Well 26b Broward County: Pliocene, Florida
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Cerithium sp.
Bruguière 1789
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva sp.
Bruguière 1789
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| thick parietal callus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Marginella limatula
Conrad 1834
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| recombined as Prunum limatulum | ||||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Mytilus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara sp.
Gray 1847
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten cf. eboreus
(Conrad 1833)
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| recombined as Carolinapecten eboreus | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia (Pteromeris) perplana
(Dall 1903)
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| recombined as Pteromeris perplana | ||||||||||
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Cardita (Carditamera) sp.
(Conrad 1838)
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| original and current combination Carditamera | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Gemma magna
Dall 1903
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Chione (Athleta) sp.
von Mühlfield 1811
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Chione cancellata
(Linnaeus 1767)
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Chione (Lirophora) latilirata
(Conrad 1841)
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| recombined as Lirophora (Lirophora) latilirata | ||||||||||
| subspecies athleta | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Florida | County: | Broward |
| Coordinates: | 26.4° North, 80.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 26.4° North, 80.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Tamiami | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Determined from cores from test wells drilled by US Corps of Engineers in 1950
7 ft below sea level Age determination revised in more recent papers (see Lithostratigraphy, Petrography, Biostratigraphy, and Strontium-Isotope Stratigraphy of the Surficial Aquifer System of Western Collier County, Florida, Edwards et al., 1998, USGS Open-File Report 98-205) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal silty,sandy marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Changes laterally from shelly marl to soft silty limestone to the silty sand and clayey marl | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | core |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: observed from cores | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 75016 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | K. Bulinski |
| Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-09-13 19:29:20 | Last modified: | 2011-07-25 20:29:22 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-09-13 19:29:20 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25303. | M. C. Schroeder and H. Klein. 1954. Geology of the Western Everglades Area, Southern Florida. United States Geological Survey Circular 314 [A. Miller/K. Bulinski/P. Wagner] |