Well 2 Hendry County: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Arcopsis adamsi (Dall 1886)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara cf. transversa (Say 1822)
recombined as Anadara (Larkinia) transversa
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita (Carditamera) floridana (Conrad 1838)
original and current combination Carditamera floridana
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Chione cf. cribraria (Conrad 1843)
Chione cancellata (Linnaeus 1767)
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Acteocina sp. Gray 1847
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella subannulata
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica canrena (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Naticarius canrena
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Busycon pyrum (Dillwyn 1817)
synonym of Busycotypus spiratus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva cf. carolinae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra aff. protexta (Conrad 1845)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Hendry
Coordinates: 26.8° North, 81.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.8° North, 80.7° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
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
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Determined from cores from test wells drilled by US Corps of Engineers in 1950

3-4 foot below sea level

Age determination revised in more recent papers (see Lithostratigraphy, Petrography,
Biostratigraphy, and Strontium-Isotope
Stratigraphy of the Surficial Aquifer System
of Western Collier County, Florida, Edwards et al., 1998, USGS Open-File Report 98-205)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,white silty,sandy marl
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: The Caloosahatchee marl consists predominantly of shells, sand, and silt. Fresh unweathered exposures are generally pale cream-colored to light gray, although green clay marls have been included in the formation. The sand and shell variations of the Caloosahatchee marl can be separated from the marine formations of Pleistocene age only by identification of the mollusk faunas. Very shelly.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:core
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: observed from cores
Metadata
Database number:75001
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:K. Bulinski
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2007-09-13 18:50:24 Last modified:2011-07-25 20:23:07
Access level:the public Released:2007-09-13 18:50:24
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
25303. M. C. Schroeder and H. Klein. 1954. Geology of the Western Everglades Area, Southern Florida. United States Geological Survey Circular 314 [A. Miller/K. Bulinski/P. Wagner]