MCZ C. Jones Loc. 42 [Jackson Bluff Fm]: Late/Upper Pliocene, Florida
collected by Jones

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus 1758)
4 specimens
Crepidula spinosa Conrad 1843
28 specimens
synonym of Bostrycapulus aculeatus
Crucibulum sp. Schumacher 1817
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella alumensis
3 specimens
Vermicularia spirata (Philippi 1836)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus sculpturatus Lea 1846
12 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Ptychosalpinx duerri
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius (Alectrion) correlliana
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus dalli Mansfield 1930
4 specimens
recombined as Heilprinia dalli
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Trigonostoma teriera
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula taphria Dall 1898
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Marvacrassatella meridionalis
33 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Carditamera arata (Conrad 1832)
10 specimens
Cyclocardia granulata (Say 1824)
10 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte gleni
2 specimens
Astarte floridana (Dall 1903)
24 specimens
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Ensis directus (Conrad 1844)
2 specimens
[entered as Ensis diectus]
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Bothrocorbula sp. Gabb 1873
5 specimens
Corbula cf. chipolana Gardner 1928
4 specimens
recombined as Varicorbula chipolana
[entered as Corbula chipalana]
Caryocorbula inaequalis (Say 1824)
2 specimens
original and current combination Corbula inaequalis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Macrocallista reposta (Conrad 1834)
1 specimen
recombined as Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta
Lirophora latilirata (Conrad 1841)
26 specimens
recombined as Lirophora (Lirophora) latilirata
Lirophora ulocyma (Dall 1895)
11 specimens
Mercenaria rileyi (Conrad 1838)
1 specimen
recombined as Mercenaria campechiensis rileyi
Chione erosa
12 specimens
Transenella carolinensis
6 specimens
spelled with current rank as Transennella
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mulinia congesta (Conrad 1833)
8 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Echinochama arcinella (Linnaeus 1767)
1 specimen
recombined as Arcinella arcinella
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Chesacardium laqueatum (Conrad 1830)
5 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele alumrensis
2 specimens
Abra subreflexa
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Perna sp. Retzius 1788
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris americana (Defrance 1826)
1 specimen
Costaglycymeris subovata (Say 1824)
33 specimens
Tucetona sp. Iredale 1939
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Noetia incile (Say 1824)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara lienosa (Say 1832)
5 specimens
recombined as Anadara (Rasia) lienosa
Dallarca idarea
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Chama striata Smith 1817
11 specimens
synonym of Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) virgula
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Conradostrea sculpturata (Conrad 1840)
8 specimens
Ostrea disparilis
13 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula marginata Say 1824
25 specimens
synonym of Plicatula gibbosa
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
Placunanomia plicata Tuomey and Holmes 1857
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Amusium mertoni
1 specimen
Aequipecten camperis
3 specimens
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium carolinensis
1 specimen
unclassified
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
6 specimens
Malacostraca - Decapoda
Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Leon
Coordinates: 30.4° North, 84.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.5° North, 84.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
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:Alum Bluff Formation:Jackson Bluff
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Very near top of section
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal,brown unlithified sandy marl
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Brown sandy shell marl with may Glycymeris
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow-marine, restricted/sheltered, fine-grained siliciclastic environment.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
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: Carol Jones, ~1970's. REPOSITORY: MCZ, Harvard. FIDELITY: High ecologic fidelity.
Taxonomic list comments:TAXONOMY: Identified by A. Hendy; nomenclature based on revision of Glenn (1904), Ward (1992), and Petuch (2004).
Metadata
Database number:80037
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:K. Bulinski
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2008-04-01 20:55:03 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2009-04-01 20:55:03
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]