Ortona Locks [Caloosahatchee Fm]: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Florida
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Vermicularia recta
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Vermicularia weberi
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices (Polinices) caroliniana
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria (Cancellaria) conradiana
(Dall 1890)
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| original and current combination Cancellaria conradiana | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus (Leptoconus) waccamawensis
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Conus (Contraconus) adversarius
(Conrad 1840)
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Conus (Leptoconus) stearnsii
(Conrad 1869)
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| synonym of Conus jaspideus | ||||||||||
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Conus (Leptoconus) marylandicus
Green 1830
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Ficus papyratia
(Say 1822)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys (Plagioctenium) comparilis
(Tuomey and Holmes 1855)
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| recombined as Aequipecten comparilis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea (Ostrea) disparilis
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| SUBSPECIES: Ostrea (Ostrea) disparilis raveneliana | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Ostrea (Alectryonia) tamiamiensis
Brown and Pilsbry 1932
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| synonym of Hyotissa haitensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium (Dinocardium) robustum
Lightfoot 1786
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| recombined as Dinocardium robustum | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Panopea floridana
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Codakia orbicularis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| recombined as Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Eucrassatella gibbesii
(Tuomey and Holmes 1856)
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| synonym of Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) speciosa | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Florida | County: | Hendry |
| Coordinates: | 26.8° North, 81.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 26.8° North, 80.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Caloosahatchee Fm. AGE: Early Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal unlithified marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Marl, shelly. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on figured specimens and facies description. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow-marine, siliciclastic environment. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite,original calcite |
| Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Fargo, Locklin, and others. REPOSITORY: ANSP, Phialdelphia. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Authoritative for bivalvia and gastropoda. NOMENCLATURE: Identified by A. Olsson and A. Harbison. Authoritative publication with fairly modern nomenclature and use of species and subgenus assignments. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 79334 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-03-01 21:28:49 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-03-01 21:28:49 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25463. | A. A. Olsson and A. Harbison. 1953. Pliocene Mollusca of Southern Florida. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Monograph 8:1-457 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |