MCZ C. Jones Loc. 36 [Caloosahatchee Fm] (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Hendry County, Florida (26.9° N, 82.0° W: paleocoordinates 27.0° N, 81.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-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.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal, gray, yellow sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow-marine, siliciclastic environment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Fossiliferous yellow-grey sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on observation of specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Collected by Jones; reposited in the MCZ

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• COLLECTOR: C. Jones, ~1970's. REPOSITORY: MCZ, Harvard. FIDELITY: High ecological fidelity.

Primary reference: A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79786: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.03.2008, edited by Kate Bulinski

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• TAXONOMY: Identified by A. Hendy; nomenclature based on revision of Olsson and Harbison (1953) [PBDB Ref# 11206], and more recent publications.
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Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet.
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Dendrasteridae
Dendraster sp.
Dendraster sp. Agassiz and Desor 1847 sand dollar
Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula fornicata, "Crucibulum imbricatum" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) imbricata
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
"Crucibulum imbricatum" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) imbricata Sowerby 1824 slipper shell
[entered as Crucibulum imbriatum]
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella (Torcula) wagneriana" = Torcula, Turritella (Bactrospira) perattenuata
"Turritella (Torcula) wagneriana" = Torcula turret shell
Turritella (Bactrospira) perattenuata Heilprin 1886 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithioclava caloosaensis, Cerithium (Thericium) atratum
Cerithium (Thericium) atratum Born 1778 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Modulidae
Modulus modulus
Modulus modulus Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
Capulus sp.
Capulus sp. Monfort 1810 snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
"Oliva (Ispidula) reticularis" = Oliva reticularis
"Oliva (Ispidula) reticularis" = Oliva reticularis Lamarck 1811 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Scaphella floridana
Scaphella floridana Heilprin 1887 volute
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Stramonita haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma
"Stramonita haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma Linnaeus 1767 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella sp.
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
"Pleioptygma heilpriri" = Mitra (Pleioptygma)
"Pleioptygma heilpriri" = Mitra (Pleioptygma) mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinum contrarium
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Uzita floridensis" = Nassarius (Uzita), "Nassarius (Nassarius) vibex" = Nassarius vibex
"Uzita floridensis" = Nassarius (Uzita) snail
"Nassarius (Nassarius) vibex" = Nassarius vibex Say 1822 snail
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
"Busycon pyrum" = Busycotypus spiratus, Busycon contrarium
"Busycon pyrum" = Busycotypus spiratus Lamarck 1816 whelk
Busycon contrarium Conrad 1840 whelk
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
"Fasciolaria apicina" = Fasciolaria (Fasciolaria) apicina, Heilprinia caloosaensis
"Fasciolaria apicina" = Fasciolaria (Fasciolaria) apicina Dall 1890 tulip snail
Heilprinia caloosaensis Heilprin 1887 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
"Costoanachis sp." = Anachis (Costoanachis)
"Costoanachis sp." = Anachis (Costoanachis) Sacco 1890 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
"Vasum horridum" = Vasum (Hystrivasum) horridum, Xancus regina
"Vasum horridum" = Vasum (Hystrivasum) horridum Heilprin 1887 snail
Xancus regina Heilprin 1887 snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria rotunda
Cancellaria rotunda Dall 1892 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae indet.
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus (Conus) waccamawensis
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Clathrodrillia sp., Syntomodrillia sp.
Clathrodrillia sp. Dall 1918 snail
Syntomodrillia sp. Woodring 1928 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus pugilis
Strombus pugilis Linnaeus 1758 conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Neverita duplicata" = Neverita duplicatus, Stigmaulax polypum
"Neverita duplicata" = Neverita duplicatus Say 1822 moon snail
Stigmaulax polypum moon snail
 Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
"Bulla occidentalis" = Bulla striata
"Bulla occidentalis" = Bulla striata Bruguiére 1792 snail
 Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Planorbis sp.
Planorbis sp. Muller 1774 snail
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
Carditamera arata
Carditamera arata Conrad 1832 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Parvilucina multilineata" = Parvilucina multistriata, Radiolucina arrionta, Lucina pensylvanica, Stewartia anodonta
"Parvilucina multilineata" = Parvilucina multistriata Conrad 1841 clam
Lucina pensylvanica Linnaeus 1758 clam
Stewartia anodonta Say 1824 clam
[entered as Stewartia anodontia]
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Bothrocorbula wilcoxii, "Notocorbula sp." = Corbula (Notocorbula), Caryocorbula leonensis
Bothrocorbula wilcoxii Dall 1898 clam
[entered as Bothrocorbula willcoxi]
"Notocorbula sp." = Corbula (Notocorbula) Iredale 1930 clam
 Cardiida - Dreissenidae
Mytilopsis sp.
Mytilopsis sp. Conrad 1857 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Macrocallista maculata, "Macrocallista nimbosa" = Macrocallista (Macrocallista) nimbosa, Anomalocardia caloosana, Lirophora sp., "Dosinia elegans" = Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans, Mercenaria mercenaria, Chione cancellata, Pitar morrhuanus, Transennella conradina, Gemma magna
Macrocallista maculata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
"Macrocallista nimbosa" = Macrocallista (Macrocallista) nimbosa Solander 1786 venus clam
Anomalocardia caloosana venus clam
[entered as Anomalocardia caloosona]
Lirophora sp. Conrad 1863 venus clam
"Dosinia elegans" = Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans Conrad 1838 venus clam
Mercenaria mercenaria Linnaeus 1758 quahog
Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
Pitar morrhuanus Dall 1902 venus clam
Transennella conradina Dall 1884 venus clam
Gemma magna Dall 1903 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Mulinia lateralis
Mulinia lateralis Say 1822 clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
"Echinochama arcinella" = Arcinella arcinella
"Echinochama arcinella" = Arcinella arcinella Linnaeus 1767 jewel box
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele bellastriata
Semele bellastriata Conrad 1837 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellidora lunulata, "Moerella sp." = Tellina (Moerella)
Tellidora lunulata Adams 1856 tellin clam
"Moerella sp." = Tellina (Moerella) Fischer 1887 tellin clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp.
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
 Arcida - Noetiidae
Arcopsis adamsi
Arcopsis adamsi Dall 1886 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara improcera, "Anadara lienosa" = Anadara (Rasia) lienosa, Barbatia sp., Arca wagneriana
"Anadara lienosa" = Anadara (Rasia) lienosa Say 1832 ark
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842 clam
Arca wagneriana Heilprin 1887 ark
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Crassostrea virginica, Ostrea subdigitalina
Crassostrea virginica Gmelin 1791 oyster
Ostrea subdigitalina Olsson and Harbison 1953 oyster
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Argopecten sp., "Amussium sp." = Amusium, Aequipecten sp.
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889 calico scallop
"Amussium sp." = Amusium Röding 1798 scallop
Aequipecten sp. Fischer 1886 scallop
Cirripedia
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Cirripedia indet.