F.G.S. Well 13, unit 1 [Caloosahatchee Fm]: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
"Turbonilla" informal sp. B Risso 1826
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla occidentalis (Adams 1850)
synonym of Bulla striata
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium muscarum Say 1832
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus 1758)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Columbella rusticoides Heilprin 1887
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius vibex (Say 1822)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Hanetia mengeana (Dall 1890)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella mutica (Say 1822)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella pardalis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys cf. gibbus (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Argopecten gibbus
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara campyla (Dall 1898)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Laevicardium mortoni (Conrad 1831)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina informal sp. B Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Anomalocardia caloosana
Chione cancellata (Linnaeus 1767)
Pitar sayana (Conrad 1833)
synonym of Pitar morrhuanus
Macrocallista nimbosa (Solander 1786)
recombined as Macrocallista (Macrocallista) nimbosa
Transennella caloosana
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Phacoides multilineatus (Conrad 1841)
recombined as Parvilucina multistriata
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita floridana (Conrad 1838)
original and current combination Carditamera floridana
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, 80.8° West
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Caloosahatchee
Local section:F.G.S. Well 13 Local bed:15 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Caloosahatchee Fm, which is in this section overlain by the Fort Thompson Fm (Late Pleistocene). AGE: Assigned to Early Pleistocene (A. Hendy, 2007). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From Unit 1, a 30 ft thick sandy marl.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine,medium,shelly/skeletal,gray unlithified sandy marl
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Marl, sandy, calcareous, quartz grains fine to medium and subangular to rounded, 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:80002
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2008-03-31 22:56:02 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2008-03-31 22:56:02
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]