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
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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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
Anthozoa | |
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834 | |
Cirripedia | |
Cirripedia indet. barnacle | |
Bivalvia | |
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima Say 1820 Atlantic Nut Clam | |
Anodonta (Pegophysema) sp. freshwater mussel | |
Carditamera arata Conrad 1832 clam | |
Crassinella lunulata Conrad 1834 clam | |
Stewartia anodonta Say 1824 clam
Lucinisca nassula Conrad 1846 clam | |
Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809 cockle
Dinocardium robustum Lightfoot 1786 cockle
"Laevicardium laevigatum" = Laevicardium serratum Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Macoma sp. Leach 1819 tellin clam
"Moerella sp." = Tellina (Moerella) Fischer 1887 tellin clam
Tellidora lunulata Adams 1856 tellin clam | |
Mulinia lateralis Say 1822 clam | |
Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans, Mercenaria mercenaria, Chione cancellata, Anomalocardia caloosana, Macrocallista (Macrocallista) nimbosa, Pitar morrhuanus, Transennella conradina
Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans Conrad 1838 venus clam
Mercenaria mercenaria Linnaeus 1758 quahog
Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
Anomalocardia caloosana venus clam
Macrocallista (Macrocallista) nimbosa Solander 1786 venus clam
Pitar morrhuanus Dall 1902 venus clam
Transennella conradina Dall 1884 venus clam | |
Diplodonta aclinis clam | |
Montacuta sp. Turton 1822 clam | |
Carolinapecten solaroides Heilprin 1887 scallop | |
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
"Noetia ponderosa" = Eontia ponderosa
"Noetia ponderosa" = Eontia ponderosa Say 1822 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Bulla occidentalis" = Bulla striata
"Bulla occidentalis" = Bulla striata BruguiƩre 1792 snail | |
Diodora sp. Gray 1821 snail | |
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
Crepidula plana Say 1822 slipper shell | |
Cerithium (Thericium) muscarum Say 1832 cerith snail | |
"Polinices duplicatus" = Neverita duplicatus, Sinum perspectivum
"Polinices duplicatus" = Neverita duplicatus Say 1822 moon snail
Sinum perspectivum Say 1831 moon snail | |
Conus waccamawensis cone shell | |
"Cantharus (Pseudosalpinx) perplexus" = Calotrophon ostrearum, Eupleura caudata
"Cantharus (Pseudosalpinx) perplexus" = Calotrophon ostrearum Conrad 1846 murex snail
Eupleura caudata Say 1822 murex snail | |
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell | |
"Oliva (Oliva) reticularis" = Oliva reticularis
"Oliva (Oliva) reticularis" = Oliva reticularis Lamarck 1811 olive snail | |
"Nassarius (Nassarius) vibex" = Nassarius vibex
"Nassarius (Nassarius) vibex" = Nassarius vibex Say 1822 snail | |
"Busycon pyrum" = Busycotypus spiratus, Busycon contrarium
"Busycon pyrum" = Busycotypus spiratus Lamarck 1816 whelk
Busycon contrarium Conrad 1840 whelk | |
"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 |