Where: Hendry County, Florida (26.8° N, 80.9° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 27.1° N, 80.2° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Caloosahatchee Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Caloosahatchee Fm. AGE: Early Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, coarse-grained, shelly/skeletal sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collected by Palmer in 1938; reposited in the PRI
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COLLECTOR: K.V.W. Palmer, 1938. REPOSITORY: PRI, Ithaca, NY. 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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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 69029: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.02.2007, edited by Kate Bulinski
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Cirripedia | |
Cirripedia indet. barnacle | |
Gastropoda | |
Turbo sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
"Cerithium (Thericium) triticum" = Thericium
"Cerithium (Thericium) triticum" = Thericium snail | |
Conus jaspideus Gmelin 1791 cone shell | |
Cymatosyrinx sp. Dall 1889 snail | |
Busycon sp. Röding 1798 whelk | |
Nassarius sp., "Nassarius (Nassarius) vibex" = Nassarius vibex
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806 snail
"Nassarius (Nassarius) vibex" = Nassarius vibex Say 1822 snail | |
"Fusinus (Heilprinia) caloosaensis" = Heilprinia caloosaensis, Latirus sp.
"Fusinus (Heilprinia) caloosaensis" = Heilprinia caloosaensis Heilprin 1887 snail
Latirus sp. Monfort 1810 snail | |
Solenosteira mengeana true whelk | |
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell | |
Eupleura caudata Say 1822 murex snail
Typhinellus floridonus murex snail | |
Olivella mutica, "Oliva sayana" = Oliva (Ispidula) sayana
Olivella mutica Say 1822 olive snail
"Oliva sayana" = Oliva (Ispidula) sayana Ravenel 1834 olive snail | |
Agatrix sp. Petit 1967 nutmeg
Cancellaria sp. Lamarck 1799 snail | |
Subcancilla sp. Olsson and Harbison 1953 mitre shell | |
Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail | |
Teinostoma sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail | |
Crucibulum (Dispotaea) sp. Say 1824 slipper shell
Crepidula plana Say 1822 slipper shell | |
Turritella apicalis, Turritella (Eichwaldiella) subanulata, Turritella (Bactrospira) perattenuata, Vermicularia recta
Turritella apicalis turret shell
Turritella (Eichwaldiella) subanulata turret shell
Turritella (Bactrospira) perattenuata Heilprin 1886 turret shell
Vermicularia recta turret shell | |
Modulus modulus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Bulla striata Bruguiére 1792 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Tucetona sp. Iredale 1939 clam | |
Arcopsis adamsi Dall 1886 clam | |
"Anadara lienosa" = Anadara (Rasia) lienosa Say 1832 ark | |
Crassostrea sp. Sacco 1897 oyster | |
"Chlamys fuscopurpureus" = Lindapecten muscosus
"Chlamys fuscopurpureus" = Lindapecten muscosus Wood 1828 scallop | |
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa
"Plicatula marginata" = Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
Pleuromeris tridentata Say 1826 clam
Carditamera floridana Conrad 1838 clam | |
Bellucina waccamawensis Dall 1903 clam
Lucinisca nassula Conrad 1846 clam
"Parvilucina multilineata" = Parvilucina multistriata Conrad 1841 clam | |
"Laevicardium laevigatum" = Laevicardium serratum Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Americardia media Linnaeaus 1758 cockle
Trachycardium emmonsi cockle | |
"Moerella sp." = Tellina (Moerella), "Scissula candeana" = Moerella (Scissula)
"Moerella sp." = Tellina (Moerella) Fischer 1887 tellin clam
"Scissula candeana" = Moerella (Scissula) tellin clam | |
Mulinia sapotila clam
Mactrotoma fragilus surfclam | |
Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
Anomalocardia caloosana venus clam
Transennella conradiana venus clam
Pitar morrhuanus Dall 1902 venus clam
Gemma gemma Totten 1834 venus clam | |
Arcinella cornuta Conrad 1866 jewel box
Chama congregata Conrad 1833 jewel box | |
Teredinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 clam | |
Cyrtopleura costata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
"Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria
"Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam | |
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"Pandora (Clidiophora) sp." = Clidiophora
"Pandora (Clidiophora) sp." = Clidiophora Carpenter 1864 clam | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin |