Unit E, Shell Creek [Caloosahatchee Fm]: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Florida
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium ceratum
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Noetiidae
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Noetia platyura
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Fossularca adamsi
(Dall 1886)
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| recombined as Arcopsis adamsi | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca wagneriana
(Heilprin 1887)
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| original and current combination Arcoptera wagneriana | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Atrina caloosaensis
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Amusium mortoni
(Ravenel 1844)
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Chlamys sp.
Röding 1798
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia simplex
d'Orbigny 1845
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Divaricella compsa
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Miltha caloosaensis
(Dall 1898)
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Anodontia alba
Link 1807
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Phacoides multilineatus
(Conrad 1841)
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| recombined as Parvilucina multistriata | |||||||
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Phacoides waccamawensis
Dall 1903
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| recombined as Bellucina waccamawensis | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Varicorbula caloosae
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| spelled with current rank as Corbula (Varicorbula) | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Anomalocardia caloosana
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Dosinia discus
(Reeve 1850)
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Chione cancellata
(Linnaeus 1767)
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Pitar cf. sayana
(Conrad 1833)
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| synonym of Pitar morrhuanus | |||||||
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Transennella conradina
(Dall 1884)
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Parastarte triquetra
(Conrad 1862)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Echinochama cornuta
(Conrad 1866)
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| original and current combination Arcinella cornuta | |||||||
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Chama gardnerae
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Calliostoma jujubinum
(Gmelin 1791)
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Gastropoda
- Modulidae
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Modulus carchedonius
(Lamarck 1822)
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella apicalis
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Turritella perattenuata
Heilprin 1886
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| recombined as Turritella (Bactrospira) perattenuata | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica canrena
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| recombined as Naticarius canrena | |||||||
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Natica sp.
Scopoli 1777
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Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Lemintina sp.
Risso 1826
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Busycon contrarium
Conrad 1840
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Fasciolaria apicina
Dall 1890
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| recombined as Fasciolaria (Fasciolaria) apicina | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Olivella informal sp. a
Swainson 1831
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Olivella mutica
(Say 1822)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus stearnsi
Conrad 1869
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| synonym of Conus jaspideus | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Drilliidae
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Cymatosyrinx lunata
(Lea 1833)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Marginella pardalis
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Marginella apicina
Menke 1828
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| recombined as Prunum apicinum | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Murex pomum
Gmelin 1791
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| recombined as Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) pomum | |||||||
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Cantharus perplexus
Olsson and Harbison 1953
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| synonym of Calotrophon ostrearum | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus alatus
Gmelin 1792
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crucibulum auriculum
(Gmelin 1791)
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| recombined as Crucibulum (Crucibulum) auricula | |||||||
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Crepidula aculeata
(Gmelin 1791)
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| recombined as Bostrycapulus aculeatus | |||||||
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanus sp.
Da Costa 1778
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| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Florida | County: | Charlotte |
| Coordinates: | 26.9° North, 82.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 26.9° North, 81.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Caloosahatchee | ||||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: COMMENTS: The Caloosahatchee Marl is given the stage age Sangamonian. AGE: Assigned Late Pleistocene in text, reassigned to Early Pleistocene by A. Hendy (2007). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray lithified sandy "limestone" | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Lithology description: the limestone is sandy, hard, gray (more sandy than Unit C of the Calooahatchee Marl) | |||
| Environment: | marine indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:This list is a composite of Unit E at all Shell Creek localities. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 41539 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | K. Layou |
| Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-07-16 10:46:06 | Last modified: | 2011-07-07 16:10:01 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-07-16 10:46:06 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11119. | J. R. DuBar. 1962. Neogene Biostratigraphy of the Charlotte Harbor Area in Southwestern Florida. Florida Geological Survey Geological Bulletin 43 1-83 [A. Miller/K. Layou/K. Layou] |