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

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Siphocypraea (Siphocypraea) transitoria Olsson and Petit 1964
Olsson and Petit 1967
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Broderiptella) mansfieldi Olsson 1967
Gastropoda - Littorinidae
Littorina sheaferi Olsson 1967
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Trigonostoma carolinense
Olsson and Petit 1964
Trigonostoma (Extractrix) hoerlei Olsson 1967
Perplicaria perplexa Dall 1890
Trigonostoma (Emmonsella) smithfieldensis (Oleksyshyn 1960)
Cancellaria (Massyla) shirleyae Olsson 1967
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Hindsia pyta
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Busycon (Echinofulgur) echinatum (Dall 1890)
SUBSPECIES: Busycon (Echinofulgur) echinatum helenae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Ilyanassa floridana
Ilyanassa marthae Olsson 1967
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Scaphella tenholmii
Aurinia (Volutifusus) obtusa (Emmons 1858)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra (Myurellina) unilineata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Cymatosyrinx aclinica (Tucker and Wilson 1933)
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Calliostoma (Leiotrochus) pauli
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Planicardium virginianum (Conrad 1839)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunanomia plicata Tuomey and Holmes 1857
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Osceola
Coordinates: 28.3° North, 81.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:28.4° North, 80.8° 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:79765
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2008-03-23 08:59:14 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2008-03-23 08:59:14
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]
26835 A. A. Olsson and R. E. Petit. 1967. Notes on Siphocypraea. Bulletins of American Paleontology 54(242):278-289 [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]