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
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
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
Arcoptera wagneriana Heilprin 1887 ark | |
Leptopecten irremotis, Carolinapecten solaroides, Lindapecten harrisi, Argopecten vicenarius, Stralopecten caloosaensis
Leptopecten irremotis scallop
Carolinapecten solaroides Heilprin 1887 scallop
Lindapecten harrisi scallop
Argopecten vicenarius calico scallop
Stralopecten caloosaensis scallop | |
Crassostrea labellensis oyster | |
Panopea sp. Menard 1807 clam | |
Cyrtopleura costata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Sinum multilineatum moon snail | |
"Littorinopsis caloosahatcheensis" = Littoraria (Littorinopsis), "Littorinopsis seminole" = Littoraria (Littorinopsis)
"Littorinopsis caloosahatcheensis" = Littoraria (Littorinopsis) periwinkle
"Littorinopsis seminole" = Littoraria (Littorinopsis) periwinkle | |
"Trivia incerta" = Pusula pediculus
"Trivia incerta" = Pusula pediculus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
"Siphocypraea (Okeechobea) philemoni" = Siphocypraea philemoni, Siphocypraea problematica, Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) josiai
"Siphocypraea (Okeechobea) philemoni" = Siphocypraea philemoni Fehse 1997 cowry
Siphocypraea problematica Heilprin 1886 cowry
Siphocypraea (Pahayokea) josiai Fehse 1997 cowry | |
Jenneria richardsi Olsson 1967 Jenner's Cowry | |
Heilprinia caloosaensis, Fasciolaria monocingulata, Fasciolaria calusa, "Fasciolaria (Cinctura) apicina" = Fasciolaria (Fasciolaria) apicina, Triplofusus acmaensis, Liochlamys bulbosa, Terebraspira scalarina
Heilprinia caloosaensis Heilprin 1887 snail
Fasciolaria monocingulata tulip snail
Fasciolaria calusa tulip snail
"Fasciolaria (Cinctura) apicina" = Fasciolaria (Fasciolaria) apicina Dall 1890 tulip snail
Triplofusus acmaensis snail
Liochlamys bulbosa snail
Terebraspira scalarina snail | |
Melongena caloosahatcheensis, "Busycoarctum rapum" = Busycon (Busycoarctum), "Fulguropsis floridanus" = Busycon, "Sinistrofulgur caloosahatcheensis" = Busycon, "Sinistrofulgur palmbeachensis" = Busycon, "Pyruella planulatum" = Busycon, "Pyruella soror" = Busycon, Echinofulgur echinatum
"Busycoarctum rapum" = Busycon (Busycoarctum) whelk
"Fulguropsis floridanus" = Busycon whelk
"Sinistrofulgur caloosahatcheensis" = Busycon whelk
"Sinistrofulgur palmbeachensis" = Busycon whelk
"Pyruella planulatum" = Busycon whelk
"Pyruella soror" = Busycon whelk
Echinofulgur echinatum Dall 1890 whelk | |
Ilyanassa palmbeachensis snail
Ilyanassa wilmingtonensis Gardner 1943 snail
Ilyanassa granifera Conrad 1868 snail | |
Scaphella floridana Heilprin 1887 volute | |
Morum floridanum, "Cancellomorum macgintyi" = Oniscidia
Morum floridanum snail
"Cancellomorum macgintyi" = Oniscidia snail | |
"Subpterynotus cf. textilis" = Murexiella (Subpterynotus) textilis, Eupleura calusa, Eupleura intermedia, Pterorhytis wilsoni, Phyllonotus evergladesensis, Chicoreus calusa, Chicoreus susanae
"Subpterynotus cf. textilis" = Murexiella (Subpterynotus) textilis Gabb 1873 murex snail
Eupleura calusa murex snail
Eupleura intermedia murex snail
Pterorhytis wilsoni murex snail
Phyllonotus evergladesensis murex snail
Chicoreus calusa murex snail
Chicoreus susanae murex snail | |
Hindsiclava perspirata Dall 1890 snail | |
"Ximeniconus waccamawensis" = Conus (Ximeniconus), "Contraconus osceolai" = Conus (Contraconus) adversarius, "Contraconus tryoni" = Conus (Contraconus) adversarius, "Gradiconus parkeri" = Conus, Seminoleconus diegelae
"Ximeniconus waccamawensis" = Conus (Ximeniconus) cone shell
"Contraconus osceolai" = Conus (Contraconus) adversarius Conrad 1840 cone shell
"Contraconus tryoni" = Conus (Contraconus) adversarius Conrad 1840 cone shell
"Gradiconus parkeri" = Conus cone shell
Seminoleconus diegelae cone shell | |
"Pleioptygma lineolata" = Mitra (Pleioptygma)
"Pleioptygma lineolata" = Mitra (Pleioptygma) mitre shell | |
Knefastia lindae Petuch 1994 ribbed mitre | |
Turbinella scolymoides Dall 1890 snail
"Turbinella regina" = Xancus regina Heilprin 1887 snail
Hystrivasum horridum Heilprin 1887 snail | |
Perplicaria perplexa Dall 1890 snail
Cancellaria conradiana Dall 1890 snail | |
Oliva (Porphyria) paraporphyria olive snail
Oliva (Strephona) erici olive snail
Oliva (Strephona) roseae olive snail | |
Strombus keatonorum, "Macrostrombus leidyi" = Strombus (Macrostrombus)
Strombus keatonorum conch
"Macrostrombus leidyi" = Strombus (Macrostrombus) conch | |
Malea springi Petuch 1989 tun shell | |
Bactrospira perattenuata Heilprin 1886 turret shell
Vermicularia sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Cerithioclava caloosanae cerith snail | |
Cerithidea jenniferae horn snail
Cerithidea xenos horn snail | |
Pyrazisinus scalatus snail
Pyrazisinus ecarinatus snail | |
Tegula calusa snail | |
"Astraea (Lithopoma) precursor" = Lithopoma, Turbo (Taenioturbo) rhectogrammicus
"Astraea (Lithopoma) precursor" = Lithopoma snail | |
Anthozoa | |
Dichocoenia caloosahatcheensis Weisbord 1974 stony coral
Dichocoenia eminens Weisbord 1974 stony coral | |
"Thysanus floridanus" = Thysanus corbicula
"Thysanus floridanus" = Thysanus corbicula Duncan 1863 stony coral |