Monkey Jungle Hammock Local Fauna: Rancholabrean, Florida
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Gopherus polyphemus
(Daudin 1802)
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Mormoopidae
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Pteronotus cf. pristinus
Silva-Taboada 1974
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Molossidae
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Eumops glaucinus
(Wagner 1843)
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| Eumops glaucinus floridanus | ||||||||||
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Tadarida brasiliensis
(Geoffroy 1824)
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Vespertilionidae
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Eptesicus fuscus
(Beauvois 1796)
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Myotis austroriparius
(Rhoads 1897)
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Lasiurus sp.
Gray 1831
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Nycticeius humeralis
(Rafinesque 1818)
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Phyllostomidae
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Mormoops megalophylla
(Peters 1864)
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| original and current combination Mormoops megaphylla | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Dasypodidae
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Dasypus bellus
(Simpson 1929)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Neofiber alleni
True 1884
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Oryzomys palustris
Harlan 1837
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Pitymys pinetorum
(Le Conte 1830)
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| recombined as Microtus pinetorum | ||||||||||
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Sigmodon hispidus
Say and Ord 1825
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Peromyscus gossypinus
(Le Conte 1853)
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Peromyscus polionotus
(Wagner 1843)
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Neotoma floridana
(Ord 1818)
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Podomys floridanus
(Chapman 1889)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor canadensis
Kuhl 1820
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Glaucomys volans
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Sciurus carolinensis
Gmelin 1788
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Sciurus niger
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Sylvilagus floridanus
(Allen 1890)
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Odocoileus virginianus
(Zimmermann 1780)
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Mylohyus nasutus
(Leidy 1868)
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Platygonus compressus
Leconte 1848
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Puma concolor
(Linnaeus 1771)
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Panthera atrox
(Leidy 1853)
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| recombined as Panthera leo atrox | ||||||||||
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Panthera onca
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Lynx rufus
(Schreber 1777)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis dirus
Leidy 1858
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| recombined as Aenocyon dirus | ||||||||||
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Canis latrans
Say 1823
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Urocyon cinereoargenteus
(Schreber 1775)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Tremarctos floridanus
(Gidley 1928)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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Procyon lotor
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mephitidae
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Spilogale putorius
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Cryptotis parva
(Say 1823)
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Scalopus aquaticus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Didelphimorphia
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Didelphis virginiana
Kerr 1792
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Florida | County: | Dade |
| Coordinates: | 26.0° North, 80.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 25.9° North, 80.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Rancholabrean | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.21000 - 0.01400 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Morgan 2002: The fossils were discovered in a small sinkhole less than 5 m above sea level and approximately 10 km inland from the Atlantic Ocean on the Atlantic Coastal Ridge. Like Cutler Hammock, the fossils at Monkey Jungle were found in a sink-hole in a tropical hardwood hammock developed in the marine late Pleistocene Miami Limestone. Both the Monkey Jungle and Cutler sites were formed during periods of much lower sea level and correspondingly lowered water tables. Consequently, a very late Pleistocene (late Rancholabrean) age is most likely. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Lithology description: A unconsolidated mix of organic material and fine-grained calcareous sand | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 195112 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos, P. Mannion | Enterer: | E. Vlachos, G. Varnham |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | ||
| Created: | 2018-07-20 17:07:21 | Last modified: | 2020-07-19 03:59:55 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-07-20 17:07:21 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 66358. | R. Franz and I. R. Quitmyer. 2005. A fossil and zooarchaeological history of the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) in the Southeastern United States. Bull. Fla. Mus. Nat. History 45(4):179-199 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |
Secondary references:
| 73089 | G. S. Morgan. 2002. Late Rancholabrean mammals from south- ernmost Florida, and the Neotropical influence in Florida Pleistocene faunas. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 93:15-38 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham] |