Where: Florida (26.7° N, 80.7° W: paleocoordinates 26.7° N, 80.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Belle Glade Member (Bermont Formation), Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Belle Glade Mbr of the Bermont Fm, which overlies the Holey Land Mbr. Correlative with the Flanners Beach Fm (North and South Carolina). THICKNESS: Varies between 1 and 10 m across areal extent. AGE: Middle Pleistocene. Based on uranium isotope dating the unit is dated as late middle Pleistocene, Yarmouthian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Checklist representative of entire member.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; unlithified, fine-grained, shelly/skeletal, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Unknown, presumably the authors and others. REPOSITORY: No repository stated.
Primary reference: E. J. Petuch and C. E. Roberts. 2007. The geology of the Everglades and adjacent areas 1-212 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79740: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 20.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
Nodipecten pernodosus scallop | |
Gastropoda | |
Calliostoma lindae top snail | |
Turbo (Marmarostoma) duerri, "Astraea (Lithopoma) southbayensis" = Lithopoma americanum
"Astraea (Lithopoma) southbayensis" = Lithopoma americanum Gmelin 1791 snail | |
Lindoliva diegelae, Oliva (Strephona) southbayensis, Oliva (Strephona) lindae, Oliva (Strephona) edwardsae, Oliva (Strephona) cokyae, Oliva (Strephona) murielae
Lindoliva diegelae Petuch 1988 olive snail
Oliva (Strephona) southbayensis olive snail
Oliva (Strephona) lindae olive snail
Oliva (Strephona) edwardsae olive snail
Oliva (Strephona) cokyae olive snail
Oliva (Strephona) murielae Olsson 1967 olive snail | |
Murexiella graceae, Chicoreus duerri, Chicoreus gravesae, Vokesimurex bermontianus, Vokesimurex bellegladeensis
Murexiella graceae McGinty 1940 murex snail
Chicoreus duerri murex snail
Chicoreus gravesae murex snail
Vokesimurex bermontianus murex snail
Vokesimurex bellegladeensis Vokes 1963 murex snail | |
Fusinus watermani, "Fasciolaria (Cinctura) evergladensis" = Cinctura
Fusinus watermani snail
"Fasciolaria (Cinctura) evergladensis" = Cinctura snail | |
"Sinistrofulgur roseae" = Busycon, Melongena lindae, "Melongena (Rexmela) bispinosa" = Melongena bispinosa, Melongena (Rexmela) diegelae
"Sinistrofulgur roseae" = Busycon whelk
Melongena lindae snail
"Melongena (Rexmela) bispinosa" = Melongena bispinosa Philippi 1844 snail | |
Eurypyrene miccosukee snail | |
Turbinella hoerlei snail | |
"Spuriconus lemoni" = Conus spurius, "Spuriconus micanopy" = Conus spurius
"Spuriconus lemoni" = Conus spurius Gmelin 1791 cone shell
"Spuriconus micanopy" = Conus spurius Gmelin 1791 cone shell | |
"Neodrillia blacki" = Drillia blacki
"Neodrillia blacki" = Drillia blacki Petuch 2004 snail | |
Strombus evergladensis conch
"Macrostrombus holeylandicus" = Strombus (Macrostrombus) conch
Strombus lindae Petuch 1991 conch |