Also known as FK-9
Where: Pinellas County, Florida (27.8° N, 82.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Fort Thompson Formation, Rancholabrean (0.3 - 0.0 Ma)
• said to be early Rancholabrean
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: P. F. Karrow, G. S. Morgan, R. W. Portell, E. Simons, and K. Auffenberg. 1996. Middle Pleistocene (early Rancholabrean) vertebrates and associated marine and non-marine invertebrates from Oldsmar, Pinnellas County, Florida. In K. M. Stewart, K. L. Seymour (eds.), Palaeoecology and palaeoenvironments of late Cenozoic mammals: Tributes to the career of C.S. (Rufus) Churcher 97-133 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 20440: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
text suggests that all terrestrial vertebrates are from this locality, but table is for "Oldsmar Local Fauna"
unclassified | |
Reptilia | |
Anolis cf. carolinensis Voight 1832 green anole | |
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803 glass lizard | |
Farancia sp. Gray 1842 colubrid snake
Drymarchon corais Boie 1827 cribo
Nerodia sp. Baird and Girard 1853 water snake | |
Aves | |
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird | |
Aythya cf. collaris Donovan 1809 ring-necked duck
Anas sp. Linnaeus 1758 dabbling duck | |
Podilymbus podiceps Linnaeus 1758 pied-billed grebe | |
Rallus longirostris Boddaert 1783 mangrove rail
Rallus elegans Audubon 1834 king rail
Rallus limicola Vieillot 1819 Virginia rail | |
Anhinga anhinga Linnaeus 1766 anhinga | |
Reptilia | |
Alligator mississippiensis Daudin 1801 American alligator | |
Sternotherus sp. Gray 1825 musk turtle
Kinosternon sp. von Spix 1824 mud turtle | |
Chelydra serpentina, "Macroclemys temmincki" = Macrochelys temminckii
Chelydra serpentina Linnaeus 1758 Common snapping turtle
"Macroclemys temmincki" = Macrochelys temminckii Troost 1835 Alligator snapping turtle | |
Gopherus polyphemus Daudin 1802 Florida gopher tortoise
Hesperotestudo crassiscutata Leidy 1889 turtle | |
Pseudemys sp. Gray 1856 cooter
Trachemys scripta Schoepff 1792 slider
Terrapene carolina Linnaeus 1758 common box turtle | |
Apalone ferox Schneider 1783 Florida softshell turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Dasypus bellus Simpson 1929 beautiful armadillo | |
Holmesina septentrionalis Leidy 1889 edentate | |
Castoroides ohioensis Foster 1838 giant beaver | |
Neochoerus pinckneyi Hay 1926 caviomorph | |
Sigmodon bakeri, Reithrodontomys sp., Neofiber alleni, Oryzomys palustris, Neotoma floridana, Peromyscus gossypinus
Sigmodon bakeri Martin 1974 cotton rat
Reithrodontomys sp. Giglioli 1874 harvest mouse
Neofiber alleni True 1884 round-tailed muskrat
Oryzomys palustris Harlan 1837 marsh rice rat
Neotoma floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat
Peromyscus gossypinus Le Conte 1853 cotton mouse | |
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Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon | |
Spilogale putorius Linnaeus 1758 eastern spotted skunk | |
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
"Tapirus veroensis" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis
"Tapirus veroensis" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis Sellards 1918 tapir | |
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer | |
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel | |
Blarina carolinensis Bachman 1837 southern short-tailed shrew | |
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Amphibia | |
Notophthalmus sp. Rafinesque 1820 newt
Siren sp. Linnaeus 1766 siren | |
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758 frog | |
Actinopteri | |
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843 gar
Atractosteus spatula Lacepede 1803 gar | |
Amia calva Linnaeus 1766 bowfin | |
Pogonias cromis Cope 1869 black drum | |
Micropterus salmoides Lacépède 1802 black bass
Lepomis cf. gulosus sunfish
Lepomis microlophus Lee 1980 sunfish | |
Opsanus sp. Rafinesque 1818 toadfish | |
Mugil sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Fundulus sp. Lacépède 1803 | |
Clupeidae indet. Cuvier 1817 herring | |
Arius felis Ariid catfish | |
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Chondrichthyes | |
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray | |
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray |