Zone 3 - Porites - Septastrea Zone: Pliocene, Florida
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Cypraea lindae
Petuch 1986
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| recombined as Pseudadusta lindae | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus (Virgiconus) miamiensis
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Turbo wellsi
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Turbo (Taenioturbo) sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Turbo ayersi
(Olsson 1967)
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| synonym of Turbo (Senectus) castanea | ||||||||||
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Turbo crenulatoides
Maury 1917
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| synonym of Turbo (Senectus) castanea | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Rhizangiidae
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Septastrea marylandica
(Conrad 1841)
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| abundant specimens | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites furcata
Lamarck 1816
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Florida |
| Coordinates: | 25.7° North, 80.4° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 25.8° North, 79.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Buckingham |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
| Geology comments: This zone encompassed a deeper, quiet water area (5-10 m depth) behind the main reef platform | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 4272 | ||
| Database number: | 146874 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause |
| Modifier: | M. Krause | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-07-01 22:43:31 | Last modified: | 2019-03-11 12:00:48 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2013-10-01 22:43:31 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 47440. | E. J. Petuch. 1986. The Pliocene Reefs of Miami: Their Geomorphological Significance in the Evolution of the Atlantic Coastal Ridge, Southeastern Florida, U.S.A. Journal of Coastal Research 2(4):391-408 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause] |