PRI Loc. 1854 (sample 1, replicate A) - Caloosahatchee Fm (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Pinellas County, Florida (27.8° N, 82.7° W: paleocoordinates 27.8° N, 82.3° 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 unknown unit, but probably the Caloosahatchee Fm based on faunal content. AGE: Early Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow-marine, siliciclastic environment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandstone, shelly. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on observation of specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Collected by Marcott and Olsson in 1962; reposited in the PRI

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• COLLECTOR: E. Marcott and A.A. Olsson, 1962. REPOSITORY: PRI, Ithaca, NY. FIDELITY: Moderate ecological fidelity. COMMENTS: Split 1 of 2.

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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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 80025: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.04.2008, edited by Kate Bulinski

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 DuBar (1958) [25514].
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella (Torcula) apicaulis" = Torcula, Vermicularia spirata
"Turritella (Torcula) apicaulis" = Torcula turret shell
Vermicularia spirata Philippi 1836 turret shell
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
"Crepidula aculeata" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus Gmelin 1791 slipper shell
"Crucibulum imbricatum" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) imbricata Sowerby 1824 slipper shell
[entered as Crucibulum imbriatum]
 Sorbeoconcha - Campanilidae
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Latirus sp. Monfort 1810 snail
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Busycon sp. Röding 1798 whelk
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Eupleura caudata Say 1822 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus pugilis Linnaeus 1758 conch
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys fuscopurpureus" = Lindapecten muscosus Wood 1828 scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845 jingle
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Chama striata" = Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) virgula Deshayes 1831 oyster
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara sp., "Anadara lienosa" = Anadara (Rasia) lienosa, "Cunearca megerata" = Anadara (Cunearca)
Anadara sp. Gray 1847 ark
"Anadara lienosa" = Anadara (Rasia) lienosa Say 1832 ark
"Cunearca megerata" = Anadara (Cunearca) ark
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Tucetona arata Conrad 1841 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853 cockle
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama gardnerae jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Chione (Chione) cribraria" = Chione cribraria Conrad 1843 venus clam
Chione (Chione) elevata Say 1822 venus clam
Macrocallista (Macrocallista) nimbosa Solander 1786 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Mulinia lateralis Say 1822 clam
Rangia cuneata Sowerby 1831 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Stewartia anodonta Say 1824 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Carditamera arata Conrad 1832 clam