Waccasassa River VI: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Florida
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castoroides sp.
Foster 1838
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1 specimen | |||||||||
UF 14913 | ||||||||||
= Castoroides ohioensis
Foster 1838
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Webb 1974 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Ondatra zibethicus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Webb 1974 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Sylvilagus floridanus
(Allen 1890)
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Webb 1974 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus fraternus
Leidy 1858
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Webb 1974 | |||||||||
Equus giganteus
Gidley 1901
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Webb 1974 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Palaeolama mirifica
(Simpson 1929)
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Webb 1974 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Odocoileus virginianus
(Zimmermann 1780)
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Webb 1974 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison latifrons
(Harlan 1825)
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Webb 1974 | |||||||||
see also McDonald 1981 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felis onca
Linnaeus 1758
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Webb 1974 | |||||||||
recombined as Panthera onca | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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Procyon lotor
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Webb 1974 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus americanus
Pallas 1780
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Webb 1974 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Pampatheriidae
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Chlamytherium septentrionalis
(Leidy 1889)
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Webb 1974 | |||||||||
recombined as Holmesina septentrionalis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Mylodontidae
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Glossotherium harlani
(Owen 1840)
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Webb 1974 | |||||||||
= Paramylodon cf. harlani
Owen 1840
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus sp.
Brookes 1828
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Webb 1974 | |||||||||
either M. floridanus or M. columbi | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mammut americanum
(Kerr 1792)
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Webb 1974 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Didelphimorphia
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Didelphis virginiana
Kerr 1792
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Webb 1974 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Florida | County: | Levy |
Coordinates: | 29.3° North, 82.7° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 29.3° North, 82.7° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.12600 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Glacial or sequence phase: | interglacial |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:Sangamonian; sites IIB and III are Wisconsinan possibly relevant: Leopardus amnicola ("Felis wiedii amnicola") Werdelin 1985, from "Waccasassa River" (Wisconsinan?) Frazier 1981 mentions "Wac 7B" and "Wac 1A" and states that they are "Rancholabrean, possibly Irvingtonian" |
Metadata
Also known as: | Waccasassa River 6 | ||
Database number: | 20647 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2020-02-25 16:38:52 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
71777. | R. A. Martin. 1969. Taxonomy of the giant Pleistocene beaver Castoroides from Florida. Journal of Paleontology 43(4):1033-1041 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
3567 | S. D. Webb. 1974. Chronology of Florida Pleistocene mammals. In S. D. Webb (ed.), Pleistocene Mammals of Florida 5-31 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |