PRI Loc. 1957 (sample 33) - Pinecrest Mbr, Tamiami Fm (Pliocene of the United States)

Also known as Olsson Loc. 1094

Where: Miami-Dade County, Florida (25.7° N, 80.3° W: paleocoordinates 25.7° N, 79.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pinecrest Member (Tamiami Formation), Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Pinecrest Mbr, Tamiami Fm. AGE: Late Pliocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, fine-grained, shelly/skeletal sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow-marine, siliciclastic environment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Fine sandstone, shelly. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, based on observation of specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Reposited in the PRI

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• COLLECTOR: A. Olsson. REPOSITORY: PRI. FIDELITY: High ecological fidelity.

Primary reference: 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 69044: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.02.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• TAXONOMY: Identified by A. Hendy; nomenclature based on revision of Olsson and Harbison (1953) [PBDB Ref# 11206].
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Fissurella sp. Bruguière 1789 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Haminoeidae
Haminoea sp. Turton and Kingston 1830 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus graniferus worm shell
[entered as Petaloconchus granifera]
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
"Oliva sayana" = Oliva (Ispidula) sayana Ravenel 1834 olive snail
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
"Costoanachis sp." = Anachis (Costoanachis)
"Costoanachis sp." = Anachis (Costoanachis) Sacco 1890 snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Calotrophon sp. Hertlein and Strong 1951 murex snail
Urosalpinx sp. Stimpson 1865 murex snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea centralis Conrad 1841 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella (Torcula) sp." = Torcula, Turritella sp.
"Turritella (Torcula) sp." = Torcula Gray 1847 turret shell
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Rhinoclavis sp. Swainson 1840 cerith snail
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814 tellin clam
Tellina (Tellina) sp. Lamarck 1799 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Chione cribraria Conrad 1843 venus clam
"Lirophora latilirata" = Lirophora (Lirophora) latilirata Conrad 1841 venus clam
Transennella conradina Dall 1884 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactrotoma sp. Dall 1894 surfclam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Carditamera arata Conrad 1832 clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Tucetona arata Conrad 1841 clam
 Arcida - Noetiidae
Arcopsis adamsi Dall 1886 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arca wagneriana Heilprin 1887 ark
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop
Cirripedia
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