Terramar Pit [Suwannee Limestone]: Early/Lower Oligocene, Florida
collected by Kendrew & Petuch

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Apicula bowenae
Clavolithes vicksburgensis
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Calliostoma silicatum
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Astraea (Astralium) polkensis Petuch 1997
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Suwannescapha lindae Petuch 1997
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Prismacerithium prisma Petuch 1997
Bittium caseyi
Cerithioclava eutextile
Cestumcerithium vaginatum (Mansfield 1937)
Cestumcerithium liveoakensis (Mansfield 1937)
Cestumcerithium pascoensis (Mansfield 1937)
Cestumcerithium brooksvillensis (Mansfield 1937)
Cerithium cookei
Cerithium (Thericium) insulatum Dall 1916
Semivertagus menthafontis
spelled with current rank as Clava (Semivertagus)
Semivertagus silicium
spelled with current rank as Clava (Semivertagus)
Gastropoda - Batillariidae
Pyrazisinus kendrewi Petuch 1997
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Torcula caseyi
Torcula mississippiensis
Gastropoda - Modulidae
Modulus liveoakensis
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Telescopium blackwaterensis
Telescopium hernandoensis
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea conradi
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Pachycrommium mansfieldi
Pachycrommium dalli Petuch 1997
Ampullinopsis flintensis
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica caseyi
Sinum mississippiensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Pallacera vicksburgensis
Pallacera caseyi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Solenosteira suwanneensis Petuch 1997
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Myristica crassicornuta
spelled with current rank as Melongena (Myristica)
Spinifulgur gemmulatum Petuch 1997
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Fusimitra conquista
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae
Euclathurella liveoakensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra (Terebrellina) divisura
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus (Leptoconus) cookei Dall 1916
Conus (Asprella) kendrewi Petuch 1997
Conorbis porcellanus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Polystira subsimilis
Pleurofusia brooksvillensis
Pleurofusia plutonica
Pleurofusia servata
Pleurofusia dowlingi Petuch 1997
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella vicksburgensis
Olivella liveoakensis
Oliva (Omogymna) brooksvillensis (Mansfield 1937)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Conomitra staminea
Conomitra crenulata
Conomitra kendrewi Petuch 1997
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Vasum suwanneensis Petuch 1997
Turbinella suwanneensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum ericae
Prunum jessicae Petuch 1997
Prunum sandrae Petuch 1997
Hyalina silicicifluvia
Dentimargo dalli Petuch 1997
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Falsilyria mansfieldi
Falsilyria kendrewi Petuch 1997
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Poirieria (Dallmurex) rufirupicolus
Chicoreus stetopus
Pterynotus propeposti (Mansfield 1937)
Talityphis mississippiensis
synonym of Typhina
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
Persicula macneili
Persicula suwanneensis Petuch 1997
Persicula dockeryi Petuch 1997
Gastropoda - Thersiteidae
Orthaulax hernandoensis (Mansfield 1937)
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraeorbis kendrewi Petuch 1997
Gastropoda - Personidae
Distorsio (Rhyssema) crassidens
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Phalium caelatura
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus mississippiensis Conrad 1848
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Crassispirella lyopleura
spelled with current rank as Crassispira (Crassispirella)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris suwannensis Mansfield 1937
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Chione bainbridgensis Dall 1916
recombined as Chione (Chionopsis) bainbridgensis
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Phacoides hernandoensis Mansfield 1937
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella portelli Devries 2016
Devries 2016 10 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora minutissima Vaughan 1900
synonym of Stylophora minor
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea bainbridgensis (Vaughan 1919)
synonym of Montastraea endothecata
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Antiguastrea silicensis
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Polk
Coordinates: 28.2° North, 82.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:28.2° North, 75.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Rupelian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Early/Lower Oligocene
Age range of interval:33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Suwannee Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Suwannee Fm of the Vicksburg Group. AGE: Early Oligocene (Latdorfian) based on correlation with the Gulf Coastal Plain succession. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal poorly lithified cherty/siliceous "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Residual unconsolidated calcilutite and blocks of dense, partially silicified limestone. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, based on facies description and figured specimens.
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow, less than 5 m water depth, quiet-water carbonate lagoon.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,replaced with silica
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Fragmentation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:FMNH
Collectors:Kendrew & Petuch
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: E. Kendrew and E. Petuch. REPOSITORY:UF (University of Florida, Gainesville, FL) = FLMNH.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, and with bivalvia and anthozoa mentioned. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative pubication with species and subgenus resolution taxonomic assignments.
Metadata
Database number:80184
Authorizer:A. Hendy, W. Kiessling Enterer:A. Hendy, M. Krause
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-04-08 13:48:00 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2008-04-08 13:48:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
26976. E. J. Petuch. 1997. A new gastropod fauna from an Oligocene back-reef lagoonal environment in west central Florida. The Nautilus 110(4):122-138 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

59889 T. J. Devries. 2016. Fossil Cenozoic crassatelline bivalves from Peru: New species and generic insights. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 61 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]