Seminole Field (Pleistocene of the United States)
Where: Pinellas County, Florida (27.8° N, 82.7° W: paleocoordinates 27.8° N, 82.7° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Rancholabrean mammal zone, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; unlithified, argillaceous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collected by W.W. Holmes et al. in 1924-1929; 1953; reposited in the AMNH, FLMNH
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying,
Primary reference: G. G. Simpson. 1929. Pleistocene mammalian fauna of the Seminole Field, Pinellas County, Florida. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 56(8):561-599 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 154771: authorized by Jonathan Bloch, entered by Richard Hulbert on 09.03.2014, edited by Bethany Allen, Terri Cleary and Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• Simpson (1929) included "cf. Camelops sp." in his faunal list, but this was a misidentification
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"Boreostracon floridanus n. sp." = Glyptotherium cylindricum
"Boreostracon floridanus n. sp." = Glyptotherium cylindricum Brown 1912 Florida glyptodont | |
"Chlamytherium septentrionale" = Holmesina septentrionalis
"Chlamytherium septentrionale" = Holmesina septentrionalis Leidy 1889 edentate | |
"Tatu bellus n. sp." = Dasypus bellus
"Tatu bellus n. sp." = Dasypus bellus Simpson 1929 beautiful armadillo | |
"Mylodon cf. harlani" = Paramylodon harlani
"Mylodon cf. harlani" = Paramylodon harlani Owen 1840 Harlan's ground sloth | |
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Sciurus cf. carolinensis Gmelin 1788 eastern gray squirrel | |
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Geomys floridanus pocket gopher | |
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Oryzomys palustris Harlan 1837 marsh rice rat
Neofiber alleni True 1884 round-tailed muskrat
Sigmodon hispidus Say and Ord 1825 hispid cotton rat
Synaptomys australis Simpson 1928 rodent | |
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Erethizon cf. dorsatum Linnaeus 1758 North American porcupine | |
"Hydrochaerus cf. pinckneyi" = Hydrochoerus
"Hydrochaerus cf. pinckneyi" = Hydrochoerus capybara | |
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Sylvilagus floridanus Allen 1890 eastern cottontail
Sylvilagus palustris Bachman 1837 marsh rabbit | |
"Lutra canadensis" = Lontra canadensis, Mustela peninsulae
"Lutra canadensis" = Lontra canadensis Schreber 1776 North American river otter
Mustela peninsulae weasel | |
Mephitis elongata, "Spilogale ambarvalis" = Spilogale putorius
Mephitis elongata skunk
"Spilogale ambarvalis" = Spilogale putorius Linnaeus 1758 Florida spotted skunk | |
"Procyon lotor" = Procyon lotor, "Procyon nanus n. sp." = Procyon lotor
"Procyon lotor" = Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon
"Procyon nanus n. sp." = Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon | |
"Arctodus floridanus" = Tremarctos floridanus
"Arctodus floridanus" = Tremarctos floridanus Gidley 1928 Florida cave bear | |
"Urocyon seminolensis n. sp." = Urocyon cinereoargenteus, "Canis ayersi" = Aenocyon dirus, "Canis cf. riviveronis" = Canis latrans
"Urocyon seminolensis n. sp." = Urocyon cinereoargenteus Schreber 1775 gray fox AMNH 23526 (holotype), rami of lower jaw with right P3-M1 and left P1-4
"Canis ayersi" = Aenocyon dirus Leidy 1858 dire wolf
"Canis cf. riviveronis" = Canis latrans Say 1823 coyote | |
"Felis cf. veronis" = Panthera onca, cf. Lynx sp., Lynx rufus, "cf. Felis inexpectata" = Miracinonyx inexpectatus, "Smilodon cf. floridanus" = Smilodon fatalis
"Felis cf. veronis" = Panthera onca Linnaeus 1758 jaguar
cf. Lynx sp. Kerr 1792 lynx
Lynx rufus Schreber 1777 bobcat
"cf. Felis inexpectata" = Miracinonyx inexpectatus Cope 1895 American cheetah
"Smilodon cf. floridanus" = Smilodon fatalis Leidy 1868 saber-toothed cat | |
Mylohyus cf. lenis, "Mylohyus gidleyi n. sp." = Mylohyus fossilis, "Mylohyus cf. pennsylvanicus" = Mylohyus fossilis
Mylohyus cf. lenis peccary
"Mylohyus gidleyi n. sp." = Mylohyus fossilis Leidy 1860 peccary
"Mylohyus cf. pennsylvanicus" = Mylohyus fossilis Leidy 1860 peccary | |
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Odocoileus osceola New World deer | |
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Bison cf. latifrons Harlan 1825 bison | |
"Tanupolama mirifica n. sp." = Palaeolama mirifica, "Tanupolama cf. americana" = Hemiauchenia macrocephala
"Tanupolama mirifica n. sp." = Palaeolama mirifica Simpson 1929 stout-legged llama
"Tanupolama cf. americana" = Hemiauchenia macrocephala Cope 1893 camel | |
Tapirus sp., Tapirus veroensis sellardsi n. ssp.
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762 tapir
Tapirus veroensis sellardsi n. ssp. Simpson 1929 tapir | |
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Equus cf. leidyi Hay 1913 horse
Equus cf. complicatus Leidy 1858 horse | |
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Scalopus sp. Geoffroy 1803 mole | |
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Trichechus sp. Linnaeus 1758 manatee | |
"Mastodon americanus" = Mammut americanum
"Mastodon americanus" = Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 American mastodon | |
"Archidiskodon columbi" = Mammuthus
"Archidiskodon columbi" = Mammuthus mammoth | |
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Didelphis virginiana Kerr 1792 Virginia opossum | |
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Geranoaetus sp.4, Buteo lineatus4, Buteo platypterus4, Buteo jamaicensis4, Haliaeetus leucocephalus4
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"Zenaidura macroura" = Zenaida macroura4
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"Aramus pictus" = Aramus guarauna pictus4
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Cygnus columbianus4, "Branta canadensis hutchinsi" = Branta hutchinsii4, Branta canadensis4, Anas indet.4, "Nettion carolinense" = Anas crecca carolinensis4, Anas fulvigula4, "Nyroca affinis" = Aythya affinis4, "Querquedula floridana" = Querquedula floridiana4
Anas indet.4 Linnaeus 1758 dabbling duck "of the mallard type" but too fragmentary to identify to species
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Butorides virescens4, Ardea herodias4, "Casmerodius albus" = Ardea alba4, Nyctanassa violacea4, Botaurus lentiginosus4, "Hydranassa tricolor" = Egretta tricolor4, "Florida caerulea" = Egretta caerulea4
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"Polyborus cheriway" = Caracara cheriway4
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Crotalus adamanteus2 Palisot de Beauvois 1799 eastern diamondback rattlesnake Fla. Geol. Surv. No. V 4014, two vertebrae; Univ. Calif. No. 28910, two vertebrae
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