Fort Denaud Mbr, Caloosahatchee Fm (Pliocene to of the United States)

Where: Florida (26.7° N, 81.5° W: paleocoordinates 26.8° N, 81.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Fort Denaud Member (Caloosahatchee Formation), Late/Upper Pliocene to Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Fort Denaud Mbr of the Caloosahatchee Fm, Okeechobee Grp, which is overlain by the Bee Branch Mbr, and overlies the Fordville Mbr of the Caloosahatchee Fm. Correlative with the James City Fm, Waccamaw Fm, and the Fort Drum Mbr of the Nashua Fm. THICKNESS: Varies between 1 and 30 m across areal extent. AGE: Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene. Based on macrofossil biostratigraphy the unit is throught to span the Pliocene-Pleistocene boundary. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Checklist representative of entire member.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal, gray, white, silty, calcareous sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Lagoonal and subtidal carbonate; mangrove forests, intertidal mudflats, shallow sand-bottom lagoon, turtle grass beds, and coral reefs and coral bioherms.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Light colored, with cream, white, and light gray predominating. Generally comprised of sandy (quartz) and silty marls, calcareous sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on figured specimens and facies description.

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: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79804: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.03.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Includes only the more abundant and indicative species of gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Modern nomenclature, with subgenus and species-resolution assignments.
unclassified
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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Dichocoenia eminens Weisbord 1974 stony coral
Dichocoenia caloosahatcheensis Weisbord 1974 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
"Thysanus floridanus" = Thysanus corbicula
"Thysanus floridanus" = Thysanus corbicula Duncan 1863 stony coral
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arcoptera wagneriana Heilprin 1887 ark
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
Cyrtopleura costata Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea sp. Menard 1807 clam
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Astraea (Lithopoma) precursor" = Lithopoma, Turbo (Taenioturbo) rhectogrammicus
"Astraea (Lithopoma) precursor" = Lithopoma snail
 Trochoidea - Tegulidae
 Cerithioidea - Modulidae
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
 Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Vermicularia sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Bactrospira perattenuata Heilprin 1886 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
"Littorinopsis caloosahatcheensis" = Littoraria (Littorinopsis), "Littorinopsis seminole" = Littoraria (Littorinopsis)
"Littorinopsis caloosahatcheensis" = Littoraria (Littorinopsis) periwinkle
"Littorinopsis seminole" = Littoraria (Littorinopsis) periwinkle
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Triviidae
"Trivia incerta" = Pusula pediculus
"Trivia incerta" = Pusula pediculus Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Siphocypraea (Okeechobea) philemoni" = Siphocypraea philemoni Fehse 1997 cowry
Siphocypraea problematica Heilprin 1886 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Pediculariidae
Jenneria richardsi Olsson 1967 Jenner's Cowry
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Knefastia lindae Petuch 1994 ribbed mitre
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Hystrivasum horridum Heilprin 1887 snail
Turbinella scolymoides Dall 1890 snail
"Turbinella regina" = Xancus regina Heilprin 1887 snail
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
"Pleioptygma lineolata" = Mitra (Pleioptygma)
"Pleioptygma lineolata" = Mitra (Pleioptygma) mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena caloosahatcheensis, "Fulguropsis floridanus" = Busycon, "Busycoarctum rapum" = Busycon (Busycoarctum), "Pyruella planulatum" = Busycon, "Pyruella soror" = Busycon, "Sinistrofulgur caloosahatcheensis" = Busycon, "Sinistrofulgur palmbeachensis" = Busycon, Echinofulgur echinatum
"Fulguropsis floridanus" = Busycon whelk
"Busycoarctum rapum" = Busycon (Busycoarctum) whelk
"Pyruella planulatum" = Busycon whelk
"Pyruella soror" = Busycon whelk
"Sinistrofulgur caloosahatcheensis" = Busycon whelk
"Sinistrofulgur palmbeachensis" = Busycon whelk
Echinofulgur echinatum Dall 1890 whelk
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Ilyanassa wilmingtonensis Gardner 1943 snail
Ilyanassa granifera Conrad 1868 snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Heilprinia caloosaensis Heilprin 1887 snail
Fasciolaria calusa tulip snail
"Fasciolaria (Cinctura) apicina" = Fasciolaria (Fasciolaria) apicina Dall 1890 tulip snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria conradiana Dall 1890 snail
Perplicaria perplexa Dall 1890 snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
"Ximeniconus waccamawensis" = Conus (Ximeniconus), "Gradiconus parkeri" = Conus, "Contraconus tryoni" = Conus (Contraconus) adversarius, "Contraconus osceolai" = Conus (Contraconus) adversarius, Seminoleconus diegelae
"Ximeniconus waccamawensis" = Conus (Ximeniconus) cone shell
"Gradiconus parkeri" = Conus cone shell
"Contraconus tryoni" = Conus (Contraconus) adversarius Conrad 1840 cone shell
"Contraconus osceolai" = Conus (Contraconus) adversarius Conrad 1840 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Hindsiclava perspirata Dall 1890 snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Scaphella floridana Heilprin 1887 volute
 Neogastropoda - Harpidae
"Cancellomorum macgintyi" = Oniscidia, Morum floridanum
"Cancellomorum macgintyi" = Oniscidia snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Chicoreus calusa murex snail
Chicoreus susanae murex snail
"Subpterynotus cf. textilis" = Murexiella (Subpterynotus) textilis Gabb 1873 murex snail
Eupleura calusa murex snail
Eupleura intermedia murex snail
Pterorhytis wilsoni murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Macrostrombus leidyi" = Strombus (Macrostrombus) conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Malea springi Petuch 1989 tun shell