MCZ C. Jones Loc. 45 [Jackson Bluff Fm]: Late/Upper Pliocene, Florida
collected by Jones
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Pseudotorinia nupera
Conrad 1834
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Torcula alumensis
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Petaloconchus graniferus
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| [entered as Petaloconchus granifera] | ||||||||||
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Petaloconchus sculpturatus
Lea 1846
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula fornicata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Crepidula spinosa
Conrad 1843
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Bostrycapulus aculeatus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Calliostoma philonthopus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Marvacrassatella meridianalis
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte floridana
(Dall 1903)
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11 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cyclocardia granulata
(Say 1824)
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Transenella carolinae
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Transennella | ||||||||||
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Chione erosa
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Lirophora latilirata
(Conrad 1841)
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12 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Lirophora (Lirophora) latilirata | ||||||||||
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Lirophora ulocyma
(Dall 1895)
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Mercenaria rileyi
(Conrad 1838)
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| recombined as Mercenaria campechiensis rileyi | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Semele alumensis
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Bothrocorbula sp.
Gabb 1873
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Caryocorbula inaequalis
(Say 1824)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Corbula inaequalis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiolus sp.
(Lamarck 1801)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Chama striata
Smith 1817
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) virgula | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Placunanomia plicata
Tuomey and Holmes 1857
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula marginata
Say 1824
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Plicatula gibbosa | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Aequipecten camperilis
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara callicestosa
(Dall 1898)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| [entered as Anadara callicetosa] | ||||||||||
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Anadara lienosa
(Say 1832)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Anadara (Rasia) lienosa | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Tucetona sp.
Iredale 1939
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Glycymeris americana
(Defrance 1826)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Thecostraca
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Cirripedia indet.
Rafinesque 1816
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Florida | County: | Leon |
| Coordinates: | 30.4° North, 84.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.5° North, 84.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Alum Bluff | Formation: | Jackson Bluff | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Talus from bed similar to Loc. 42 on road to edge of Jackson Bluff | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | brown,red unlithified argillaceous sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Reddish-brown clayey sand | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow-marine, restricted/sheltered, fine-grained siliciclastic environment. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection |
| Minimum sieve size: | 4.000 |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | MCZ |
| Collectors: | Jones |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Carol Jones, ~1970's. REPOSITORY: MCZ, Harvard. FIDELITY: High ecologic fidelity. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:TAXONOMY: Identified by A. Hendy; nomenclature based on revision of Glenn (1904), Ward (1992), and Petuch (2004). | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 80044 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | K. Bulinski |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-04-01 21:57:20 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-04-01 21:57:20 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 19909. | A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 26931 | C. C. Jones. 1976. The biology and evolution of Chione (Bivalvia: Veneridae) in the eastern coastal plains of North America. Unpublished Ph.D thesis, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |