Warren Brothers Pit - Bed 1 [Pinecrest Fm]: Late/Upper Pliocene, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea pliocenica Vaughan 1919
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus adversarius Conrad 1840
recombined as Conus (Contraconus) adversarius
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex globosus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria propevenusta Mansfield 1930
recombined as Massyla propevenusta
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten eboreus (Conrad 1833)
recombined as Carolinapecten eboreus
SUBSPECIES: Pecten eboreus darlingtonensis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Ostrea haitensis Sowerby 1850
recombined as Hyotissa haitensis
Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Pyrgomatidae
Creusia neogenica Weisbord 1972
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Sarasota
Coordinates: 27.3° North, 82.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:27.4° North, 81.9° 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 - 2.58800 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tamiami Member:Pinecrest
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Pinecrest beds ?=Pinecrest Mbr. AGE: Late Pliocene; Middle Pliocene in text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From Bed 1 (3 ft thickness), at base of section.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal,gray,green unlithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Light gray to green shell hash, quartz sand. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on figured specimens.
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Oyster biostrome.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Fragmentation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:surface (float),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Multiple collectors. REPOSITORY: Florida State University, Dept. of Geology.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text and characteristic taxa. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with somewhat antiquated nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:92740
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2009-11-27 04:13:16 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2009-11-27 04:13:16
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

31274. N. E. Weisbord. 1972. Creusia neogenica, a new species of coral-inhabiting barnacle from Florida. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 10(1):59-64 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]