensis" = Conus (Ximeniconus) cone shell
"Gradiconus parkeri" = Conus cone shell | |
Hindsiclava perspirata Dall 1890 snail | |
Strombus keatonorum, "Macrostrombus leidyi" = Strombus (Macrostrombus)
Strombus keatonorum conch
"Macrostrombus leidyi" = Strombus (Macrostrombus) conch | |
Tegula calusa snail | |
"Astraea (Lithopoma) precursor" = Lithopoma, Turbo (Taenioturbo) rhectogrammicus
"Astraea (Lithopoma) precursor" = Lithopoma snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Panopea sp. Menard 1807 clam | |
Cyrtopleura costata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Argopecten vicenarius, Carolinapecten solaroides, Lindapecten harrisi, Stralopecten caloosaensis, Leptopecten irremotis
Argopecten vicenarius calico scallop
Carolinapecten solaroides Heilprin 1887 scallop
Lindapecten harrisi scallop
Stralopecten caloosaensis scallop
Leptopecten irremotis scallop | |
Crassostrea labellensis oyster | |
Arcoptera wagneriana Heilprin 1887 ark | |
Anthozoa | |
"Thysanus floridanus" = Thysanus corbicula
"Thysanus floridanus" = Thysanus corbicula Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
Dichocoenia caloosahatcheensis Weisbord 1974 stony coral
Dichocoenia eminens Weisbord 1974 stony coral |