Brighton Canal ( of the United States)

Where: Highlands County, Florida (27.3° N, 81.3° W: paleocoordinates 27.4° N, 80.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Pinecrest Beds Member (Tamiami Formation), Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: G. S. Morgan and R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1995. Overview of the geology and vertebrate biochronology of the Leisey Shell Pit Local Fauna, Hillsborough County, Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 37(1) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

PaleoDB collection 19747: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.10.1995

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Taxonomic list

• four other mammals present
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Mylohyus floridanus Kinsey 1974 peccary
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus (Dolichohippus) sp." = Equus, Nannippus peninsulatus
"Equus (Dolichohippus) sp." = Equus Linnaeus 1758 horse
Nannippus peninsulatus Cope 1885 hipparionine horse
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
"Glyptotherium arizonae" = Glyptotherium texanum
"Glyptotherium arizonae" = Glyptotherium texanum Osborn 1903 glyptodon
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Eremotherium sp. Spillmann 1948 edentate
see also De Iulis and Cartelle 1999