Where: Palm Beach County, Florida (26.8° N, 81.3° W: paleocoordinates 26.8° N, 81.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Belle Glade Member (Bermont Formation), Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Presumably from Bermont Formation, formely referred to as the "Glades" unit (McGinty 1970, Hoerle 1970), or Unit A (Olsson 1964), which overlies the Caloosahatchee Fm (Plio-Pleistocene) and underlies the Pleistocene Fort Thompson Fm. THICKNESS: Unknown thickness of unit, or strata from which collection was obtained. AGE: Early Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation, presumably collection represents the entire unit.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; unlithified, shelly/skeletal, silty marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Reposited in the FMNH
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, surface (float),
• COLLECTOR: R.C. Hoerle, S. Hoerle, T.L. McGinty and P. McGinty. REPOSITORY: Probably within private collections, though much of T.L. McGinty's collection is now reposited at FLMNH.
Primary reference: T. L. McGinty. 1970. Mollusca of the "Glades" unit in southern Florida: Part I Introduction and observations. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 8(2):53-56 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 67070: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 06.11.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Corbula scutata" = Juliacorbula scutata
"Corbula scutata" = Juliacorbula scutata Gardner 1943 clam | |
Trachycardium emmonsi cockle | |
Semele perlamellosa Heilprin 1887 clam | |
Anadara aequalis, "Barbatia tenera" = Fugleria tenera
Anadara aequalis ark
"Barbatia tenera" = Fugleria tenera Reeve 1844 Delicate Ark | |
Gastropoda | |
"Cyphoma intermedium" = Pseudocyphoma intermedium
"Cyphoma intermedium" = Pseudocyphoma intermedium Sowerby 1828 snail | |
"Cypraea cervus" = Macrocypraea cervus
"Cypraea cervus" = Macrocypraea cervus Linnaeus 1771 cowry | |
Phalium inflatum snail | |
Tonna galea Linnaeus 1758 tun shell | |
Strombus mayacensis conch | |
"Morum oniscus" = Morum (Morum) oniscus
"Morum oniscus" = Morum (Morum) oniscus Linnaeaus 1767 snail | |
"Tripterotyphis triangularis" = Pterotyphis (Tripterotyphis) triangularis, Murexiella graceae, "Murex bellegladeensis" = Vokesimurex bellegladeensis, "Murex anniae" = Vokesimurex anniae
"Tripterotyphis triangularis" = Pterotyphis (Tripterotyphis) triangularis Adams 1855 murex snail
Murexiella graceae McGinty 1940 murex snail
"Murex bellegladeensis" = Vokesimurex bellegladeensis Vokes 1963 murex snail
"Murex anniae" = Vokesimurex anniae Smith 1940 murex snail | |
Monostiolum thomasi Olsson 1967 true whelk
Bailya intricata Dall 1884 true whelk | |
Melongena bispinosa Philippi 1844 snail | |
Fasciolaria okeechobeensis, Fusinus watermani, Latirus maxwelli, "Latirus jucundus" = Polygona jucunda
Fusinus watermani snail
Latirus maxwelli snail
"Latirus jucundus" = Polygona jucunda McGinty 1940 snail | |
"Trigonostoma rugosa" = Bivetopsia rugosa
"Trigonostoma rugosa" = Bivetopsia rugosa Lamarck 1822 snail | |
Vasum floridanum snail | |
Pyrazus scalatus snail |