Old Fort Thompson [Caloosahatchee Fm] (Pleistocene of the United States)
Where: Hendry County, Florida (26.8° N, 81.4° W: paleocoordinates 26.9° N, 81.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Caloosahatchee Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Caloosahatchee Fm. AGE: Early Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal marl
• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow-marine, siliciclastic environment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Marl, shelly. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on figured specimens and facies description.
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Fargo, Locklin, and others. REPOSITORY: ANSP, Phialdelphia.
Primary reference: A. A. Olsson and A. Harbison. 1953. Pliocene Mollusca of Southern Florida. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Monograph 8:1-457 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79336: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• COVERAGE: Authoritative for bivalvia and gastropoda. NOMENCLATURE: Identified by A. Olsson and A. Harbison. Authoritative publication with fairly modern nomenclature and use of species and subgenus assignments.
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| Scaphopoda | |
"Dentalium (Antalis) ceratum" = Antalis
"Dentalium (Antalis) ceratum" = Antalis tusk shell | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Crepidula (Crepidula) aesop slipper shell | |
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Compsodrillia drewi snail | |
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Euspira caudata moon snail | |
"Olivella (Dactylidia) mutica" = Olivella mutica
"Olivella (Dactylidia) mutica" = Olivella mutica Say 1822 olive snail | |
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Busycon planulatum whelk | |
"Marginella (Eburnospira) caloosana" = Dentimargo
"Marginella (Eburnospira) caloosana" = Dentimargo margin shell | |
"Aspella (Aspella) senex" = Aspella senex, "Cantharus (Pseudosalpinx) multangula" = Calotrophon
"Aspella (Aspella) senex" = Aspella senex Dall 1903 murex snail
"Cantharus (Pseudosalpinx) multangula" = Calotrophon murex snail | |
"Cryoturris serta" = Kurtziella (Cryoturris) serta
"Cryoturris serta" = Kurtziella (Cryoturris) serta Fargo 1953 snail | |
"Cerithium (Thericium) litharium" = Thericium
"Cerithium (Thericium) litharium" = Thericium snail | |
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Rictaxis myakkanus snail | |
"Astraea (Astralium) longispina" = Astralium, "Astraea (Lithopoma) precursor" = Lithopoma, Turbo (Taeniaturbo) floridensis, Turbo (Marmarostoma) castaenus
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Acteocina canaliculata Say 1826 barrel-bubble
Cylichnella gabbi snail | |
| Bivalvia | |
"Verticordia (Trigonulina) emmonsii" = Trigonulina
"Verticordia (Trigonulina) emmonsii" = Trigonulina clam | |
"Ensitellops elliptica" = Basterotia (Basterotella) elliptica, Ensitellops tabula
"Ensitellops elliptica" = Basterotia (Basterotella) elliptica Récluz 1850 clam
Ensitellops tabula clam | |
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Anomalocardia callosa venus clam
Anomalocardia concinna venus clam
"Chione (Chione) moristans" = Chione moristans Olsson and Harbison 1953 venus clam | |
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Mulinia ? sapotilla clam | |
Tellidora lunulata, "Hemimetis (Florimetis) intastriata" = Leporimetis intastriata, Tellina (Eurytellina) alternata, Tellina (Moerella) sybaritica, "Tellina (Scissula) candeana" = Moerella (Scissula)
Tellidora lunulata Adams 1856 tellin clam
"Hemimetis (Florimetis) intastriata" = Leporimetis intastriata Say 1826 tellin clam
Tellina (Eurytellina) alternata Say 1822 tellin clam
Tellina (Moerella) sybaritica tellin clam
"Tellina (Scissula) candeana" = Moerella (Scissula) tellin clam | |
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Semele purpurascens Gmelin 1791 clam
Cumingia amydra clam | |
Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) willcoxi, "Cardium (Dinocardium) robustum" = Dinocardium robustum, "Papyridea semisulcatum" = Papyridea semisulcata
"Cardium (Dinocardium) robustum" = Dinocardium robustum Lightfoot 1786 cockle
"Papyridea semisulcatum" = Papyridea semisulcata Gray 1825 cockle | |
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Gastrochaena cuneiformis Spengler 1783 clam | |
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Divaricella compsa clam
"Codakia (Ctena) orbiculata" = Ctena orbiculata Montagu 1808 clam | |
"Chlamys (Chlamys) fuscopurpureus" = Lindapecten muscosus
"Chlamys (Chlamys) fuscopurpureus" = Lindapecten muscosus Wood 1828 scallop | |
"Lima (Ctenoides) floridana" = Ctenoides (Ctenoides) floridana, "Lima (Ctenoides) scabra" = Ctenoides (Ctenoides) scabra
"Lima (Ctenoides) floridana" = Ctenoides (Ctenoides) floridana Olsson and Harbison 1953 file clam
"Lima (Ctenoides) scabra" = Ctenoides (Ctenoides) scabra Born 1778 file clam | |
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"Anadara (Cunearca) scalarina" = Cunearca scalarina, "Barbatia (Calloarca) taeniata" = Calloarca (Taeniarca) taeniata, Barbatia (Calloarca) irregularis, Arca (Arcoptera) wagneriana
"Anadara (Cunearca) scalarina" = Cunearca scalarina Heilprin 1887 ark
"Barbatia (Calloarca) taeniata" = Calloarca (Taeniarca) taeniata Dall 1898 clam
Barbatia (Calloarca) irregularis Dall 1898 clam
Arca (Arcoptera) wagneriana Heilprin 1887 ark | |