Edisto Island: Pleistocene, South Carolina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Sirenia - Trichechidae
Trichechus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut americanum (Kerr 1792)
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus cf. columbi (Falconer 1857)
Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptotherium floridanum (Simpson 1929)
synonym of Glyptotherium cylindricum
Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Holmesina septentrionalis (Leidy 1889)
originally entered as "Holmensina septentrionalis"
Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Dasypus bellus (Simpson 1929)
Mammalia - Megatheriidae
Eremotherium cf. mirabile (Leidy 1855)
original and current combination Megatherium mirabile
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx cf. jeffersonii (Desmarest 1822)
originally entered as "Megalonyx cf. jeffersoni"
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Glossotherium (Paramylodon) cf. harlani (Owen 1840)
recombined as Paramylodon harlani
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenopteridae indet. Gray 1864
Mammalia - Cetacea - Physeteridae
Physeter sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Tursiops cf. truncatus (Gray 1866)
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann 1780)
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bison cf. antiquus Leidy 1852
Mammalia - Camelidae
Palaeolama cf. mirifica (Simpson 1929)
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Mylohyus cf. fossilis (Leidy 1860)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felis onca Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Panthera onca
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
cf. Halichoerus grypus (Fabricius 1791)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae
cf. Odobenus rosmarus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Tremarctos floridanus (Gidley 1928)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis dirus Leidy 1858
recombined as Aenocyon dirus
Urocyon cf. cinereoargenteus (Schreber 1775)
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoroides cf. ohioensis Foster 1838
Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820
Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae
Neochoerus pinckneyi (Hay 1926)
Reptilia - Colubridae
cf. Elaphe sp. Wagler 1833
cf. Coluber sp. Linnaeus 1758
or Masticophis sp.
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
    = Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
Alroy 2006
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Chrysemys scripta
Chrysemys floridana
Terrapene carolina (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835
Gopherus sp. Rafinesque 1832
    = Gopherus polyphemus Daudin 1802
Franz and Quitmyer 2005
Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternoidea
Kinosternon sp. von Spix 1824
Reptilia
cf. Gavialosuchus sp. Toula and Kail 1885
    = Alligator sp. Daudin 1809
Erickson and Sawyer 1996
ChM PV 2495 & 2504 (two left femora)
Alligator mississippiensis (Daudin 1801)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:South Carolina
Coordinates: 32.6° North, 80.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.6° North, 80.1° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Silver Bluff
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:open shallow subtidal
Geology comments: barrier island sediments, wave-cut platform
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:65405
Authorizer:M. Uhen, P. Mannion, J. Alroy, E. Vlachos Enterer:M. Uhen, P. Mannion, J. Alroy, E. Vlachos
Modifier:B. Shipps Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-09-21 12:51:04 Last modified:2017-02-26 16:33:22
Access level:database members Released:2006-12-21 12:51:04
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
18853. J. A. Roth and J. Laerm. 1980. A late Pleistocene vertebrate assemblage from Edisto Island, South Carolina. Brimleyana 3:1-29 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

18120 J. Alroy. 2006. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
46645 B. R. Erickson and G. T. Sawyer. 1996. The estuarine crocodile Gavialosuchus carolinensis n. sp. (Crocodylia: Eusuchia) from the late Oligocene of South Carolina, North America. Monograph of the Science Museum of Minnesota 3:1-47 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
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]