Unit 4, Fruitville Mbr, Tamiami Fm: Late/Upper Pliocene, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Trossulasalpinx lindae
Brachysycon kissimmeensis
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Cerithidea lindae
Gastropoda - Batillariidae
Pyrazisinus lindae
Pyrazisinus sarastoaensis
Pyrazisinus scalinus Olsson 1967
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus sarasotaensis Petuch 1994
synonym of Strombus floridanus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Terebraspira diegelae
Fasciolara (Cinctura) sarasotaensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena draperi
Tropochasca metae
Pyruella schmidti
synonym of Busycon
Pyruella laevis
synonym of Busycon
Echinofulgur jonesae
synonym of Busycon
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Jaspidiconus laurenae (Petuch 1994)
original and current combination Conus laurenae
Contraconus berryi Petuch 1994
synonym of Conus (Contraconus) adversarius
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Hystrivasum lindae
Hystrivasum kissimmense
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Thais (Stramonita) sarasotana
original and current combination Stramonita
Calotrophon myakka
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Akleistostoma jenniferae (Petuch 1998)
Akleistostoma macbrideae (Petuch 1996)
Pseudadusta metae (Petuch 1994)
original and current combination Siphocypraea metae
Calusacypraea tequesta Petuch 1996
Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) kissimmeensis (Petuch 1994)
Calusacypraea (Myakkacypraea) myakka Petuch 2004
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla sarasotaensis
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Neritina sphaerica
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Carolinapecten watsonensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mulinia sapotilla
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida
Coordinates: 27.3° North, 82.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:27.4° North, 81.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
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 - 2.58800 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Okeechobee Formation:Tamiami Member:Fruitville
Local section:APAC Pit Local bed:4
Local order:top to bottom
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Fruitville Mbr of the Tamiami Fm, Okeechobee Grp, which is overlain by the Fordville Mbr of the Caloosahatchee Fm, and overlies the Golden Gate Mbr of the Tamiami Fm. Correlative with the Yorktown, Chowan RIver, Waccamaw, Jackson Bluff Fm, and the upper Golden Gate Mbr of the Tamiami Fm. THICKNESS: Varies between 5 and 8 m across areal extent. AGE: Late Pliocene. Based on macrofossil biostratigraphy the unit is throught to represent the latest Piacenzian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Checklist representative of beds representing unit 4, at the top of the member, at the top of the APAC section.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal unlithified silty sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Interbedded unit variably composed of organic rich quartz sand and muddy quartz sand with densely packed skeletal material.. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on figured specimens and facies description.
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Lagoonal and subtidal carbonate; mangrove forests and mudflats, sand flats and turtle grass beds.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Unknown, presumably the authors and others. REPOSITORY: No repository stated.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Includes only the more abundant and indicative species of gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Modern nomenclature, with subgenus and species-resolution assignments.
Metadata
Database number:79876
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2008-03-25 21:15:17 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2008-03-25 21:15:17
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

26813. E. J. Petuch and C. E. Roberts. 2007. The geology of the Everglades and adjacent areas 1-212 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]