Warren Brothers Pit, Sarasota: Late/Upper Pliocene, Florida
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten eboreus
(Conrad 1833)
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| recombined as Carolinapecten eboreus | ||||||||||
| subsp. darlingtonensis | ||||||||||
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Pecten sp.
Müller 1776
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Ostrea haitensis
Sowerby 1850
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| recombined as Hyotissa haitensis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Murex globosus
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Conus adversarius
Conrad 1840
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| recombined as Conus (Contraconus) adversarius | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria propevenusta
Mansfield 1930
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| recombined as Massyla propevenusta | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Mussidae
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? Isophyllia desotoensis n. sp.
Weisbord 1974
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Diploria sarasotana n. sp.
Weisbord 1974
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Rhizangiidae
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Astrangia leonensis
Weisbord 1971
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Septastrea marylandica
(Conrad 1841)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Faviidae
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Solenastrea bournoni
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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Solenastrea hyades
(Dana 1846)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Oculinidae
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Oculina sarasotana n. sp.
Weisbord 1971
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Weisbord 1971 | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Siderastreidae
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Siderastrea dalli
Vaughan 1919
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Siderastrea pliocenica
Vaughan 1919
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Florida | County: | Sarasota |
| Coordinates: | 27.3° North, 82.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.4° North, 81.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | shelly/skeletal lithified sandstone |
| Lithology description: 2 oyster biostromes, 1-1.5 m thick | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | peel or thin section,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 3909 | ||
| Database number: | 85448 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-12-19 04:52:19 | Last modified: | 2011-07-25 20:56:02 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-03-19 04:52:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28823. | N. E. Weisbord. 1974. Late Cenozoic corals of south Florida. Bulletins of American Paleontology 66(285):259-544 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |
Secondary references:
| 39743 | N. E. Weisbord. 1971. Corals from the Chipola and Jackson Bluff Formations of Florida. Geological Bulletin State of Florida Department of Natural Resources Division of Interior Resources Bureau of Geology 53:1-105 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel] |