Waccasassa River VI: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoroides sp. Foster 1838
1 specimen
UF 14913
    = Castoroides ohioensis Foster 1838
Webb 1974
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Ondatra zibethicus (Linnaeus 1766)
Webb 1974
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus floridanus (Allen 1890)
Webb 1974
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus fraternus Leidy 1858
Webb 1974
Equus giganteus Gidley 1901
Webb 1974
Mammalia - Camelidae
Palaeolama mirifica (Simpson 1929)
Webb 1974
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann 1780)
Webb 1974
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bison latifrons (Harlan 1825)
Webb 1974
see also McDonald 1981
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felis onca Linnaeus 1758
Webb 1974
recombined as Panthera onca
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor (Linnaeus 1758)
Webb 1974
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus americanus Pallas 1780
Webb 1974
Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Chlamytherium septentrionalis (Leidy 1889)
Webb 1974
recombined as Holmesina septentrionalis
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Glossotherium harlani (Owen 1840)
Webb 1974
    = Paramylodon cf. harlani Owen 1840
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828
Webb 1974
either M. floridanus or M. columbi
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut americanum (Kerr 1792)
Webb 1974
Mammalia - Didelphimorphia
Didelphis virginiana Kerr 1792
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]