The Fossil Cypraeidae of the Fruitville Member (Unit 3) and Kissimmee River Valley Equivalent, Tamiami Formation of Southern Florida: (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeidae)

The Festivus ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-85
Author(s):  
John Daughenbaugh
Keyword(s):  
River Valley ◽  
Kissimmee River ◽  
Southern Florida

Four species of the Pahayokea (Gardnericypraea) Petuch and Drolshagen, 2011 subgenus are reclassified as Akleistostoma (Gardnericypraea) subgenus species. This represents a continuation of geographically separate, but parallel, evolutionary tracks throughout the Piacenzian Pliocene Tamiami Formation

Two New Cassis (Gastropoda: Cassidae) and a New Malea (Gastropoda: Tonnidae) from the Pliocene and Pleistocene Beds of Southern Florida

The Festivus ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
Edward Petuch ◽  
David Berschauer
Keyword(s):  
River Valley ◽  
Early Pleistocene ◽  
Kissimmee River ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Southern Florida ◽  
Direct Ancestor

Two new fossil Helmet Shells of the genus Cassis Scopoli, 1777 (Cassidae) and a new fossil Grinning Tun Shell of the genus Malea Valenciennes, 1832 (Tonnidae) are described from the Pliocene and Pleistocene fossil beds of southern Florida. The new Helmet Shells, Cassis rasae n. sp. and Cassis viliusi n. sp., were both collected in the rich fossil beds of the Holey Land Member of the Bermont Formation (Calabrian Stage, Early Pleistocene) and the new Grinning Tun, Malea hyaducki n. sp., was collected in the Fruitville Member (Kissimmee River Valley equivalent beds) of the Tamiami Formation (late Piacenzian Stage of the Pliocene). The discovery of two new large Helmet Shells in the Holey Land Member demonstrates that four species of Cassis are present in the Bermont Formation, making this the single largest fossil Cassis fauna found anywhere on Earth. The new Grinning Tun represents the oldest-known Malea found in Florida, and is the direct ancestor of the Gelasian Pleistocene Malea springi (Caloosahatchee Formation) and the Calabrian Pleistocene Malea petiti (Bermont Formation).

The Fossil Cypraeidae of the Fruitville Member (Unit 2) and Kissimmee River Valley Equivalent, Tamiami Formation of Southern Florida: (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeidae)

The Festivus ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-153
Author(s):  
John Daughenbaugh
Keyword(s):  
River Valley ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Kissimmee River ◽  
Extinction Event ◽  
Southern Florida

Unit 2 was the last member of the Tamiami Formation of the Late Piacenzian Pliocene. Its ending signaled the commencement of a two stage extinction event. The first stage wounding event resulted in the disappearance of the Akleistostoma (Gardner, 1948), Calusacypraea (Petuch, 1996) and Pseudadusta (Petuch, 2004) genera and the end of the Tamiami Formation.

scholarly journals The Fossil Cypraeidae of the Pinecrest Member (Unit 7) and Kissimmee River Valley Equivalent, Tamiami Formation of Southern Florida: (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeidae)

The Festivus ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-132
Author(s):  
John Daughenbaugh
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
River Valley ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Lagoon System ◽  
Kissimmee River ◽  
Tropical Conditions ◽  
Sea Grass ◽  
Southern Florida

Following the disappearance of the seven Buckingham Member (Unit 10) Cypraeidae from the Myakka Lagoon System (Myakka), there was a hiatus represented by two strata at Sarasota (Pinecrest Members 9 & 8) in the early Piacenzian Pliocene, 3.6 million years ago (“mya”), from which no Cypraeidae have been recorded. This was followed by the warmest and most tropical conditions of the entire Pliocene. The sea grass beds and mud flats, which were the preferred habitats of the Pinecrest Cypraeidae, returned in force. The depositional strata which resulted, Pinecrest (Unit 7) and its Kissimmee River Valley Equivalent, were very thick and probably represent a long period of uninterrupted deposition. Eight new species in six genera emerged in Myakka. In the Kissimmee River Valley (Kissimmee), six new species in three genera (one new) emerged as the first and earliest known Cypraeidae species from that area. This represented geographically separate, but parallel, evolutionary tracks. Pinecrest Members 6 & 5 represented a repeat of the conditions experienced during Pinecrest Members 9 & 8, resulting in the disappearance of all Pinecrest (Unit 7) Cypraeidae from Myakka and Kissimmee.

The Fossil Cypraeidae of the Fruitville Member (Unit 4) and Kissimmee River Valley Equivalent, Tamiami Formation of Southern Florida: (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeidae)

The Festivus ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 273-283
Author(s):  
John Daughenbaugh
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Maximum Size ◽  
River Valley ◽  
Wide Spread ◽  
Sea Levels ◽  
Cooling Period ◽  
Lagoon System ◽  
Kissimmee River ◽  
Tropical Conditions ◽  
Southern Florida

The disappearance of all Pinecrest and equivalent Cypraeidae species from most of their habitats was caused by the circa 200,000 year cooling period in the mid Piacenzian Pliocene, c. 3.2-3.0 mya, and the associated significantly lower sea levels and dry terrestrial conditions in southern Florida. The cooling period was followed by a warming period, which resulted in the Tamiami Subsea being flooded to its maximum size and produced wide-spread tropical conditions throughout southern Florida, roughly similar to today’s southwest Pacific. This resulted in the renewed radiation and speciation of the Cypraeidae populations. In the Myakka Lagoon System, the eight Pinecrest Member (Unit 7) Cypraeidae species in five genera were followed by ten new species in five genera which emerged in Fruitville (Unit 4) time. In the Kissimmee River Valley, the five Unit 7 equivalent species in three genera were followed by eight new species in three genera, which emerged in that area. The number of genera remains consistent at three with the only species previously assigned to Pseudadusta Petuch, 2004 placed into synonymy with Akleistotoma bairdi (Petuch, 2004). This represented a continuation of geographically separate, but parallel, evolutionary tracks.

Spatial and Temporal Water Allocation in the Kissimmee River Basin

1977 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
John E. Reynolds ◽  
J. Richard Conner
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Water Allocation ◽  
Cooperative Effort ◽  
The Public ◽  
Available Water ◽  
Kissimmee River ◽  
Strong Competition ◽  
Southern Florida

In many areas of the country, there is strong competition among agricultural, municipal, industrial and other users of water. Water managers are faced with the problem of allocating available water among alternative uses.The study [11] upon which this paper is based was a cooperative effort with the Central and Southern Florida Control District which is typical of many water management districts making decisions regarding allocation of a limited amount of water among uses and users. When the District was formed, it was developed with emphasis on facilities to provide relief from flooding. Water management responsibilities such as water supply, recreation and the preservation and enhancement of fish and wildlife have become important to the public and consequently have received recognition by those responsible for managing the water.

Tospovirus-Resistant Tomato Varieties for Southern Florida

EDIS ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca L. Wente ◽  
Samuel F. Hutton ◽  
Scott Adkins ◽  
William Turechek ◽  
Joseph E. Funderburk
Keyword(s):  
Virus Resistance ◽  
Commercial Production ◽  
Dade County ◽  
Resistant Varieties ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Southern Florida

Authors describe performance of Tospovirus-resistant tomato varieties under commercial production settings in Dade County, FL. Virus resistance has become important for this area since the emergence of two new tomato-infecting tospoviruses. Knowledge of availability and performance of resistant varieties will help growers who are looking for alternative varieties.

CIRCLING BACK: CHRONICLE OF A TEXAS RIVER VALLEY

1997 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-134
Author(s):  
Joanne M. Westphal
Keyword(s):  
River Valley

Globally endangered butterflies (Lepidoptera) protected in the natural reserve «Dniprovsko-Orilsky»

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 47-54
Author(s):  
K. K. Holoborodko ◽  
V. O. Makhina ◽  
K. S. Buchnieva ◽  
O. E. Pakhomov
Keyword(s):  
Rare Species ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Taxonomic Diversity ◽  
Red List ◽  
River Valley ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Natural Reserve ◽  
Western Palearctic ◽  
Mediterranean Origin ◽  
Northern Species

Floodplain valley of the Dnieper river midstream is a unique natural complex, having a great bìogeographical, ecological, environmental, historical and recreational values. In 1990, the Natural reserve «Dniprovsko-Orilsky» was established within the area. The Natural reserve «Dniprovsko-Orilsky» is environmentally protected site within the Dnipropetrovsk region, Dnipropetrovsk oblast, Ukraine. This reserve occupies part of the Dnieper river valley and marshy and reedy banks of Protovch river (existing bed of Oril river). It was created by Regulation of the Council of Ministers of the USSR of 15 September 1990, No. 262, based on common zoological and ornitological Nature reserves «Taromskì plavni» and «Obukhovskie zaplavy». On the territory of the Natural reserve «Dniprovsko-Orilsky», they were registered 32 Lepidoptera species listed in the List of Threatened Species at different categories (5 species in IUCN Red List ; 18 in Red Data Book of Ukraine; 7 in European Red List of plants and animals endangered on a global scale; 31 in Red Book of Dnipropetrovsk oblast). The main scientific materials were author’s collections from area of research and materials of entomological funds, Department of Zoology and Ecology, Oles Honchar Dnipropetrovsk National University (mostly Memorial Collection of V. O. Barsov). Field surveys covered all the ecosystems basic on size and degree of protection. The author’s researches have conducted over the past decade during annual expeditions to the Reserve. Taxonomic structure of the complex is quite diverse, and represented by all the major families of higher millers and rhopalocera, having protectedstatus. In relation to taxonomy, this complex formed by representatives of five superfamilies (Zyganoidea, Noctuoidea, Bombycoidea, Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea) from 11 families (Zygaenidae, Saturniidae, Sphingidae, Noctuidae Arctiidae Hesperiidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae, Satyridae, Lycaenidae). High taxonomic diversity can be explained by unique geographical location of the reserve in azonal conditions of the Dnieper river valley. Such location allows to enter different zoogeographic Lepidoptera groups on the reserve territory. Zoogeographic analysis of species protected within the reserve territory selected 7 basic groups. It was found that most of the globally rare species have Mediterranean origin (39 %); species of Palearctic origin are in second place (22 %); Western Palearctic and Ponto-Kazakh types of areas are same of number of species, and come third (11 %); and others come 17 % (European, Euro-Siberian, and Holarctic). This fauna component is specific due to presence of so-called «northern» species that make up 40 % (representatives of Palearctic, Western Palearctic, Euro-Siberian, European and Holarctic groups). Their existence within the reserve territory is only possible due to development of boreal valley ecosystems. High taxonomic diversity can be explained by unique geographical location of the reserve in azonal conditions of the Dnieper river valley. Such location allows to enter different zoogeographic Lepidoptera groups on the reserve territory. Zoogeographic analysis of species protected within the reserve territory selected 7 basic groups. It was found that most of the globally rare species have Mediterranean origin (39 %); species of Palearctic origin are in second place (22 %); Western Palearctic and Ponto-Kazakh types of areas are same of number of species, and come third (11 %); and others come 17 % (European, Euro-Siberian, and Holarctic). This fauna component is specific due to presence of so-called «northern» species that make up 40 % (representatives of Palearctic, Western Palearctic, Euro-Siberian, European and Holarctic groups). Their existence within the reserve territory is only possible due to development of boreal valley ecosystems.

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