MCZ C. Jones Loc. 37 [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, fine-grained, shelly/skeletal, brown 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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 79788: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.03.2008

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.
Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
Cirripedia
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Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima Say 1820 Atlantic Nut Clam
 Unionida - Unionidae
Anodonta (Pegophysema) sp. freshwater mussel
 Carditida - Carditidae
Carditamera arata Conrad 1832 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella lunulata Conrad 1834 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Stewartia anodonta Say 1824 clam
Lucinisca nassula Conrad 1846 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809 cockle
Dinocardium robustum Lightfoot 1786 cockle
"Laevicardium laevigatum" = Laevicardium serratum Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma sp. Leach 1819 tellin clam
"Moerella sp." = Tellina (Moerella) Fischer 1887 tellin clam
Tellidora lunulata Adams 1856 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Mulinia lateralis Say 1822 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans Conrad 1838 venus clam
Mercenaria mercenaria Linnaeus 1758 quahog
Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
Macrocallista (Macrocallista) nimbosa Solander 1786 venus clam
Pitar morrhuanus Dall 1902 venus clam
Transennella conradina Dall 1884 venus clam
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
 Cardiida - Montacutidae
Montacuta sp. Turton 1822 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Carolinapecten solaroides Heilprin 1887 scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Arcida - Noetiidae
"Noetia ponderosa" = Eontia ponderosa
"Noetia ponderosa" = Eontia ponderosa Say 1822 clam
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
"Bulla occidentalis" = Bulla striata
"Bulla occidentalis" = Bulla striata BruguiƩre 1792 snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora sp. Gray 1821 snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
Crepidula plana Say 1822 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium (Thericium) muscarum Say 1832 cerith snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Polinices duplicatus" = Neverita duplicatus, Sinum perspectivum
"Polinices duplicatus" = Neverita duplicatus Say 1822 moon snail
Sinum perspectivum Say 1831 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Cantharus (Pseudosalpinx) perplexus" = Calotrophon ostrearum, Eupleura caudata
"Cantharus (Pseudosalpinx) perplexus" = Calotrophon ostrearum Conrad 1846 murex snail
Eupleura caudata Say 1822 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
"Oliva (Oliva) reticularis" = Oliva reticularis
"Oliva (Oliva) reticularis" = Oliva reticularis Lamarck 1811 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Nassarius (Nassarius) vibex" = Nassarius vibex
"Nassarius (Nassarius) vibex" = Nassarius vibex Say 1822 snail
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
"Busycon pyrum" = Busycotypus spiratus Lamarck 1816 whelk
Busycon contrarium Conrad 1840 whelk
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
"Triplofusus gigantea" = Triplofusus giganteus, "Fasciolaria apicina" = Fasciolaria (Fasciolaria) apicina
"Triplofusus gigantea" = Triplofusus giganteus Kiener 1840 snail
"Fasciolaria apicina" = Fasciolaria (Fasciolaria) apicina Dall 1890 tulip snail