Station 1/1179, Tamiami Trail, Caloosahatchee Fm., Collier County, FL
Monroe County, Florida25.74600, −81.94000
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About Station 1/1179, Tamiami Trail, Caloosahatchee Fm., Collier County, FL
Station 1/1179, Tamiami Trail, Caloosahatchee Fm., Collier County, FL is a fossil collection site in Monroe, Florida, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Caloosahatchee Formation, dated to the Early Pleistocene (2.58–0.774 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Byssoarca zebra, Hyotissa haitensis, Argopecten, Lyropecten tamiamiensis, Spondylus, Cardium.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Caloosahatchee
- Geologic interval
- Early Pleistocene
- Age
- 2.58–0.774 Ma
- Depositional environment
- marine indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 11
Locality notes
Lat/long based on town of Pinecrest; Tamiami Trail, 9 miles west of Pinecrest, in sec. 13, T 54 S, R 32 E
Fossils found here
Byssoarca zebra
Bivalvia · Arcidae
Hyotissa haitensis
Bivalvia · Gryphaeidae
Argopecten
Bivalvia · Pectinidae
Lyropecten tamiamiensis
Bivalvia · Pectinidae
Spondylus
Bivalvia · Spondylidae
Cardium
Bivalvia · Cardiidae
Chione cancellata
Bivalvia · Veneridae
Venus
Bivalvia · Veneridae
Cassidulus (Rhynchopygus) evergladensis
Echinoidea · Cassidulidae
Bryozoa
Bryozoa
Cirripedia
Thecostraca
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 41209 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Questions about Station 1/1179, Tamiami Trail, Caloosahatchee Fm., Collier County, FL
Can you collect at Station 1/1179, Tamiami Trail, Caloosahatchee Fm., Collier County, FL?
It depends on who owns the land and whether a mining claim covers it. BLM land usually allows hand collecting for personal use, national parks allow none, and private land needs the owner’s permission. Pro members see the owner and any claims at this spot.
What minerals are found at Station 1/1179, Tamiami Trail, Caloosahatchee Fm., Collier County, FL?
Fossil.
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Source: Paleobiology Database.