West Palm Beach Site (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as UF PB002; P.C. Smith Shell Rock Company Pit

Where: Palm Beach County, Florida (26.7° N, 80.2° W: paleocoordinates 26.7° N, 80.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Rancholabrean mammal zone, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: "channel"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collected by H. H. Converse et al. in 1969-1970; reposited in the FLMNH

Collection methods: quarrying

Primary reference: J. J. Becker. 1985. A late Pleistocene (Wisconsinan) avifauna from West Palm Beach, Florida. Bulletin of the British Ornithologist's Club 105(1):37-40 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 154921: authorized by Jonathan Bloch, entered by Richard Hulbert on 19.03.2014, edited by Grace Varnham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
Didelphis virginiana1 Kerr 1792 Virginia opossum
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut americanum1 Kerr 1792 American mastodon
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Mammuthus imperator" = Mammuthus columbi1
"Mammuthus imperator" = Mammuthus columbi1 Falconer 1857 imperial mammoth
 Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
"Chlamytherium septentrionalis" = Holmesina septentrionalis1
"Chlamytherium septentrionalis" = Holmesina septentrionalis1 Leidy 1889 edentate
  - Mylodontidae
Paramylodon harlani1 Owen 1840 Harlan's ground sloth
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
"Tapirus veroensis" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis1
"Tapirus veroensis" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis1 Sellards 1918 tapir
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus1 Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison antiquus1 Leidy 1852 bison
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Palaeolama mirifica2, "Tanupolama sp." = Hemiauchenia1
Palaeolama mirifica2 Simpson 1929 stout-legged llama
"Tanupolama sp." = Hemiauchenia1 Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Mylohyus sp.1 Cope 1869 peccary
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor2 Linnaeus 1758 raccoon
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis lupus1, "Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus2
Canis lupus1 Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf
"Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus2 Leidy 1858 dire wolf
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus sp.1 Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
 Rodentia - Caviidae
Neochoerus pinckneyi2 Hay 1926 caviomorph
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Synaptomys australis1 Simpson 1928 mouse
Sigmodon hispidus1 Say and Ord 1825 hispid cotton rat
Reptilia
 Squamata - Colubridae
Natrix cyclopion1 water snake
Opheodrys sp.1 Fitzinger 1843 colubrid snake
Lampropeltis getulus1 Linnaeus 1766 kingsnake
"Natrix sipedon" = Nerodia sipedon1 Linnaeus 1758 northern water snake
Farancia abacura1 Holbrook 1836 colubrid snake
 Squamata - Crotalidae
Agkistrodon piscivorous1 Lacépède cottonmouth
Crotalus adamanteus1 Palisot de Beauvois 1799 eastern diamondback rattlesnake
 Squamata - Anguidae
Ophisaurus sp.1 Daudin 1803 glass lizard
 Testudines - Trionychidae
"Trionyx ferox" = Platypeltis ferox1
"Trionyx ferox" = Platypeltis ferox1 Schneider 1783 Florida softshell turtle
 Testudines - Emydidae
Chrysemys scripta1 painted turtle
subspecies petrolei
Chrysemys nelsoni1 painted turtle
Chrysemys floridana1 painted turtle
Terrapene carolina1 Linnaeus 1758 common box turtle
both "subspecies" T. carolina bauri and T. carolina putnami present
 Testudines - Testudinidae
"Geochelone crassiscutata" = Hesperotestudo crassiscutata1
"Geochelone crassiscutata" = Hesperotestudo crassiscutata1 Leidy 1889 turtle
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Alligator mississippiensis1 Daudin 1801 American alligator
Aves
 Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae
Ciconia maltha Miller 1910 asphalt stork
Mycteria americana Linnaeus 1758 wood stork
 Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Ardea herodias Linnaeus 1758 great blue heron
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anas sp. Linnaeus 1758 dabbling duck
 Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae
Podilymbus podiceps Linnaeus 1758 pied-billed grebe
 Gruiformes - Gruidae
Grus americana Linnaeus 1758 Whooping crane
 Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
Gymnogyps sp. Lesson 1842 New World vulture
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Spizaetus cf. grinnelli Miller 1911 hawk-eagle
Amphibia
 Caudata - Urodela
Siren lacertina1 Linnaeus 1766 greater siren
Amphiuma means1 Garden 1821 two-toed amphiuma
Actinopteri
 Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amia calva1 Linnaeus 1766 bowfin
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp.1 Agassiz 1843 gar
 Siluriformes - Ictaluridae
Ictalurus sp.1 Rafinesque 1820 catfish