MCZ C. Jones Loc. 39 [Caloosahatchee Fm]: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Florida
collected by Jones

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Tagelus divisus Spengler 1794
3 specimens
Strioterebrum dislocata Say 1822
2 specimens
Eurytellina alternata Say 1822
1 specimen
Trachycardium isocardia Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Parvilucina multilineatus Conrad 1841
5 specimens
Anthozoa
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
Thecostraca
Cirripedia indet. Rafinesque 1816
Malacostraca - Decapoda
Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes exustus (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea subdigitalina Olsson and Harbison 1953
11 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Carolinapecten solaroides (Heilprin 1887)
84 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara improcera
6 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Carditamera arata (Conrad 1832)
10 specimens
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae
Poromya floridana
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Laevicardium laevigatum (Linnaeus 1758)
10 specimens
replaced by Laevicardium serratum
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Moerella sp. Fischer 1887
16 specimens
spelled with current rank as Tellina (Moerella)
Macoma sp. Leach 1819
2 specimens
Tellidora lunulata Adams 1856
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Chione cancellata (Linnaeus 1767)
463 specimens
Anomalocardia caloosana
37 specimens
Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
Macrocallista (Macrocallista) nimbosa (Solander 1786)
1 specimen
Pitar morrhuanus (Dall 1902)
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta acclinis (Conrad 1832)
7 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula leonensis
1 specimen
original and current combination Corbula (Caryocorbula)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinisca nassula (Conrad 1846)
1 specimen
Stewartia anodonta (Say 1824)
19 specimens
Callucina radians (Conrad 1841)
1 specimen
replaced by Callucina keenae
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla occidentalis (Adams 1850)
3 specimens
synonym of Bulla striata
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crucibulum (Crucibulum) sp. Schumacher 1817
1 specimen
Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus 1758)
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus pugilus (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
original and current combination Strombus pugilis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Vasum muricatum
22 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799
13 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus waccamawensis
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Busycon contrarium Conrad 1840
6 specimens
Busycon pyrum (Dillwyn 1817)
23 specimens
synonym of Busycotypus spiratus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius (Nassarius) vibex Say 1822
2 specimens
recombined as Nassarius vibex
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolaria apicina Dall 1890
7 specimens
recombined as Fasciolaria (Fasciolaria) apicina
Gastropoda - Modulidae
Modulus modulus (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium (Thericium) muscarum Say 1832
8 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Hendry
Coordinates: 26.8° North, 81.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.8° North, 81.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58800 - 0.78100 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Caloosahatchee
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Caloosahatchee Fm. AGE: Early Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine,shelly/skeletal,gray,yellow unlithified calcareous sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Yellow-grey, stickly, calcareous fine sandstone. 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:good
Fragmentation:occasional
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Minimum sieve size:4.000
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:MCZ
Collectors:Jones
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: C. Jones, ~1970's. REPOSITORY: MCZ, Harvard. FIDELITY: High ecological fidelity.
Taxonomic list comments:TAXONOMY: Identified by A. Hendy; nomenclature based on revision of Olsson and Harbison (1953) [PBDB Ref# 11206], and more recent publications.
Metadata
Database number:79789
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2008-03-24 11:39:57 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2009-03-24 11:39:57
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

19909. A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

26931 C. C. Jones. 1976. The biology and evolution of Chione (Bivalvia: Veneridae) in the eastern coastal plains of North America. Unpublished Ph.D thesis, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]