Where: Miami-Dade County, Florida (25.7° N, 80.3° W: paleocoordinates 25.7° N, 79.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pinecrest Member (Tamiami Formation), Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Pinecrest beds ?=Pinecrest Mbr. AGE: Late Pliocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Reposited in the PRI, UNSM
Collection methods: bulk,
• COLLECTOR: Many collectiors, including P. and T. McGinty, R. C. Hoerle, J. Donovan, M. Nelson, El Crovo, C. Edwards, and presumably A. Olsson. REPOSITORY: Some material reposited at USNM and PRI, but also among private collections.
Primary reference: A. A. Olsson. 1967. Some Tertiary mollusks from South Florida and the Carribean. Paleontological Research Institute 1-61 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79761: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Astrhelia cf. palmata" = Acropora palmata1
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Bivalvia | |
Mytiloconcha conradiana mussel | |
Arca (Arca) williamsoni Olsson 1967 ark | |
"Pycnodonta haitensis" = Hyotissa haitensis1
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"Cardita (Pleuromeris) decemcostata" = Pleuromeris decemcostata, Cardita (Cardita) seminolensis, Carditamera (Carditamera) dasytes
"Cardita (Pleuromeris) decemcostata" = Pleuromeris decemcostata Conrad 1867 clam SUBSPECIES: Cardita (Pleuromeris) decemcostata pitysia
Cardita (Cardita) seminolensis Olsson 1967 clam
Carditamera (Carditamera) dasytes Olsson 1967 clam | |
Trachycardium (Trachycardium) evergladensis cockle [entered as Trachycardium (Trachycardium) evergladeensis]
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"Macrocallista reposta" = Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta Conrad 1834 venus clam | |
Spisula incrassata clam
Spisula subparilis Conrad 1841 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Terebra (Myurellina) hunterae Olsson 1967 auger snail
Strioterebrum brightonensis Olsson 1967 auger snail
Strioterebrum seminolum Olsson 1967 auger snail | |
Cymatosyrinx aclinica Tucker and Wilson 1933 snail | |
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Aurinia (Volutifusus) obtusa Emmons 1858 volute | |
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Tropochasca petiti Olsson 1967 snail
Busycon (Echinofulgur) echinatum Dall 1890 whelk SUBSPECIES: Busycon (Echinofulgur) echinatum helenae
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"Cancellaria (Massyla) propevenusta" = Massyla propevenusta1
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"Calusacypraea duerri" = Siphocypraea duerri2, Calusacypraea tequesta2, Calusacypraea sarasotaensis2, Calusacypraea briani2
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Pusula (Pusula) crovoae Olsson 1967 snail | |
Turritella (Broderiptella) mansfieldi Olsson 1967 turret shell | |
"Turbo (Marmarostoma) castaneus" = Turbo (Senectus) castanea
"Turbo (Marmarostoma) castaneus" = Turbo (Senectus) castanea Gmelin 1791 snail SUBSPECIES: Turbo (Marmarostoma) castaneus ayersi
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