Also known as UF LV002
Where: Levy County, Florida (29.4° N, 82.5° W: paleocoordinates 29.4° N, 82.5° W)
When: Rancholabrean mammal zone, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: cave
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collected by C. E. Ray, H. K. Brooks, J. Goggins et al. in 1960-1963; reposited in the FLMNH
Collection methods: quarrying, sieve,
Primary reference: R. A. Martin and S. D. Webb. 1974. Late Pleistocene mammals from the Devil's Den Fauna, Levy County. In S. D. Webb (ed.), Pleistocene Mammals of Florida 114-145 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/R. Hulbert]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 154805: authorized by Jonathan Bloch, entered by Richard Hulbert on 13.03.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Amphibia | |
Ambystoma tigrinum Green 1825 tiger salamander | |
"Scaphiopus holbrooki" = Scaphiopus (Scaphiopus) holbrooki
"Scaphiopus holbrooki" = Scaphiopus (Scaphiopus) holbrooki Harlan 1835 Eastern spadefoot toad | |
Rana utricularia frog | |
Bufo woodhousei Girard 1854 Woodhouse's toad
Bufo terrestris Bonnaterre 1789 Southern toad | |
Reptilia | |
Alligator mississippiensis Daudin 1801 American alligator | |
Kinosternon subrubrum Bonnaterre 1788 Eastern mud turtle | |
"Geochelone crassiscutata" = Hesperotestudo crassiscutata, "Geochelone incisa" = Hesperotestudo turgida, Gopherus polyphemus
"Geochelone crassiscutata" = Hesperotestudo crassiscutata Leidy 1889 turtle
"Geochelone incisa" = Hesperotestudo turgida Cope 1892 turtle
Gopherus polyphemus Daudin 1802 Florida gopher tortoise | |
"Pseudemys scripta" = Trachemys scripta Schoepff 1792 slider
Deirochelys reticularia Latreille 1801 Chicken turtle
Terrapene carolina Linnaeus 1758 common box turtle | |
Chelydra serpentina Linnaeus 1758 Common snapping turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 American mastodon | |
cf. Lasiurus intermedius, Myotis sp., Myotis cf. austroriparius, Myotis grisescens, Pipistrellus subflavus
cf. Lasiurus intermedius Allen 1862 northern yellow bat
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat
Myotis cf. austroriparius Rhoads 1897 vesper bat
Myotis grisescens Howell 1909 gray bat
Pipistrellus subflavus Cuvier 1832 eastern pipistrelle bat | |
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 human | |
Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin 1788 eastern gray squirrel
Sciurus niger Linnaeus 1758 fox squirrel
Glaucomys volans Linnaeus 1758 southern flying squirrel | |
Neofiber alleni, Synaptomys australis, Ochrotomys nuttalli, Sigmodon hispidus, Neotoma floridana, Peromyscus polionotus, Peromyscus cf. gossypinus, "Peromyscus floridanus" = Podomys floridanus, "Pitymys pinetorum" = Microtus pinetorum, Microtus pennsylvanicus, Ondatra zibethicus, Oryzomys palustris
Neofiber alleni True 1884 round-tailed muskrat
Synaptomys australis Simpson 1928 mouse
Ochrotomys nuttalli Harlan 1832 golden mouse
Sigmodon hispidus Say and Ord 1825 hispid cotton rat
Neotoma floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat
Peromyscus polionotus Wagner 1843 oldfield mouse
Peromyscus cf. gossypinus Le Conte 1853 cotton mouse
"Peromyscus floridanus" = Podomys floridanus Chapman 1889 Florida mouse
"Pitymys pinetorum" = Microtus pinetorum Le Conte 1830 woodland vole
Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole
Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus 1766 muskrat
Oryzomys palustris Harlan 1837 marsh rice rat | |
Geomys cf. pinetis Rafinesque 1817 southeastern pocket gopher | |
Sylvilagus cf. floridanus Allen 1890 eastern cottontail | |
Scalopus aquaticus Linnaeus 1758 eastern mole | |
Blarina brevicauda Say 1823 northern short-tailed shrew
Cryptotis parva Say 1823 North American least shrew | |
Tremarctos floridanus Gidley 1928 Florida cave bear | |
"Mustela frenata" = Neogale frenata
"Mustela frenata" = Neogale frenata Lichtenstein 1831 long-tailed weasel | |
Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon | |
Mephitis mephitis Schreber 1776 striped skunk
Spilogale putorius Linnaeus 1758 eastern spotted skunk | |
"Smilodon cf. floridanus" = Smilodon fatalis, "Felis rufus" = Lynx rufus, "Felis onca" = Panthera onca
"Smilodon cf. floridanus" = Smilodon fatalis Leidy 1868 saber-toothed cat
"Felis rufus" = Lynx rufus Schreber 1777 bobcat | |
Urocyon cinereoargenteus Schreber 1775 gray fox
Canis familiaris Linnaeus 1758 dog
Canis rufus Audubon and Bachman 1851 red wolf
"Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus Leidy 1858 dire wolf | |
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Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer | |
Platygonus compressus Leconte 1848 peccary | |
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
Didelphis virginiana Kerr 1792 Virginia opossum |