F.G.S. Well 13, unit 4 [Fort Thompson Fm]: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Florida
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula fornicata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Cerithium muscarum
Say 1832
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Olivella mutica
(Say 1822)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Nassarius sp.
Duméril 1806
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Nassarius vibex
(Say 1822)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Columbella rusticoides
Heilprin 1887
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Marginella apicina
Menke 1828
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recombined as Prunum apicinum | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Amnicolidae
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"Fontigens" sp.
Pilsbry 1935
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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"Turbonilla" sp.
Risso 1826
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Planorbidae
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Helisoma scalare
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Acteocina canaliculata
(Say 1826)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys sp.
Röding 1798
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Brachidontes sp.
Swainson 1840
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Phacoides waccamawensis
Dall 1903
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recombined as Bellucina waccamawensis | |||||||
Phacoides multilineatus
(Conrad 1841)
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recombined as Parvilucina multistriata | |||||||
Phacoides anodonta
(Say 1824)
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recombined as Stewartia anodonta | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Transenella cf. conradina
(Dall 1884)
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recombined as Transennella conradina | |||||||
Pitar sayana
(Conrad 1833)
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synonym of Pitar morrhuanus | |||||||
Macrocallista nimbosa
(Solander 1786)
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recombined as Macrocallista (Macrocallista) nimbosa | |||||||
Gemma triquetra
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Anomalocardia caloosana
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Chione cancellata
(Linnaeus 1767)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Mulinia cf. caloosaensis
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trachycardium sp.
Mörch 1853
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Laevicardium mortoni
(Conrad 1831)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cardita floridana
(Conrad 1838)
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original and current combination Carditamera floridana | |||||||
Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Florida | County: | Glades |
Coordinates: | 27.0° North, 81.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 27.0° North, 81.2° West | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.12600 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Fort Thompson | ||||
Local section: | F.G.S. Well 13 | Local bed: | 58 m | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Fort Thompson Fm, which is in this section overlain by the Pamlico Fm (Late Pleistocene) and overlies the Caloosahatchee Fm (Early Pleistocene). AGE: Assigned to Late Pleistocene (A. Hendy, 2007). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From Unit 4, a 25 ft thick shell marl. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | medium,shelly/skeletal,gray unlithified sandy marl |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Shell marl, sandy quartz grains medium, subangular to rounded; loosely consolidated, dark gray, fossils well preserved and abundant. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on facies description. | |
Environment: | coastal indet. |
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine, siliciclastic. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Abundance in sediment: | abundant |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | core,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Florida Geological Survey, 1954. REPOSITORY: Not stated, but presumably the Florida Geological Survey. | |
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Reasonably modern nomenclature with species resolution assignments. |
Metadata
Database number: | 80001 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2008-03-31 22:52:45 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-03-31 22:52:45 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
25514. | J. R. DuBar. 1958. Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Late Neogene strata of the Caloosahatchee River area of southern Florida. Florida Geological Survey Bulletin 40:1-267 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |