Where: Hillsborough County, Florida (27.7° N, 82.5° W: paleocoordinates 27.7° N, 82.3° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Bermont Formation, Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)
• said to be early Irvingtonian
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; unlithified sandstone and unlithified siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: quarrying
Primary reference: R. C. Hulbert, Jr. and G. S. Morgan. 1989. Stratigraphy, paleoecology, and vertebrate fauna of the Leisey Shell Pit Local Fauna, early Pleistocene (Irvingtonian) of southwestern Florida. Papers in Florida Paleontology 2:1-19 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 20400: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Richard Hulbert and Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
•Sr isotope date of 2.08 +/- 0.56 Ma: Jones et al. 1995
•contrary to MacFadden 1995, above evidence could place this not only in C1r.1r but also in C2r or C2r.1r; mammal biochronology is compatible with either of the former two
•date could be narrowed to C1r.1r, following MacFadden, by assuming that 1) Leisey 1A and 3A are in the same chron, and 2) the Sr dates are reliable despite the 0.75 Ma discrepancy between them; I find these assumptions to be mutually contradictory
•there are "over 15,000" vertebrate specimens, "the majority of which are from Leisey 1A" (Morgan and Hulbert 1995); 15.3% of specimens in a test square were mammalian (Pratt and Hulbert 1995), suggesting that about 2300 mammalian specimens come from this site
•from Leisey Shell Pit, exact locality unknown: Eremotherium eomigrans De Iulis and Cartelle 1999
•"Panthera cf. onca" is omitted by Berta 1995
•Nerodia sp. and cf. Coluber sp. are listed by Hulbert and Morgan, but are from other Leisey collections according to Meylan 1995
•only the most common molluscs are listed and genus names of other marine invertebrates are not given
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Angiospermae | |
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Anthozoa | |
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Gastropoda | |
Planorbella scalaris snail | |
Physella sp. Haldeman 1849 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam | |
Carditamera floridana Conrad 1838 clam | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Polychaeta | |
Polychaeta indet. Grube 1850 | |
Deuteropoda | |
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Cirripedia | |
Cirripedia indet. barnacle | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray | |
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray | |
Pristis sp. Linck 1790 sawfish | |
Negaprion brevirostris Poey 1868 lemon shark
Carcharhinus leucas Valenciennes 1839 requiem shark
Rhizoprionodon terraenovae sharpnose shark | |
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark | |
"Galeocerdo cuvieri" = Galeocerdo cuvier
"Galeocerdo cuvieri" = Galeocerdo cuvier Peron and LeSueur 1822 tiger shark | |
Ginglymostoma cirratum Gmelin 1789 nurse shark | |
"Odontaspis taurus" = Carcharias taurus
"Odontaspis taurus" = Carcharias taurus Rafinesque 1810 sand shark | |
Carcharodon carcharias, "Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis
Carcharodon carcharias Linnaeus 1758 great white shark
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark | |
Amphibia | |
Bufo terrestris Bonnaterre 1789 Southern toad | |
cf. Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758 frog | |
Siren sp. Linnaeus 1766 siren | |
Mammalia | |
"Hydrochaeridae indet." = Hydrochoeridae8
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Geomys pinetis Rafinesque 1817 southeastern pocket gopher | |
"Castoroides leiseyorum n. sp." = Castoroides dilophidus8
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cf. Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit possibly S. floridanus according to Morgan and White 1995
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"Tapirus haysii" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) haysii
"Tapirus haysii" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) haysii Leidy 1860 tapir | |
Equus leidyi Hay 1913 horse
Equus cf. fraternus Leidy 1858 horse | |
Platygonus cf. vetus Leidy 1882 peccary | |
Hemiauchenia macrocephala Cope 1893 camel | |
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer | |
Smilodon gracilis Cope 1880 saber-toothed cat
Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890 cat | |
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"Monachus tropicalis" = Neomonachus tropicalis3
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Arctodus pristinus Leidy 1854 bear | |
Canis armbrusteri Gidley 1913 canine
Canis edwardii Gazin 1942 canine | |
Pachyarmatherium leiseyi n. sp.4
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Holmesina cf. floridanus Robertson 1976 edentate | |
Dasypus bellus Simpson 1929 beautiful armadillo | |
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Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 American mastodon | |
Reptilia | |
"Chelydra floridana" = Chelydra serpentina10 Linnaeus 1758 snapping turtle replaces record of "Macroclemys temmincki"
"Macroclemys temmincki" = Macrochelys temminckii Troost 1835 Alligator snapping turtle | |
Kinosternon sp. von Spix 1824 mud turtle | |
Terrapene carolina Linnaeus 1758 common box turtle
Trachemys scripta Schoepff 1792 slider | |
Gopherus polyphemus Daudin 1802 Florida gopher tortoise | |
Apalone ferox Schneider 1783 Florida softshell turtle | |
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Alligator mississippiensis Daudin 1801 American alligator | |
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Mergus sp.6, Bucephala albeola6, Somateria cf. spectabilis6, Aythya collaris6, Aythya marila6, Aythya americana6, Aythya affinis6, Anabernicula gracilenta6, Anas crecca6, Anas platyrhynchos6, "Anas americana" = Mareca americana6, Branta dickeyi6, Branta canadensis6, Cygnus buccinator6
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Gymnogyps kofordi n. sp.5
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Actinopteri | |
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843 gar | |
Lepomis sp. Rafinesque 1819 sunfish | |
Pogonias cromis Cope 1869 black drum | |
Labridae indet. Cuvier 1816 | |
Balistes sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Diodon sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Lagodon rhomboides Linnaeus 1766 perch-like fish
Archosargus sp. Gill 1865 perch-like fish | |
Mugil sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Centropomus sp. Lacépède 1802 | |
Ictalurus sp. Rafinesque 1820 catfish | |
Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes 1847 | |
Sphyraena barracuda Edwards 1771 barracuda |