USGS Loc. 11732 - Jackson Bluff [Jackson Bluff Fm]: Late/Upper Pliocene, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crucibulum auriculum (Gmelin 1791)
recombined as Crucibulum (Crucibulum) auricula
Also: C. auriculum imbricatum
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella duplinensis Gardner and Aldrich 1919
recombined as Turritella (Torculoidella) duplinensis
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices (Mammillaria) caroliniana
Gastropoda - Triphoridae
Triphora sp. Blainville 1828
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Sconsia hodgei (Conrad 1841)
recombined as Sconsia hodgii
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Cymatium (Linatella) floridanum Mansfield 1930
synonym of Linatella caudata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria (Trigonostoma) perspectiva (Conrad 1834)
Mansfield 1932
Subspecies: C. (T.) perspectiva alumensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra stephensoni
Mansfield 1932
Mitra hosfordensis
Mansfield 1932
Subspecies: M. hosfordensis libertiensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Peristernia filicata
Mansfield 1932
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Busycon perversum (Linnaeus 1758)
Mansfield 1932
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
? Dorsanum plicatilum (Bose 1906)
Mansfield 1932
    = Calophos wilsoni Allmon 1990
Landau and Marques da Silva 2010
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Anachis camax
Mansfield 1932
Subspecies: A. camax coensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Marginella popenoei Mansfield 1930
Mansfield 1932
synonym of Bullata taylori
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Purpura marshalli
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Myurella binodosa
synonym of Terebra
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Cymatosyrinx lunata (Lea 1833)
Subspecies: C. lunata porrecta
? Clathrodrillia emmonsi (Olsson 1916)
Mansfield 1932
Crassispira antealesidota Mansfield 1930
Mansfield 1932
recombined as Crassispira (Hindsiclava) antealesidota
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora delecta (Guppy 1876)
Subspecies: X. delecta floridana
Gastropoda - Tornidae
Teinostoma harveyensis
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) informal sp. C (Philippi 1841)
Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) informal sp. D (Philippi 1841)
Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) informal sp. E (Philippi 1841)
Pyramidella informal sp. C Lamarck 1799
Turbonilla (Chemnitzia) informal sp. B (d'Orbigny 1840)
original and current combination Chemnitzia
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica granulata (Lamarck 1822)
synonym of Architectonica nobilis
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Sulcularia sulcata
Subspecies: S. sulcata harveyensis
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula floridana Dall 1890
recombined as Ringicula (Ringiculella) floridana
Subspecies: R. floridana guppyi
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Turbo castaneus (Gmelin 1791)
recombined as Turbo (Senectus) castanea
Subspecies: T. castaneus crenulatus
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Leda trochilia
Mansfield 1932
synonym of Nuculana
Subspecies: L. trochilia coensis also L. trochilia hamlinensis
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia (Adrana) kurzi
Mansfield 1932
Bivalvia - Solemyida - Nucinellidae
Pleurodon woodii Dall 1898
Mansfield 1932
recombined as Nucinella woodii
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula proxima Say 1820
Mansfield 1932
recombined as Nucula (Nucula) proxima
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Pandoridae
Pandora (Kennerleyia) arenosa Conrad 1834
Mansfield 1932
recombined as Pandora (Pandorella) arenosa
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria (Cardiomya) ornatissima (d'Orbigny 1853)
Mansfield 1932
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Caryocorbula) nucleata
Mansfield 1932
Subspecies: C. (C.) nucleata deadenensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta caloosaensis
Mansfield 1932
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Macrocallista (Paradione) reposta (Conrad 1834)
Mansfield 1932
recombined as Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta
Venus campechiensis Gmelin 1791
Mansfield 1932
recombined as Mercenaria campechiensis
Subspecies: V. campechiensis ochlockoneensis and carolinensis
Chione (Lirophora) ulocyma (Dall 1895)
Mansfield 1932
recombined as Lirophora (Panchione) ulocyma
Also: C. (L.) ulocyma leonensis
Dosinia (Dosinidia) acetabulum (Conrad 1832)
Mansfield 1932
recombined as Dosinia acetabulum
Gafrarium (Gouldia) metastriatum
Mansfield 1932
original and current combination Gouldia
Cyclinella cf. tenuis (Récluz 1852)
Mansfield 1932
original and current combination Dosinia (Artemis) tenuis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula (Hemimactra) delumbis (Conrad 1832)
Mansfield 1932
recombined as Leptomactra delumbis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Asaphis centenaria (Conrad 1833)
Mansfield 1932
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Tagelus (Mesopleura) divisus (Spengler 1794)
Mansfield 1932
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma virginiana Conrad 1866
Mansfield 1932
recombined as Macoma (Macoma) virginiana
Subspecies: M. virginiana coensis
Macoma (Psammacoma) hosfordensis
Mansfield 1932
Tellina (Moerella) sayi (Dall 1900)
Mansfield 1932
synonym of Angulus texanus
Subspecies: T. (M.) sayi deadenensis
Tellina (Moerella) macilenta (Dall 1900)
Mansfield 1932
recombined as Moerella macilenta
Tellina (Merisca) aequistriata (Say 1824)
Mansfield 1932
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele (Semelina) nuculoides
Mansfield 1932
Abra aequalis (Say 1822)
Mansfield 1932
Ervilia lata
Mansfield 1932
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium (Trachycardium) stiriatum Brown and Pilsbry 1911
Mansfield 1932
Subspecies: Cardium (Trachycardium) stiriatum leonense
    = Trachycardium (Phlogocardia) leonense Mansfield 1932
Woodring 1982
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Phacoides (Lucinisca) cribrarius (Say 1824)
Mansfield 1932
recombined as Lucinisca cribrarius
Phacoides (Bellucina) tuomeyi
Mansfield 1932
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella lunulata (Conrad 1834)
Mansfield 1932
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita (Carditamera) arata (Conrad 1832)
Mansfield 1932
recombined as Carditamera arata
Venericardia (Pleuromeris) tridentata (Say 1826)
Mansfield 1932
recombined as Pleuromeris tridentata
Subspecies: V. (P.) tridentata decemcostata
Venericardia (Cyclocardia) granulata (Say 1824)
Mansfield 1932
recombined as Cyclocardia granulata
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte (Ashtarotha) floridana (Dall 1903)
Mansfield 1932
Subspecies: A. (A.) floridana leonensis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys (Plagioctenium) eboreus (Conrad 1833)
Mansfield 1932
recombined as Carolinapecten eboreus
Subspecies: C. (P.) eboreus darlingtonensis
Chlamys (Plagioctenium) comparilis (Tuomey and Holmes 1855)
Mansfield 1932
recombined as Aequipecten comparilis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula marginata Say 1824
Mansfield 1932
synonym of Plicatula gibbosa
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea disparilis
Mansfield 1932
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Ostrea haitensis Sowerby 1850
Mansfield 1932
recombined as Hyotissa haitensis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia (Granoarca) propatula (Conrad 1844)
Mansfield 1932
recombined as Barbatia (Barbatia) propatula
Arca (Anadara) improcera
Mansfield 1932
original and current combination Anadara
Arca (Anadara) propearesta
Mansfield 1932
original and current combination Anadara
Arca (Anadara) lienosa (Say 1832)
Mansfield 1932
recombined as Anadara (Rasia) lienosa
Arca (Anadara) campsa Dall 1898
Mansfield 1932
recombined as Anadara campsa
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Leon
Coordinates: 30.4° North, 84.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.5° North, 84.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Piacenzian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pliocene
Age range of interval:3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Alum Bluff Formation:Jackson Bluff
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Fossils from the upper part of the marl and directly beneath the unfossiliferous surface material. Cancellaria Zone of Choctawhatchee Formation, Alum Bluff Group. The Cancellaria zone is in the highest fossiliferous beds along Harveys Creel. The total thickness of this zone is 25-30 ft. Late Miocene age based on recent lithostratigraphy. Local section name = Jackson Bluff, Basinal/regional section name = Leon. Placed in Jackson Bluff Fm (and hence Late Pliocene) by enterer.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine,coarse,shelly/skeletal unlithified argillaceous sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: The sediments comprising the Cancellaria Zone consist of a fine to coarse grained clayey sand containing many fossils. Lithification data not reported, but all figured specimens appear to be free of matrix so an unlithified classification is assigned.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: No reported geologic or paleoenvironmental data. Probably shallow water siliciclastic depositional environment.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Collection method comments: Specimens are lodged in USNM collections. Collected by Florida Geological Survey (1927)
Taxonomic list comments:Probably exhaustive for Mollusca. Certainly good nomenclatural treatment.
Metadata
Database number:59486
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2006-04-03 18:36:40 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2006-04-03 18:36:40
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

17060. W. C. Mansfield. 1930. Miocene gastropods and scaphopods of the Choctawatchee Formation of Florida. Florida State Geological Survey Bulletin 3 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

36423 B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1-221 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
17094 W. C. Mansfield. 1932. Miocene pelecypods of the Choctawatchee Formation of Florida. Florida State Geological Survey Bulletin 8 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]
13359 W. P. Woodring. 1982. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(F) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]