Where: Hendry County, Florida (26.7° N, 81.5° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 27.2° N, 80.4° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Pinecrest Member (Tamiami Formation), Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONSHIPS: From the Pinecrest Mbr of the Tamiami Formation, and is correlative to the Morgats Beach Mbr of the Yorktown Fm, Duplin, and upper beds of the Jackson Bluff Fm. AGE: Late Pliocene, mid-Piacenzian, on the basis of macrofssil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal, argillaceous, sandy marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original calcite
Collected by Mansfield
• COLLECTORS: Mansfield. REPOSITORY: Not stated.
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 79797: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Chlamys eboreus buckinghamensis scallop
Chlamys nodosus floridensis scallop | |
Chione latilirata athleta venus clam | |
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam | |
"Anadara lienosa" = Anadara (Rasia) lienosa, "Anadara scalaris" = Cunearca scalaris, "Navicula occidentalis" = Arca, "Navicula umbonata" = Arca
"Anadara lienosa" = Anadara (Rasia) lienosa Say 1832 ark
"Anadara scalaris" = Cunearca scalaris Conrad 1844 ark
"Navicula occidentalis" = Arca ark
"Navicula umbonata" = Arca ark | |
Ostrea meridionalis oyster
Ostrea disparilis oyster | |
Chlamys caloosensis Mansfield 1939 scallop
Pecten ochlockoneensis scallop
Pecten wendelli Tucker 1934 scallop | |
Placunanomia plicata Tuomey and Holmes 1857 scallop
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845 jingle | |
"Lima (Mantellum) carolinensis" = Limaria (Limaria) carolinensis
"Lima (Mantellum) carolinensis" = Limaria (Limaria) carolinensis Dall 1898 file clam | |
Venericardia olga Mansfield 1939 clam | |
"Chione ulocyma" = Lirophora (Panchione) ulocyma
"Chione ulocyma" = Lirophora (Panchione) ulocyma Dall 1895 venus clam | |
Thracia (Cyathodonta) sp. Conrad 1849 clam |