Reddick IA (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Marion County, Florida (29.1° N, 82.3° W: paleocoordinates 29.3° N, 80.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Rancholabrean (0.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• said to be late Rancholabrean by Morgan and Seymour 1997, but not by Webb and Wilkins

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: S. D. Webb and K. T. Wilkins. 1984. Historical Biogeography of Florida Pleistocene Mammals. In H. H. Genoways and M. R. Dawson (eds.), Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 8:370-383 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 20491: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995, edited by Jason Head and Richard Hulbert

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• from a fissure fill in the Ocala Limestone

•initially reported by Gut and Ray 1963, Webb 1974a

•"Reithrodontomys humulis" apparently not present: Ruez 2000

unclassified
  -
Aves
 Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
Coragyps occidentalis3 Miller 1909 New World vulture
Cathartes aura3 Linnaeus 1758 turkey vulture
"Gymnogyps amplus" = Gymnogyps californianus3 Shaw 1797 condor
 Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae
Podilymbus podiceps3 Linnaeus 1758 pied-billed grebe
Podiceps dixi3 Brodkorb 1963 grebe
 Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto alba3 Scopoli 1769 barn owl
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
Strix varia3, "Speotyto cunicularia" = Athene cunicularia3, "Otus asio" = Megascops asio3
Strix varia3 Barton 1799 barred owl
"Speotyto cunicularia" = Athene cunicularia3 Molina 1782 burrowing owl
"Otus asio" = Megascops asio3 Linnaeus 1758 eastern screech-owl
 Piciformes - Picidae
Colaptes auratus3 Linnaeus 1758 northern flicker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus3 Linnaeus 1758 red-headed woodpecker
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
"Zenaidura macroura" = Zenaida macroura3, Ectopistes migratorius3
"Zenaidura macroura" = Zenaida macroura3 Linnaeus 1758 mourning dove
Ectopistes migratorius3 Linnaeus 1758 passenger pigeon
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
"Laterallus guti" = Laterallus exilis3, "Fulica minor" = Fulica americana shufeldti3, Coturnicops noveboracensis3, "Rallus limicola" = Rallus limicola3, "Porzana auffenbergi" = Rallus limicola3, Porzana carolina3
"Laterallus guti" = Laterallus exilis3 Temminck 1831 rail
"Fulica minor" = Fulica americana shufeldti3 Brodkorb 1964 American coot
Coturnicops noveboracensis3 Gmelin 1789 yellow rail
"Rallus limicola" = Rallus limicola3 Vieillot 1819 Virginia rail
"Porzana auffenbergi" = Rallus limicola3 Vieillot 1819 Virginia rail
Porzana carolina3 Linnaeus 1758 sora
 Passeriformes - Icteridae
"Pandanaris floridana" = Pandanaris convexa3 Miller 1947 cowbird
Sturnella magna3 Linnaeus 1758 eastern meadowlark
Quiscalus quiscula3 Linnaeus 1758 common grackle
Agelaius phoeniceus3 Linnaeus 1766 red-winged blackbird
 Passeriformes - Tyrannidae
Tyrannus tyrannus3 Linnaeus 1758 eastern kingbird
 Passeriformes - Passerellidae
"Passerherbulus henslowii" = Ammodramus henslowii3, Pipilo erythrophthalmus3
"Passerherbulus henslowii" = Ammodramus henslowii3 Audubon 1829 Henslow's sparrow
Pipilo erythrophthalmus3 Linnaeus 1758 eastern towhee
 Passeriformes - Parulidae
Geothlypis trichas3 Linnaeus 1766 common yellowthroat
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Protocitta dixi3 Brodkorb 1957 jay
Cyanocitta cristata3 Linnaeus 1758 blue jay
Corvus brachyrhynchos3 Brehm 1822 American crow
Corvus ossifragus3 Wilson 1812 fish crow
 Passeriformes - Troglodytidae
Troglodytes aedon3 Vieillot 1809 house wren
Cistothorus brevis3 Brodkorb 1957 wren
