Wall Company Pit (Pleistocene of the United States)
Also known as UF AL079
Where: Alachua County, Florida (29.7° N, 82.5° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Rancholabrean mammal zone, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: fissure fill; unlithified, sandy claystone
• very dark reddish brown sandy clay
Preservation: original phosphate
Collected by W. Auffenberg in 1953-1954; reposited in the FLMNH
Collection methods: quarrying, sieve,
Primary reference: W. Auffenberg. 1963. The fossil snakes of Florida. Tulane Studies in Zoology 10(3):131-216 [J. Head/J. Head/R. Hulbert]more details
PaleoDB collection 155348: authorized by Jonathan Bloch, entered by Richard Hulbert on 09.04.2014
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia | |
Siren lacertina Linnaeus 1766 greater siren | |
Reptilia | |
Crotalus adamanteus Palisot de Beauvois 1799 eastern diamondback rattlesnake |