PRI Loc. 1753 (sample 30, repilcate B) - Anastasia Fm (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Palm Beach County, Florida (26.9° N, 80.1° W: paleocoordinates 26.9° N, 80.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Anastasia Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Presumably from Anastasia Fm. AGE: Late Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation. See Sellards (1912) for original description - Sellards, E. H., 1912, Florida Geological Survey Fourth Annual Report, p. 1-79.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow-marine, siliciclastic environment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandstone, shelly. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on observation of specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Reposited in the PRI

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• COLLECTOR: V.G. Sleight, 1948. REPOSITORY: PRI. COMMENTS: Split 1 of 2 subsamples.

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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.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 80027: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.04.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• TAXONOMY: Identified by A. Hendy; nomenclature based on revision of Abbott (1974) [PBDB Ref# 19379].
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima Say 1820 Atlantic Nut Clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Lunarca ovalis Bruguiere 1789 ark
 Carditida - Carditidae
Carditamera floridana Conrad 1838 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Stewartia floridana Conrad 1833 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Laevicardium laevigatum" = Laevicardium serratum
"Laevicardium laevigatum" = Laevicardium serratum Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Eurytellina sp." = Tellina (Eurytellina), "Moerella sp." = Tellina (Moerella)
"Eurytellina sp." = Tellina (Eurytellina) Fischer 1887 tellin clam
"Moerella sp." = Tellina (Moerella) Fischer 1887 tellin clam
 Cardiida -
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
"Dosinia elegans" = Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans Conrad 1838 venus clam
Transennella stimpsoni Dall 1902 venus clam
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Latirus sp. Monfort 1810 snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Nassarius (Nassarius) vibex" = Nassarius vibex
"Nassarius (Nassarius) vibex" = Nassarius vibex Say 1822 snail
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Busycon contrarium Conrad 1840 whelk
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
"Terebra dislocata" = Strioterebrum dislocatum
"Terebra dislocata" = Strioterebrum dislocatum Say 1822 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus jaspideus Gmelin 1791 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella mutica Say 1822 olive snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium muscarum Say 1832 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Modulidae
Modulus modulus Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla striata BruguiƩre 1792 snail