Melbourne No. 2 Bed: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Florida
collected by C. P. Singleton, J. W. Gildley, F. B. Loomis 1922 - 1923
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Siren lacertina
Linnaeus 1766
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Goin and Auffenberg 1955 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Caviidae
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Hydrochoerus sp.
Brisson 1762
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
Neochoerus pinckneyi
(Hay 1926)
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Geomys pinetis
Rafinesque 1817
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castoroides cf. ohioensis
Foster 1838
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Sigmodon hispidus
Say and Ord 1825
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
Neotoma floridana
(Ord 1818)
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
Neofiber alleni
True 1884
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
Peromyscus gossypinus
(Le Conte 1853)
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
Oryzomys palustris
Harlan 1837
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
Synaptomys australis
Simpson 1928
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Sylvilagus palustris
(Bachman 1837)
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
Sylvilagus floridanus
(Allen 1890)
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Homo sapiens
Linnaeus 1758
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Blarina brevicauda
(Say 1823)
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Scalopus aquaticus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Molossidae
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Molossides floridanus n. gen., n. sp.
Allen 1932
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synonym of Eumops glaucinus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus veroensis
Sellards 1918
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
recombined as Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Mylohyus sp.
Cope 1869
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
Platygonus sp.
Leconte 1848
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Tanupolama mirifica
Simpson 1929
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
recombined as Palaeolama mirifica | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Odocoileus virginianus
(Zimmermann 1780)
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison sp.
Hamilton-Smith 1827
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Smilodon cf. floridanus
(Leidy 1889)
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
synonym of Smilodon fatalis | ||||||||||
Panthera augusta
(Leidy 1872)
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
synonym of Panthera onca | ||||||||||
Felis (Herpailurus) sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
Felis rufus
(Schreber 1777)
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
recombined as Lynx rufus | ||||||||||
Felis cf. inexpectata
(Cope 1895)
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
recombined as Miracinonyx inexpectatus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mephitidae
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Mephitis mephitis
(Schreber 1776)
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
Spilogale ambarvalis
Bangs 1898
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
synonym of Spilogale putorius | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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Procyon lotor
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Lutra canadensis
(Schreber 1776)
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
recombined as Lontra canadensis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Phocidae
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Monachus tropicalis
(Gray 1850)
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
recombined as Neomonachus tropicalis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Tremarctos floridanus
(Gidley 1928)
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
Ursus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
Ursus americanus
Pallas 1780
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Aenocyon cf. ayersi
(Sellards 1916)
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
synonym of Aenocyon dirus | ||||||||||
Urocyon cf. cinereoargenteus
(Schreber 1775)
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
Canis cf. latrans
Say 1823
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
Canis cf. lupus
Linnaeus 1758
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
Vulpes palmaria
Hay 1917
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
synonym of Vulpes vulpes | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Glyptodontidae
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Boreostracon floridanus
Simpson 1929
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
synonym of Glyptotherium cylindricum | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Pampatheriidae
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Chlamytherium septentrionalis
(Leidy 1889)
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
recombined as Holmesina septentrionalis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Dasypodidae
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Dasypus bellus
(Simpson 1929)
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Megalonyx jeffersonii
(Desmarest 1822)
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
Megalonyx cf. wheatleyi
Cope 1871
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
Ray's referred specimens more likely represent M. jeffersonii | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Mylodontidae
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Paramylodon cf. harlani
(Owen 1840)
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus columbi
(Falconer 1857)
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
cf. Mammuthus imperator
(Leidy 1858)
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
synonym of Mammuthus columbi | ||||||||||
ID questionable | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mammut americanum
(Kerr 1792)
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Didelphimorphia
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Didelphis marsupialis
Linnaeus 1758
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Ray 1958 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Terrapene carolina
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Auffenberg 1958 | |||||||||
subspecies T. carolina putnami | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Falconidae
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Polyborus cheriway
(Jacquin 1784)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
recombined as Caracara cheriway | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Accipitriformes
- Accipitridae
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Haliaeetus leucocephalus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
Buteo lineatus
(Gmelin 1788)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
Buteo jamaicensis
(Gmelin 1788)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Strigiformes
- Strigidae
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Strix varia
(Barton 1799)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Gruidae
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Grus canadensis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
recombined as Antigone canadensis | ||||||||||
Grus americana
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Querquedula floridana
(Shufeldt 1917)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
original and current combination Querquedula floridiana | ||||||||||
Branta hutchinsii
(Richardson 1832)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
Branta canadensis hutchinsi | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Procellariidae
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Puffinus puffinus
(Brunnich 1764)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Phalacrocoracidae
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Phalacrocorax auritus
(Lesson 1831)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Ciconiiformes
- Ciconiidae
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Jabiru mycteria
(Lichtenstein 1819)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Pelecaniformes
- Ardeidae
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Nyctanassa violacea
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
Ardea herodias
Linnaeus 1758
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
Casmerodius albus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
original and current combination Ardea alba | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Cathartiformes
- Cathartidae
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Cathartes aura
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Phasianidae
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Meleagris gallopavo
Linnaeus 1758
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Odontophoridae
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Colinus virginianus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Florida | County: | Brevard |
Coordinates: | 28.1° North, 80.6° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 28.1° North, 80.6° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
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 | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "probably early-Pleistocene" according to Allen, but Wisconsinan according to later workers |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
Lithology description: "stream deposits... [comprise] an upper, somewhat barren layer (No. 3 bed) lying uncomforably upon an older deposit rather in rich in fossil bones (the 'bone bed', No. 2). Below these is a layer of coquina (No. 1 bed) believed to be of Pleistocene age." | |
Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera | ||
Collection methods: | selective quarrying | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | MCZ | ||
Collectors: | C. P. Singleton, J. W. Gildley, F. B. Loomis | Collection dates: | 1922 - 1923 |
Taxonomic list comments:a long English-language list is given by Allen, who also mentions that "elephant and mastodon still persisted" in the No. 3 bed |
Metadata
Database number: | 74292 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Bloch | Enterer: | J. Alroy, R. Hulbert | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2007-08-01 17:41:09 | Last modified: | 2007-08-01 20:41:09 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-08-01 17:41:09 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
24947. | G. M. Allen. 1932. A Pleistocene bat from Florida. Journal of Mammalogy 13(3):256-259 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
50428 | W. A. Auffenberg. 1958. Fossil turtles of the genus Terrapene in Florida. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 3(2):53-92 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert] | |
50692 | C. J. Goin and W. Auffenberg. 1955. The fossil salamanders of the family Sirenidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 113(7):497-514 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert] | |
50339 | C. E. Ray. 1958. Additions to the Pleistocene mammalian fauna from Melbourne, Florida. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 119:419-449 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert] | |
50336 | A. Wetmore. 1931. The avifauna of the Pleistocene in Florida. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 85(2):1-41 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert] |