Payne Creek Mine (Latest Hemphillian) (Neogene of the United States)

Also known as TRO Quarry

Where: Polk County, Florida (27.9° N, 81.8° W: paleocoordinates 28.1° N, 80.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bone Valley Formation (Hawthorn Group), Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)

• Age and Formation after Boessenecker et al 2019.

•Morgan (1994) lists the age as latest Hemphillian (Zanclean, early Pliocene); upper beds

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; pebbly, phosphatic, argillaceous, sandy sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Berta and G. S. Morgan. 1985. A new sea otter (Carnivora: Mustelidae) from the late Miocene and early Pliocene (Hemphillian) of North America. Journal of Paleontology 59(4):809-819 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 18577: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.10.1995, edited by Catalina Pimiento and Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Dinohippus mexicanus7 Lance 1950 horse
Neohipparion eurystyle5 Cope 1893 hipparionine horse
Pseudhipparion simpsoni6 Webb and Hulbert 1986 hipparionine horse
TRO Quarry
"Hippotherium emsliei" = Cormohipparion emsliei1 Hulbert 1988 hipparionine horse
Nannippus aztecus1 Mooser 1968 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras hicksi9 Cook 1927 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Hexameryx simpsoni10 White 1941 pronghorn
Payne Creek
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Mylohyus elmorei12, "Catagonus brachydontus" = Protherohyus brachydontus11
Mylohyus elmorei12 White 1942 peccary
"TRO locality"
"Catagonus brachydontus" = Protherohyus brachydontus11 Dalquest and Mooser 1980 peccary
"TRO Quarry"; "Payne Creek Mine"
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Lynx rexroadensis" = Felis rexroadensis1, Megantereon hesperus3
"Lynx rexroadensis" = Felis rexroadensis1 Stephens 1959 cat
Megantereon hesperus3 Gazin 1933 cat
TRO Quarry
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Enhydritherium terraenovae Berta and Morgan 1985 otter
TRO Quarry; new specimen from "vicinity of TRO Quarry" reported by Morgan 1994
Reptilia
 Testudines -
"Chelonia sp." = Testudines4
"Chelonia sp." = Testudines4 Batsch 1788 turtle
Aves
 Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Ardea polkensis2 Brodkorb 1955 heron
Egretta sp.2 Forster 1817 egret
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon8
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon8 Agassiz 1835 megalodon
Locality information based on reference's supporting information aided with FLMNH online database