Conus
(Contraconus) lindajoyceae (Petuch,
1991)
Edward J. Petuch actually, Contraconus
lindajoyceae is from the Buckingham Member of the Tamiami Formation (not
Caloosahatchee).
It is a much rarer species than adversarius, which is found in
the younger Pinecrest Member of the Tamiami Formation. Neither lindajoyceae
nor adversarius are found in the Caloosahatchee Formation, which is
around 1 million years younger than the Pinecrest Member
Contraconus lindajoyceae is Piacenzian Pliocene from the Buckingham Member of
the Tamiami Formation. ( Petuch Unit 10). 3.4-3.6 M.Y A. The Buckingham is now
put only in the end of the Piacenzian Pliocene not Zanclean anymore.
By Edward
Petuch: The Buckingham Member of the Tamiami Formation is earliest
Piacenzian Age, right after the end of the Zanclean Age, at about 4 million
years
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Contraconus lindjoyceae (Petuch 1991) [ 88,4 x 32,3
mm. ] Tamiami
Formation, Buckingham Member Piacenziano (Pliocene) – Sarasota [AZFC N. 163-00 ] |
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Contraconus lindajoyceae (Petuch 1991) [ 88,4 x 32,3
mm. ] Piacenziano
(Pliocene) – Sarasota [AZFC N. 163-00 ] |
Contraconus lindajoyceae (Petuch 1991) mm. 84,5 |
Contraconus
lindajoyceae Holotype (CM 35660) APAC Quarry,
Sarasota County, Florida. Tamiami Formation, Pinecrest Beds SL 79.2 mm; MD
29.1 mm. |
(Petuch 1991) mm. 40 Arcadia,
Pleistocene, Florida, USA (Michel Brault) |
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Collected in the Buckingham Member
(Petuch Unit 10) of the Tamiami Formation in the 1980’s |
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