PBDB Collection

Haile 7C (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as UF locality AL109

Where: Alachua County, Florida (29.7° N, 82.6° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 30.0° N, 81.8° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• middle late Blancan, ca 1.9-2.2 Ma

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• Hulburt 1997: sediment-filled fissure or sinkhole in limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. S. Morgan and R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1995. Overview of the geology and vertebrate biochronology of the Leisey Shell Pit Local Fauna, Hillsborough County, Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 37(1) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 19750: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994, edited by Mark Uhen, Richard Hulbert and Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Neotoma sp. Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825 pack rat
Rodentia - Erethizontidae	Erethizon poyeri n. sp.⁵ Erethizon poyeri n. sp.⁵ Hulbert 1997 North American porcupine
Rodentia - Hydrochoeridae	"Neochoerus dichroplax" = Phugatherium dichroplax⁴ "Neochoerus dichroplax" = Phugatherium dichroplax⁴ Ahearn and Lance 1980 caviomorph
Rodentia - Caviidae	Neochoerus sp.⁵ Neochoerus sp.⁵ Hay 1926 caviomorph
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Sylvilagus sp., ? Sylvilagus webbi⁴ Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit ? Sylvilagus webbi⁴ White 1991 cottontail rabbit
Artiodactyla - Cervidae	Odocoileus virginianus Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Equus sp.⁴ Equus sp.⁴ Linnaeus 1758 horse
Perissodactyla - Tapiridae	Tapirus sp., Tapirus (Helicotapirus) lundeliusi n. sp.⁴ Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762 tapir see also Hulbert et al. 1989, Hulbert 1999 Tapirus (Helicotapirus) lundeliusi n. sp.⁴ Hulbert 2010 tapir
Soricomorpha - Talpidae	? Scalopus aquaticus⁴ ? Scalopus aquaticus⁴ Linnaeus 1758 eastern mole
Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae	Eremotherium eomigrans n. sp.¹ Eremotherium eomigrans n. sp.¹ De Iuliis and Cartelle 1999 edentate
Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae	Megalonyx leptostomus Megalonyx leptostomus Cope 1893 edentate
Cingulata - Dasypodidae	Dasypus bellus Dasypus bellus Simpson 1929 beautiful armadillo
Cingulata - Glyptodontidae	"Glyptotherium arizonae" = Glyptotherium texanum "Glyptotherium arizonae" = Glyptotherium texanum Osborn 1903 glyptodon
Cingulata - Pampatheriidae	Holmesina floridanus Holmesina floridanus Robertson 1976 edentate
Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae	Cuvieronius tropicus Cuvieronius tropicus Cope 1884 gomphothere
Aves
Gruiformes - Rallidae	Rallus sp.² Rallus sp.² Linnaeus 1758 rail
Coraciiformes - Alcedinidae	"Ceryle torquata" = Megaceryle torquata² "Ceryle torquata" = Megaceryle torquata² Linnaeus 1766 ringed kingfisher
Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae	Podilymbus podiceps² Podilymbus podiceps² Linnaeus 1758 pied-billed grebe
Anseriformes - Anatidae	"Anas clypeata" = Spatula clypeata², "Anas discors" = Spatula discors², Anas sp.², Aix sponsa², Bucephala albeola², Mergus sp.² "Anas clypeata" = Spatula clypeata² Linnaeus 1758 northern shoveler "Anas discors" = Spatula discors² Linnaeus 1766 blue-winged teal or could be Anas discors Anas sp.² Linnaeus 1758 dabbling duck Aix sponsa² Linnaeus 1758 wood duck Bucephala albeola² Linnaeus 1758 bufflehead Mergus sp.² Linnaeus 1758 merganser
Passeriformes - Icteridae	cf. Agelaius sp.² cf. Agelaius sp.² Vieillot 1816 perching bird
Passeriformes - Corvidae	Corvus sp.² Corvus sp.² Linnaeus 1758 crow
Cathartiformes - Cathartidae	Aizengyps toomeyae n. sp.² Aizengyps toomeyae n. sp.² Emslie 1998 vulture
Accipitriformes - Accipitridae	Amplibuteo concordatus n. sp.³ Amplibuteo concordatus n. sp.³ Emslie and Czaplewski 1999 hawk
Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae	Limnodromus scolopaceus² Limnodromus scolopaceus² Say 1822 long-billed dowitcher
Reptilia
Galliformes - Phasianidae	Meleagris anza² Meleagris anza² turkey or could be Melagris leopoldi
Crocodylia - Alligatoridae	Alligator hailensis n. sp.⁶ Alligator hailensis n. sp.⁶ Stout 2020 alligator Suggested to belong to a new species (Stout, 2009 [MS thesis])

¹De Iuliis and Cartelle 1999; ²Emslie 1998; ³Emslie and Czaplewski 1999; ⁴Hulbert 2010; ⁵Hulbert 1997; ⁶Stout 2020