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Aythya collaris3, Anas acuta3, "Nettion crecca" = Anas crecca3, Anas fulvigula3, "Anas clypeata" = Spatula clypeata3, "Querquedula discors" = Spatula discors3
Aythya collaris3 Donovan 1809 ring-necked duck
Anas acuta3 Linnaeus 1758 northern pintail
"Nettion crecca" = Anas crecca3 Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian teal
Anas fulvigula3 Ridgway 1874 mottled duck
"Anas clypeata" = Spatula clypeata3 Linnaeus 1758 northern shoveler
"Querquedula discors" = Spatula discors3 Linnaeus 1766 blue-winged teal
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Accipiter striatus3 Vieillot 1897 sharp-shinned hawk
Accipiter cooperii3 Bonaparte 1828 Cooper's hawk
Buteo jamaicensis3 Gmelin 1788 red-tailed hawk
Buteo lineatus3 Gmelin 1788 red-shouldered hawk
 Falconiformes - Falconidae
"Caracara prelutosa" = Caracara cheriway3 Jacquin 1784 crested caracara
Falco sparverius3 Linnaeus 1758 American kestrel
Falco peregrinus3 Tunstall 1771 Peregrine falcon
 Charadriiformes - Charadriidae
Charadrius vociferus3 Linnaeus 1758 killdeer
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
"Capella delicata" = Gallinago delicata3, Tringa flavipes3
"Capella delicata" = Gallinago delicata3 Ord 1825 Wilson's snipe
Tringa flavipes3 Gmelin 1789 lesser yellowlegs
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Meleagris gallopavo3 Linnaeus 1758 wild turkey
 Galliformes - Odontophoridae
Colinus suilium3 Brodkorb 1959 bobwhite
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Alligator mississippiensis3 Daudin 1801 American alligator
 Testudines - Testudinidae
"Geochelone crassiscutata" = Hesperotestudo crassiscutata3, "Geochelone incisa" = Hesperotestudo turgida3, Gopherus polyphemus3
"Geochelone crassiscutata" = Hesperotestudo crassiscutata3 Leidy 1889 turtle
"Geochelone incisa" = Hesperotestudo turgida3 Cope 1892 turtle
Gopherus polyphemus3 Daudin 1802 Florida gopher tortoise
 Testudines - Emydidae
Terrapene carolina3 Linnaeus 1758 common box turtle
T. c. putnami
Pseudemys indet.3 Gray 1856 cooter
 Testudines - Trionychidae
"Trionyx ferox" = Platypeltis ferox3
"Trionyx ferox" = Platypeltis ferox3 Schneider 1783 Florida softshell turtle
 Squamata - Anguidae
Ophisaurus ventralis3 Linnaeus 1766 eastern glass lizard
 Squamata - Scincidae
Eumeces (cf. Eumeces) fasciatus3 Linnaeus 1758 five-lined skink
 Squamata - Colubridae
Drymarchon corais3 Boie 1827 cribo
Carphophis amoenus3 Say worm snake
Thamnophis sirtalis3 Linnaeus garter snake
Farancia sp.3 Gray 1842 colubrid snake
Diadophis punctatus3 Linnaeus ringneck snake
Heterodon platyrhinos3 Latreille 1801 eastern hognosed snake
Heterodon simus3 Linnaeus 1766 southern hognose snake
Tantilla coronata3 colubrid snake
Lampropeltis getulus3 Linnaeus 1766 kingsnake
Coluber constrictor3 Linnaeus 1758 black racer
Elaphe guttata3 Linnaeus 1766 corn snake
Elaphe obsoleta3 Say 1823 black rat snake
Pituophis melanoleucus3 Daudin 1803 pine snake
Opheodrys aestivus3 colubrid snake
 Squamata - Elapidae
Micrurus fulvius3 coral snake
 Squamata - Crotalidae
Sistrurus miliarius3 pigmy rattlesnake
Crotalus adamanteus3 Palisot de Beauvois 1799 eastern diamondback rattlesnake
 Squamata - Polychrotidae
Anolis carolinensis3 Voight 1832 green anole
 Squamata - Rhineuridae
Rhineura floridana3 Baird 1858 North American worm lizard
 Squamata - Teiidae
Cnemidophorus sexlineatus3 Linnaeus 1766 six-lined racerunner
Mammalia
 Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Dasypus bellus Simpson 1929 beautiful armadillo
 Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Holmesina septentrionalis Leidy 1889 edentate
  - Mylodontidae
Paramylodon harlani1 Owen 1840 Harlan's ground sloth
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx sp. Harlan 1825 edentate
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828 mammoth
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 American mastodon
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Lasiurus borealis Muller 1776 hairy-tailed bat
Lasiurus intermedius Allen 1862 northern yellow bat
Myotis austroriparius Rhoads 1897 vesper bat
 Chiroptera - Molossidae
Tadarida brasiliensis Geoffroy 1824 Mexican free-tailed bat
 Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae
Desmodus stocki Jones 1958 vampire bat
 Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera onca1 Linnaeus 1758 jaguar
Lynx rufus1 Schreber 1777 bobcat
Puma concolor1 Linnaeus 1771 puma
Leopardus pardalis1 Linnaeus 1758 ocelot
"Homotherium serum" = Homotherium latidens Owen 1846 scimitar toothed cat
described by Waldrop 1974
 Carnivora - Mephitidae
Conepatus leuconotus Lichtenstein 1832 eastern hog-nosed skunk
Mephitis mephitis Schreber 1776 striped skunk
Spilogale putorius Linnaeus 1758 eastern spotted skunk
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus americanus Pallas 1780 black bear
Tremarctos floridanus Gidley 1928 Florida cave bear
 Carnivora - Canidae
"Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus Leidy 1858 dire wolf
Urocyon cinereoargenteus Schreber 1775 gray fox
Canis latrans Say 1823 coyote
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
"Tapirus veroensis" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis
"Tapirus veroensis" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis Sellards 1918 tapir
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Palaeolama mirifica Simpson 1929 stout-legged llama
Hemiauchenia macrocephala Cope 1893 camel
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Mylohyus fossilis Leidy 1860 peccary
Platygonus compressus Leconte 1848 peccary
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison antiquus Leidy 1852 bison
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Cryptotis parva Say 1823 North American least shrew
Blarina carolinensis Bachman 1837 southern short-tailed shrew
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Scalopus aquaticus Linnaeus 1758 eastern mole
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758 squirrel
Glaucomys volans Linnaeus 1758 southern flying squirrel
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys pinetis Rafinesque 1817 southeastern pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetidae indet.1 Fischer von Waldheim 1817 mouse
Neofiber alleni True 1884 round-tailed muskrat
"Pitymys pinetorum" = Microtus pinetorum Le Conte 1830 woodland vole
Sigmodon hispidus Say and Ord 1825 hispid cotton rat
Podomys floridanus1 Chapman 1889 Florida mouse
Neotoma floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat
Peromyscus polionotus Wagner 1843 oldfield mouse
Peromyscus gossypinus Le Conte 1853 cotton mouse
Synaptomys australis Simpson 1928 mouse
Oryzomys palustris Harlan 1837 marsh rice rat
Ochrotomys nuttalli Harlan 1832 golden mouse
 Rodentia - Caviidae
Neochoerus aesopi1 Leidy 1853 caviomorph
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
 Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
Didelphis virginiana Kerr 1792 Virginia opossum
Amphibia
 Caudata - Urodela
Pseudobranchus robustus3 Goin and Auffenberg 1955 dwarf siren
Siren lacertina2 Linnaeus 1766 greater siren
"Ambystoma indet." = Amblystoma3 Tschudi 1838 mole salamander
 Salientia - Pelobatidae
"Scaphiopus holbrookii" = Scaphiopus (Scaphiopus) holbrooki3
"Scaphiopus holbrookii" = Scaphiopus (Scaphiopus) holbrooki3 Harlan 1835 Eastern spadefoot toad
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo terrestris3 Bonnaterre 1789 Southern toad
 Salientia - Microhylidae
Gastrophryne carolinensis3 Holbrook 1835 Eastern narrowmouth toad
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana pipiens3 Schreber 1782 Northern leopard frog
 Salientia - Hylidae
Hyla indet.3 Laurenti 1768 tree frog