FLMNH Site BR008, Patrick Air Force Base [Anastasia Fm] (Pleistocene to of the United States)

Where: Brevard County, Florida (28.2° N, 80.6° W: paleocoordinates 28.2° N, 80.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Anastasia Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene to Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Grom Anastasia Fm. AGE: Late Pleistocene-Holocene, on the absis of U/Th and radiocarbon dating. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation. See Sellards (1912) for original description (Sellards, E. H., 1912, Florida Geological Survey Fourth Annual Report, p. 1-79.)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow-marine, siliciclastic environment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandstone, shelly. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, based on figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the FLMNH

• COLLECTOR: Not stated in text, but probably R. Portell (FLMNH). REPOSITORY: FLMNH, Florida.

Primary reference: R. W. Portell, R. L. Turner, and J. L. Beerenson. 2003. Occurrence of the Atlantic Ghost Crab Ocypode quadrata from the Upper Pleistocene to Holocene Anastasia Formation of Florida. Journal of Crustacean Biology 23(3):712-722 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 92940: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.12.2009

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with relatively modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
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Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Ocypodidae
Ocypode quadrata
Ocypode quadrata Fabricius 1787 ghost crab