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

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca (Arca) aquila (Heilprin 1887)
original and current combination Arca aquila
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita (Cardita) seminolensis Olsson 1967
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium (Trachycardium) evergladensis
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella gladeensis
Olsson and Petit 1964
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Hindsia pyta
Metula roberti Olsson 1967
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)
Olsson and Petit 1964
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Microspira oliviformis
reassigned as Prunum (Microspira)
Microspira donovani Olsson 1967
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Collier
Coordinates: 26.0° North, 81.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.1° North, 80.5° 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:79762
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2008-03-23 08:55:59 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2008-03-23 08:55:59
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]
26813 E. J. Petuch and C. E. Roberts. 2007. The geology of the Everglades and adjacent areas 1-212 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]