F.G.S. Well 14, unit 3 [Caloosahatchee Fm]: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Chlamys solarioides Heilprin 1887
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula cf. fornicata (Linnaeus 1758)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella subannulata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella pardalis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius bidentata
Nassarius cf. floridensis Olsson and Harbison 1953
replaced by Nassarius antillarum
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus stearnsii (Conrad 1869)
synonym of Conus jaspideus
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Physidae
Physa sp. Draparnaud 1801
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana acuta (Conrad 1832)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita arata (Conrad 1832)
recombined as Carditamera arata
Cardita tridentata (Say 1826)
recombined as Pleuromeris tridentata
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Phacoides waccamawensis Dall 1903
recombined as Bellucina waccamawensis
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Varicorbula caloosae
spelled with current rank as Corbula (Varicorbula)
Caryocorbula leonensis
original and current combination Corbula (Caryocorbula)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Chione grus (Holmes 1858)
recombined as Timoclea grus
Chione gardnerae
Chione cancellata (Linnaeus 1767)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris arata (Conrad 1841)
recombined as Tucetona arata
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys anteamplicostatus (Mansfield 1936)
recombined as Argopecten anteamplicostata
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Glades
Coordinates: 27.0° North, 81.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:27.0° North, 80.8° West
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Caloosahatchee
Local section:F.G.S. Well 14 Local bed:45 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Caloosahatchee Fm, which is in this section overlain by the Fort Thompson Fm (Late Pleistocene). AGE: Assigned to Early Pleistocene (A. Hendy, 2007). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From Unit 3, a 10 ft thick sandy marl.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal,white unlithified sandy,calcareous marl
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Marl, sandy, calcareous, compact, quartz grains fine to medium, subangular to rounded, cream, very fossiliferous. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, based on facies description.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine, siliciclastic.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Abundance in sediment:abundant
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:core,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Florida Geological Survey, 1954. REPOSITORY: Not stated, but presumably the Florida Geological Survey.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Reasonably modern nomenclature with species resolution assignments.
Metadata
Database number:80357
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2008-04-13 21:43:03 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2008-04-13 21:43:03
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
25514. 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]