Where: Florida (26.1° N, 81.8° W: paleocoordinates 26.2° N, 81.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Golden Gate Member (Tamiami Formation), Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Golden Gate Mbr of the Tamiami Fm, Okeechobee Grp, which is overlain by the Fruitville Mbr, and overlies the Ochopee Mbr, both of the Tamiami Fm. Correlative with the Yorktown, Chowan River, Waccamaw, Duplin, and Jackson Bluff Fms. THICKNESS: Varies between 15 and 50 m across areal extent. AGE: Late Pliocene. Based on macrofossil biostratigraphy the unit is throught to represent the middle-late Piacenzian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Checklist representative of entire member.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; unlithified, shelly/skeletal, gray, blue, silty, calcareous marl and lithified, shelly/skeletal reef rocks
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
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 79958: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 29.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Anthozoa | |
Mussa affinis, Isophyllia cf. sinuosa, Isophyllia desotoensis, Manicina pliocenica, Diploria sarasotana, Syzygophyllia dentata
Mussa affinis stony coral
Isophyllia cf. sinuosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Isophyllia desotoensis Weisbord 1974 stony coral
Manicina pliocenica Gane 1895 stony coral
Diploria sarasotana Weisbord 1974 stony coral
Syzygophyllia dentata stony coral | |
"Antillia bilobata" = Trachyphyllia bilobata, "Antillia dubia" = Trachyphyllia, "Antillia walli" = Trachyphyllia
"Antillia bilobata" = Trachyphyllia bilobata Duncan 1863 stony coral
"Antillia dubia" = Trachyphyllia stony coral
"Antillia walli" = Trachyphyllia stony coral | |
Dichocoenia tuberosa Duncan 1863 stony coral
Dichocoenia cf. eminens Weisbord 1974 stony coral | |
Septastrea matsoni Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
Thysanus corbicula Duncan 1863 stony coral
Thysanus excentricus Duncan 1863 stony coral
Solenastrea globosa stony coral | |
Flabellum exaratum stony coral
Flabellum dubium Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
Asterosmilia exarata Duncan 1867 stony coral
Placocyathus variabilis Duncan 1864 stony coral
Placocyathus barretti Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
Agaricia dominicensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
Siderastrea dalli Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Siderastrea pliocenica Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
"Goniopora jacobiana" = Goniopora hilli Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Porites matanzaensis stony coral
Porites barracoaensis stony coral | |
"Montastrea imbata" = Montastraea, Montastrea endothecata, "Barysmilia intermedia" = Montastrea intermedia, Montastrea brevis
"Montastrea imbata" = Montastraea stony coral
Montastrea endothecata Duncan 1863 stony coral
"Barysmilia intermedia" = Montastrea intermedia Duncan 1863 stony coral
Montastrea brevis Duncan 1864 stony coral | |
Pocillopora crassoramosa, Pocillopora baracoaensis, Stylophora affinis, Stylophora minor, Stylophora granulata
Pocillopora crassoramosa Duncan 1864 stony coral
Pocillopora baracoaensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Stylophora affinis Duncan 1863 stony coral
Stylophora minor Duncan 1863 stony coral
Stylophora granulata Duncan 1864 stony coral | |
Stephanocoenia spongiformis Duncan 1864 stony coral
Astrocoenia meinzeri Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
Acropora panamensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
"Astraea (Lithopoma) tectariaeformis" = Lithopoma
"Astraea (Lithopoma) tectariaeformis" = Lithopoma snail | |
"Acmaea actina" = Lottia actina
"Acmaea actina" = Lottia actina Woodring 1928 limpet | |
Pachycrommium guppyi Gabb 1873 snail | |
Mitra (Scrabricola) lindae mitre shell | |
"Spuriconus martinshugari" = Conus, "Contraconus schmidti" = Conus (Contraconus) adversarius, "Virgiconus miamiensis" = Conus (Virgiconus), "Jaspidiconus hertwecki" = Conus hertwecki, Eugeniconus irisae
"Spuriconus martinshugari" = Conus cone shell
"Contraconus schmidti" = Conus (Contraconus) adversarius Conrad 1840 cone shell
"Virgiconus miamiensis" = Conus (Virgiconus) cone shell
"Jaspidiconus hertwecki" = Conus hertwecki Petuch 1988 cone shell
Eugeniconus irisae cone shell | |
"Lindafulgur miamiensis" = Busycon, "Fulguropsis radula" = Busycon, "Busycoarctum superbus" = Busycon (Busycoarctum)
"Lindafulgur miamiensis" = Busycon whelk
"Fulguropsis radula" = Busycon whelk
"Busycoarctum superbus" = Busycon (Busycoarctum) whelk | |
Solenosteira mulepenensis, Hesperisternia miamiensis, "Hesperisternia joelshugari" = Hesperisternia multangulus, "Hesperisternia dadeensis" = Hesperisternia multangulus
Solenosteira mulepenensis true whelk
Hesperisternia miamiensis Petuch 1991 true whelk
"Hesperisternia joelshugari" = Hesperisternia multangulus Philippi 1848 true whelk
"Hesperisternia dadeensis" = Hesperisternia multangulus Philippi 1848 true whelk | |
Pleuroploca lindae snail
Latirus miamiensis snail | |
Columbella submercatoria Olsson 1922 snail
Parametaria lindae snail | |
Babelomurex lindae, Coralliophila miocenica, Magilus streami, "Subpterynotus miamiensis" = Murexiella (Subpterynotus)
Babelomurex lindae Petuch 1988 murex snail
Coralliophila miocenica Guppy 1874 murex snail
Magilus streami murex snail
"Subpterynotus miamiensis" = Murexiella (Subpterynotus) murex snail | |
"Eustrombus dominator" = Strombus (Eustrombus)
"Eustrombus dominator" = Strombus (Eustrombus) conch | |
Siphocypraea grovesi Petuch 1998 cowry
Pseudadusta lindae Petuch 1986 cowry
Pseudadusta ketteri Petuch 1994 cowry | |
"Decoriatrivia miccosukee" = Pusula miccosukee
"Decoriatrivia miccosukee" = Pusula miccosukee Petuch 1991 snail | |
Jenneria violetae Petuch 1991 Jenner's Cowry | |
Cyphoma viaavensis Petuch 1986 snail
Cyphoma miamiensis Petuch 1986 snail
Cyphoma finkli Petuch 1986 snail
"Pseudocyphoma carolae" = Cyphoma carolae Petuch 1986 snail | |
Bursa rugosa, "Bursa (Marsupina) proavus" = Marsupina bufo
Bursa rugosa Sowerby 1835 frog shell
"Bursa (Marsupina) proavus" = Marsupina bufo BruguiƩre 1792 frog shell | |
Hipponix ceras hoof shell | |
Modulus basileus Guppy 1874 snail | |
Cerithioclava turriculus, "Cerithium turriculum" = Cerithium, "Bayericerithium obesum" = Cerithium, Cerithium dominicense
Cerithioclava turriculus cerith snail
"Cerithium turriculum" = Cerithium cerith snail
"Bayericerithium obesum" = Cerithium cerith snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Petricoxenica concoralla Vokes 1976 venus clam |