Ortona Lock [Belle Glade Mbr, Bermont Fm]: Middle Pleistocene, Florida
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Murexiella glypta
Smith 1938
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Gastropoda
- Batillariidae
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Pyrazus scalatus
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Fusinus watermani
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Fasciolaria okeechobeensis
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| [entered as Fasciolaria okeechobensis] | ||||||||||
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Latirus maxwelli
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Latirus jucundus
McGinty 1940
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| recombined as Polygona jucunda | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Monostiolum thomasi
Olsson 1967
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Bailya intricata
(Dall 1884)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Melongena bispinosa
(Philippi 1844)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Trigonostoma rugosa
(Lamarck 1822)
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| recombined as Bivetopsia rugosa | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turbinellidae
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Vasum floridanum
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Murex anniae
Smith 1940
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| recombined as Vokesimurex anniae | ||||||||||
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Murex bellegladeensis
Vokes 1963
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| recombined as Vokesimurex bellegladeensis | ||||||||||
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Tripterotyphis triangularis
(Adams 1855)
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| recombined as Pterotyphis (Tripterotyphis) triangularis | ||||||||||
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Murexiella graceae
(McGinty 1940)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Harpidae
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Morum oniscus
(Linnaeaus 1767)
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| recombined as Morum (Morum) oniscus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus mayacensis
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Gastropoda
- Ovulidae
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Cyphoma intermedium
(Sowerby 1828)
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| recombined as Pseudocyphoma intermedium | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Cypraea cervus
Linnaeus 1771
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| recombined as Macrocypraea cervus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Tonnidae
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Tonna galea
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Phalium inflatum
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Barbatia tenera
(Reeve 1844)
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| recombined as Fugleria tenera | ||||||||||
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Anadara aequalis
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trachycardium emmonsi
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Semele perlamellosa
Heilprin 1887
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula scutata
Gardner 1943
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| recombined as Juliacorbula scutata | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Florida | County: | Palm Beach |
| Coordinates: | 26.8° North, 81.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 26.8° North, 81.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Chibanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Bermont | Member: | Belle Glade | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Presumably from Bermont Formation, formely referred to as the "Glades" unit (McGinty 1970, Hoerle 1970), or Unit A (Olsson 1964), which overlies the Caloosahatchee Fm (Plio-Pleistocene) and underlies the Pleistocene Fort Thompson Fm. THICKNESS: Unknown thickness of unit, or strata from which collection was obtained. AGE: Early Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation, presumably collection represents the entire unit. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal unlithified silty marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Shell marl and mudstone. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified on the basis of facies description and figured specimens. | |
| Environment: | transition zone/lower shoreface |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Similar to those occuring off the ocean side of the Florida Keys . Greater proportion of unit represents soft mud or marl with 1 or 2 fathoms of sea water and large beds of Thalassia or "turtle grass". Sand bars, indicated by vast numbers of Oliva in the deposit, must also have existed, for Oliva would only have lived in such a situation. Rocky or reef bottom would appear to have been restricted, for species which require such an ecological sitiation prove scarce. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite,original calcite |
| Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,selective quarrying,surface (float),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | FMNH |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: R.C. Hoerle, S. Hoerle, T.L. McGinty and P. McGinty. REPOSITORY: Probably within private collections, though much of T.L. McGinty's collection is now reposited at FLMNH. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Not exhaustive, but listing characteristic forms from this locality. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but uses fairly modern nomenclature with species-level designations. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 67070 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-11-06 08:35:12 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-11-06 08:35:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 19114. | T. L. McGinty. 1970. Mollusca of the "Glades" unit in southern Florida: Part I Introduction and observations. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 8(2):53-56 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |