Unit E, Shell Creek [Caloosahatchee Fm]: Early Pleistocene, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium ceratum
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca wagneriana (Heilprin 1887)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Noetia platyura
Fossularca adamsi (Dall 1886)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798
Amusium mortoni (Ravenel 1844)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Atrina caloosaensis
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Phacoides multilineatus (Conrad 1841)
Divaricella compsa
Anodontia alba Link 1807
Phacoides waccamawensis Dall 1903
Miltha caloosaensis (Dall 1898)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama gardnerae
Echinochama cornuta (Conrad 1866)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar cf. sayana (Conrad 1833)
Transennella conradina (Dall 1884)
Parastarte triquetra (Conrad 1862)
Anomalocardia caloosana
Chione cancellata (Linnaeus 1767)
Dosinia discus (Reeve 1850)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Varicorbula caloosae
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Calliostoma jujubinum (Gmelin 1791)
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus alatus Gmelin 1792
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolaria apicina Dall 1890
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Busycon contrarium Conrad 1840
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus stearnsi Conrad 1869
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Cymatosyrinx lunata (Lea 1833)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex pomum Gmelin 1791
Cantharus perplexus Olsson and Harbison 1953
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella pardalis
Marginella apicina Menke 1828
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella informal sp. a
Olivella mutica (Say 1822)
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Lemintina sp. Risso 1826
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica canrena (Linnaeus 1758)
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crucibulum auriculum (Gmelin 1791)
Crepidula aculeata (Gmelin 1791)
Gastropoda - Modulidae
Modulus carchedonius (Lamarck 1822)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella apicalis
Turritella perattenuata Heilprin 1886
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Charlotte
Coordinates: 26.9° North, 82.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:27.2° North, 81.3° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Early Pleistocene
Age range of interval: 2.58 - 0.774 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Caloosahatchee
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: COMMENTS: The Caloosahatchee Marl is given the stage age Sangamonian. AGE: Assigned Late Pleistocene in text, reassigned to Early Pleistocene by A. Hendy (2007).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray lithified sandy "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: the limestone is sandy, hard, gray (more sandy than Unit C of the Calooahatchee Marl)
Environment:marine indet. Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:This list is a composite of Unit E at all Shell Creek localities.
Metadata
Database number:41539
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2004-07-16 10:46:06 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2004-07-16 10:46:06
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
11119. J. R. DuBar. 1962. Neogene Biostratigraphy of the Charlotte Harbor Area in Southwestern Florida. Florida Geological Survey Geological Bulletin 43 1-83 [A. Miller/K. Layou/K. Layou]