PBDB Collection

Edisto Beach (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Charleston County, South Carolina (32.5° N, 80.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Rancholabrean (0.2 - 0.0 Ma)

• undetermined offshore unit

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. E. Sanders. 2002. Additions to the Pleistocene Mammal Faunas of South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia. American Philosophical Society 92(5):1-152 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 79757: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.03.2008, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Bison antiquus antiquus Bison antiquus antiquus bison
Rodentia - Erethizontidae	Erethizon dorsatum Erethizon dorsatum Linnaeus 1758 North American porcupine
Rodentia - Caviidae	Neochoerus pinckneyi Neochoerus pinckneyi Hay 1926 caviomorph
Carnivora - Canidae	"Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus "Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus Leidy 1858 dire wolf
Carnivora - Phocidae	"Monachus tropicalis" = Neomonachus tropicalis "Monachus tropicalis" = Neomonachus tropicalis Gray 1850 Hawaiian monk seal
Carnivora - Ursidae	Tremarctos floridanus Tremarctos floridanus Gidley 1928 Florida cave bear
Carnivora - Procyonidae	Procyon lotor¹ Procyon lotor¹ Linnaeus 1758 raccoon
Carnivora - Felidae	"Panthera onca augusta" = Panthera onca, Panthera leo atrox, Lynx rufus, Miracinonyx ? trumani¹, Puma concolor, Smilodon fatalis "Panthera onca augusta" = Panthera onca Linnaeus 1758 jaguar Panthera leo atrox Leidy 1853 lion Lynx rufus Schreber 1777 bobcat Miracinonyx ? trumani¹ Orr 1969 American cheetah Puma concolor Linnaeus 1771 puma Smilodon fatalis Leidy 1868 saber-toothed cat
Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae	Mylohyus fossilis¹ Mylohyus fossilis¹ Leidy 1860 peccary
Artiodactyla - Cervidae	Cervus elaphus Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer
Cetacea - Delphinidae	Pseudorca crassidens Pseudorca crassidens Owen 1846 false killer whale
Xenarthra - Megalonychidae	Megalonyx jeffersonii Megalonyx jeffersonii Desmarest 1822 Jefferson's ground sloth originally entered as "Megalonyx jeffersoni"
Cingulata - Pampatheriidae	Holmesina septentrionalis Holmesina septentrionalis Leidy 1889 edentate
Cingulata - Glyptodontidae	"Glyptotherium floridanum" = Glyptotherium cylindricum¹ "Glyptotherium floridanum" = Glyptotherium cylindricum¹ Brown 1912 Florida glyptodont
Reptilia
Crocodylia -	"Gavialosuchus americanus" = Thecachampsa sericodon² "Gavialosuchus americanus" = Thecachampsa sericodon² Cope 1867 crocodilian ChM 35.208.176 (dorsal plate)

¹Albright et al. 2019; ²Auffenberg 1957