Ichetucknee River (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as UF locality CO001; Ichetucknee Springs; Itchatucknee River

Where: Columbia County, Florida (30.0° N, 82.8° W: paleocoordinates 29.9° N, 82.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Rancholabrean mammal zone, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collected in 1924-present; reposited in the FLMNH

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: G. G. Simpson. 1930. Additions to the Pleistocene of Florida. American Museum Novitates 406:1-14 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/R. Hulbert]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 154773: authorized by Jonathan Bloch, entered by Richard Hulbert on 10.03.2014, edited by Matthew Clapham and Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
Didelphis virginiana Kerr 1792 Virginia opossum
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
"Mastodon americanus" = Mammut americanum
"Mastodon americanus" = Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 American mastodon
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Parelephas cf. columbi" = Mammuthus columbi
"Parelephas cf. columbi" = Mammuthus columbi Falconer 1857 Columbian mammoth
  - Mylodontidae
"Mylodon harlani" = Paramylodon harlani
"Mylodon harlani" = Paramylodon harlani Owen 1840 Harlan's ground sloth
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus complicatus Leidy 1858 horse
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762 tapir
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus osceola New World deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
"Mylohyus cf. pennsylvanicus" = Mylohyus fossilis
"Mylohyus cf. pennsylvanicus" = Mylohyus fossilis Leidy 1860 peccary
 Carnivora - Ursidae
"Euarctos sp." = Ursus Linnaeus 1758 bear
cf. Arctodus sp. Leidy 1854 bear
Tremarctos floridanus5 Gidley 1928 Florida cave bear
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
"Lutra canadensis" = Lontra canadensis
"Lutra canadensis" = Lontra canadensis Schreber 1776 North American river otter
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoroides dilophidus4 Martin 1969 giant beaver
Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820 American beaver
 Rodentia - Caviidae
Neochoerus pinckneyi Hay 1926 caviomorph
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
"Ondatra zibethica" = Ondatra zibethicus
"Ondatra zibethica" = Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus 1766 muskrat
Reptilia
 Squamata - Polychrotidae
Anolis carolinensis1 Voight 1832 green anole
 Testudines - Emydidae
Terrapene carolina2 Linnaeus 1758 common box turtle
both "subspecies" T. carolina carolina and T. carolina putnami present
Aves
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Meleagris gallopavo6 Linnaeus 1758 wild turkey
 Falconiformes - Vulturoidae
Teratornis merriami6 Miller 1909 Merriam's teratorn
 Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae
Ciconia maltha6 Miller 1910 asphalt stork
Mycteria wetmorei7 Howard 1935 stork
Mycteria americana6 Linnaeus 1758 wood stork
 Pelecaniformes - Threskiornithidae
Eudocimus albus6 Linnaeus 1758 White ibis
 Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
"Casmerodius albus" = Ardea alba6 Linnaeus 1758 great egret
Ardea herodias6 Linnaeus 1758 great blue heron
Nycticorax nycticorax6 Linnaeus 1758 black-crowned night heron
Butorides virescens6 Linnaeus 1758 green heron
Palaeophoyx columbiana n. gen. n. sp.6 McCoy 1963 heron
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax auritus6 Lesson 1831 double-crested cormorant
 Suliformes - Anhingidae
Anhinga anhinga6 Linnaeus 1766 anhinga
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Branta canadensis7 Linnaeus 1758 Canada goose
Branta hutchinsii8 Richardson 1832 cackling goose
Branta canadensis hutchinsi
"Olor buccinator" = Cygnus buccinator6 Richardson 1832 trumpeter swan
"Olor columbianus" = Cygnus columbianus6 Ord 1815 tundra swan
Lophodytes cucullatus6 Linnaeus 1758 hooded merganser
Mergus merganser6 Linnaeus 1758 common merganser
Bucephala albeola6 Linnaeus 1758 bufflehead
Aix sponsa6 Linnaeus 1758 wood duck
Anas itchtucknee n. sp.6 McCoy 1963 dabbling duck
"Anas carolinensis" = Anas crecca carolinensis6 Gmelin 1789 green-winged teal
Anas platyrhynchos6 Linnaeus 1758 mallard
Anas fulvigula6 Ridgway 1874 mottled duck
Anas rubripes6 Brewster 1902 American black duck
Anas acuta6 Linnaeus 1758 northern pintail
Aythya valisineria6 Wilson 1814 canvasback
Aythya americana6 Eyton 1838 redhead
Aythya collaris6 Donovan 1809 ring-necked duck
"Anas strepera" = Mareca strepera6 Linnaeus 1758 gadwall
Mareca americana6 Gmelin 1789 American wigeon
"Anas discors" = Spatula discors6 Linnaeus 1766 blue-winged teal
Spatula clypeata6 Linnaeus 1758 northern shoveler
 Passeriformes - Icteridae
Agelaius phoeniceus6 Linnaeus 1766 red-winged blackbird
Quiscalus quiscula6 Linnaeus 1758 common grackle
 Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae
Podilymbus podiceps6 Linnaeus 1758 pied-billed grebe
Podilymbus magnus6 Schufeldt 1913 grebe
Podiceps auritus6 Linnaeus 1758 horned grebe
 Gruiformes - Aramidae
Aramus guarauna6 Linnaeus 1762 limpkin
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
Rallus elegans6, Rallus limicola6, Fulica americana6, "Fulica minor" = Fulica americana shufeldti6, "Gallinula chloropus" = Gallinula chloropus6, "Gallinula brodkorbi n. sp." = Gallinula chloropus6, Porzana carolina6
Rallus elegans6 Audubon 1834 king rail
Rallus limicola6 Vieillot 1819 Virginia rail
Fulica americana6 Gmelin 1789 American coot
"Fulica minor" = Fulica americana shufeldti6 Brodkorb 1964 American coot
"Gallinula chloropus" = Gallinula chloropus6 Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian moorhen
"Gallinula brodkorbi n. sp." = Gallinula chloropus6 Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian moorhen
Porzana carolina6 Linnaeus 1758 sora
 Gruiformes - Gruidae
Grus americana6 Linnaeus 1758 Whooping crane
 Piciformes - Picidae
Colaptes auratus6 Linnaeus 1758 northern flicker
 Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
"Gymnogyps amplus" = Gymnogyps californianus6, Coragyps atratus6
"Gymnogyps amplus" = Gymnogyps californianus6 Shaw 1797 condor
Coragyps atratus6 Bechstein 1793 black vulture
 Accipitriformes - Pandionidae
Pandion haliaetus6 Linnaeus 1758 osprey
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Buteo jamaicensis6 Gmelin 1788 red-tailed hawk
Amphibia
 Caudata - Urodela
Siren lacertina3 Linnaeus 1766 greater siren