Where: Florida (26.4° N, 80.7° W: paleocoordinates 26.4° N, 80.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Bermont Formation, Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown member of the Bermont Fm (originally coined "unit A" by Olsson and Petit, 1964), Okeechobee Grp, which is overlain by the Belle Glade Mbr. Correlative with the Flanners Beach Fm (North and South Carolina). THICKNESS: Varies between 4 and 20 m across areal extent. AGE: Middle Pleistocene. Based on uranium isotope dating the unit is dated as middle Pleistocene, Aftonian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Checklist representative of entire formation.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; unlithified, shelly/skeletal, calcareous sandstone and lithified, shelly/skeletal, sandy limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Reposited in the FMNH, USNM
• COLLECTORS: Multiple collectors, probably including Mansfield, A. Olsson, and R. Petit. REPOSITORY: USNM and Florida Museum of Natural History.
Primary reference: C. W. Oyen and R. W. Portell. 2001. Diversity patterns and biostratigraphy of Cenozoic echinodems from Florida. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 166:193-218 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 35031: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.10.2003, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda | |
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Strombus mayacensis4, Strombus sp.5, Strombus alatus5, Strombus (Eustrombus) mayacensis5, Strombus (Eustrombus) sp.5
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Oliva sp.4, Oliva (Strephona) murielae5, "Lindoliva diegelae" = Lindoliva diegelae5, "Lindoliva griffini" = Lindoliva diegelae5, "Lindoliva spengleri" = Lindoliva diegelae5
"Lindoliva spengleri" = Lindoliva diegelae5 Petuch 1988 olive snail [entered as Lindoliva splengeri]
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"Fasciolaria (Cinctura) lilium" = Cinctura lilium5, Fasciolaria okeechobeensis4, "Fasciolaria apicina" = Fasciolaria (Fasciolaria) apicina4, "Latirus jucundus" = Polygona jucunda5
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Melongenidae indet.5, "Melongena bispinosa" = Melongena bispinosa4, "Melongena (Rexmela) bispinosa" = Melongena bispinosa5, Melongena (Rexmela) aspinosa5, Melongena (Rexmela) sp.5, "Sinistrofulgur contrarium" = Busycon5
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Conus cf. eversoni5, "Conus (Lithoconus) spurius" = Conus spurius5, Conus (Leptoconus) sennottorum5, "Conus (Leptoconus) delessertii" = Conus delessertii5, "Conus (Conasprella) jaspideus" = Conus jaspideus5
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Pterotyphis (Tripterotyphis) triangularis6, Attiliosa aldridgei6, Vokesinotus sp.5, Murex bellegladensis5, Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) pomum6
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"Cypraea (Macrocypraea) cervus" = Macrocypraea cervus5
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"Noetia (Eontia) platyura" = Eontia4
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"Corbula (Bothrocorbula) wilcoxii" = Bothrocorbula wilcoxii1
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Echinoidea | |
Clypeaster rosaceus Linnaeus 1758 sand dollar | |
Encope michelini Agassiz 1841 sand dollar | |
Asteroidea | |
Asteroidea indet. de Blainville 1830 sea star |