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Florida, Tamiami Formation Shell, Pliocene?, What is it?


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Picked this up at a dry land site some time back and forgot about it. While going through my fossil boxes recently, I re-found it. It came out of the Tamiami Fm. near Sarasota with a lot of other Pliocene/Pleistocene material. There seemed to be some Miocene mixed in there as well, so I am not sure where to start with this one. Does anyone know what it is?

 

Thanks!
 

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It is an oyster,  Ostrea .sp Unfortunately,  the oysters in the Pleistocene, Pliocene, and Miocene of Florida all have different species names

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1 hour ago, Shellseeker said:

It is an oyster,  Ostrea .sp Unfortunately,  the oysters in the Pleistocene, Pliocene, and Miocene of Florida all have different species names

 

Thanks! Oyster points me in the right direction.  :)

 

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6 hours ago, Shellseeker said:

It is an oyster,  Ostrea .sp Unfortunately,  the oysters in the Pleistocene, Pliocene, and Miocene of Florida all have different species names

That’s wher my oyster ID’s stop as well: Ostrea sp.

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Placuanomia plicata (Tuomey & Holmes, 1855)

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