Pinecrest [Pinecrest Mbr, Tamiami Fm]: Late/Upper Pliocene, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Siphocypraea carolinensis Conrad 1841
Olsson and Petit 1964
SUBSPECIES: Siphocypraea carolinensis floridana
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Turbo (Marmarostoma) castaneus (Gmelin 1791)
recombined as Turbo (Senectus) castanea
SUBSPECIES: Turbo (Marmarostoma) castaneus ayersi
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella gladeensis
Olsson and Petit 1964
Turritella pontoni
Olsson and Petit 1964
Turritella (Broderiptella) mansfieldi Olsson 1967
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Tropochasca petiti Olsson 1967
Busycon (Echinofulgur) echinatum (Dall 1890)
SUBSPECIES: Busycon (Echinofulgur) echinatum helenae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria (Massyla) propevenusta (Mansfield 1930)
Olsson and Petit 1964
recombined as Massyla propevenusta
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Cymatosyrinx aclinica (Tucker and Wilson 1933)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum seminolum Olsson 1967
Strioterebrum brightonensis Olsson 1967
Terebra (Myurellina) hunterae Olsson 1967
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella tamiamiensis
Olsson and Petit 1964
Olivella gladeensis
Olsson and Petit 1964
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Aurinia (Volutifusus) obtusa (Emmons 1858)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Ecphora quadricostata (Conrad 1830)
Olsson and Petit 1964
SUBSPECIES: Ecphora quadricostata umbilicata
Gastropoda - Triviidae
Pusula (Pusula) crovoae Olsson 1967
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Calusacypraea duerri Petuch 1996
Petuch 1996
recombined as Siphocypraea duerri
Calusacypraea tequesta Petuch 1996
Petuch 1996
Calusacypraea sarasotaensis (Petuch 1994)
Petuch 1996
Calusacypraea briani Petuch 1996
Petuch 1996
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus incrassata
Olsson and Petit 1964
Mytiloconcha conradiana
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonta haitensis (Sowerby 1850)
Olsson and Petit 1964
recombined as Hyotissa haitensis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca (Arca) williamsoni Olsson 1967
Anadara cf. sellardsi (Mansfield 1932)
Olsson and Petit 1964
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium (Trachycardium) evergladensis
[entered as Trachycardium (Trachycardium) evergladeensis]
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Chione erosa
Olsson and Petit 1964
Macrocallista reposta (Conrad 1834)
recombined as Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula subparilis (Conrad 1841)
Spisula incrassata
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita (Cardita) seminolensis Olsson 1967
Carditamera (Carditamera) dasytes Olsson 1967
Cardita (Pleuromeris) decemcostata (Conrad 1867)
original and current combination Pleuromeris decemcostata
SUBSPECIES: Cardita (Pleuromeris) decemcostata pitysia
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Astrhelia cf. palmata (Lamarck 1816)
Olsson and Petit 1964
recombined as Acropora palmata
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Miami-Dade
Coordinates: 25.7° North, 80.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:25.7° North, 79.7° 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:Okeechobee Formation:Tamiami Member:Pinecrest
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Pinecrest beds ?=Pinecrest Mbr. AGE: Late Pliocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal unlithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandstone, shelly. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on observation of specimens.
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:excellent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:PRI,UNSM
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Many collectiors, including P. and T. McGinty, R. C. Hoerle, J. Donovan, M. Nelson, El Crovo, C. Edwards, and presumably A. Olsson. REPOSITORY: Some material reposited at USNM and PRI, but also among private collections.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with subgenus and species resolution assignments and modern nomenclature.
Metadata
Database number:79761
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2008-03-23 08:50:54 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2008-03-23 08:50:54
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
19826. A. A. Olsson. 1967. Some Tertiary mollusks from South Florida and the Carribean. Paleontological Research Institute 1-61 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

26836 A. A. Olsson and R. E. Petit. 1964. Some Neogene Mollusca from Florida and the Carolinas. Bulletins of American Paleontology 47(217):509-575 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
26971 E. J. Petuch. 1996. Calusacypraea, a new, possibly neotenic genus of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) from the Pliocene of Southern Florida. The Nautilus 110(1):17-21 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
26813 E. J. Petuch and C. E. Roberts. 2007. The geology of the Everglades and adjacent areas 1-212 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]