Peace River 3A (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as UF DE015

Where: De Soto County, Florida (27.2° N, 81.9° W: paleocoordinates 27.2° N, 81.9° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Quaternary alluvium unconformably overlying the Peace River Formation

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; unlithified, sandy, conglomeratic siliciclastic sediments

• a 1.4-m-thick, 7-m-wide sequence of alternating layers of gravel and sand unconformably resting on the Peace River Formation

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collected by A. Kerner et al. in 2000-2007; reposited in the FLMNH

Collection methods: quarrying,

• site is usually 2 to 4 m below surface of river and was excavated by divers using SCUBA equipment

Primary reference: R. C. Hulbert, Jr., G. S. Morgan, and A. Kerner. 2009. Collared peccary (Mammalia, Artiodactyla, Tayassuidae, Pecari) from the late Pleistocene of Florida. In L. B. Albright (ed.), Papers on Geology, Vertebrate Paleontology, and Biostratigraphy in Honor of Michael O. Woodburne 543-555 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 154804: authorized by Jonathan Bloch, entered by Richard Hulbert on 13.03.2014, edited by Evangelos Vlachos and Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843 gar
Aves
 Gruiformes - Aramidae
Aramus guarauna Linnaeus 1762 limpkin
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anatidae indet. Vigors 1825 waterfowl
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax auritus Lesson 1831 double-crested cormorant
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus 1758 wild turkey
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Alligator mississippiensis Daudin 1801 American alligator
 Squamata - Crotalidae
Crotalus adamanteus Palisot de Beauvois 1799 eastern diamondback rattlesnake
 Testudines - Emydidae
Pseudemys extincta n. sp.1 Hay 1908 turtle
USNM 16678 (holotype), a nuchal plate (Hay 1908, pl. 54.13)
Deirochelys floridana n. sp.1 Hay 1908 turtle
USNM 16679 (holotype), a nuchal bone (Hay 1908, fig. 450, pl. 54.1–2)
Pseudemys nelsoni Carr 1938 Florida red-bellied turtle
Pseudemys concinna Le Conte 1830 eastern river cooter
Terrapene carolina Linnaeus 1758 common box turtle
Trachemys jarmani n. sp.1 Hay 1908 slider
USNM 16671 (holotype), a nuchal plate (Hay 1908, pl. 45.10)
Trachemys sculpta n. sp.1 Hay 1908 slider
USNM 16681 (holotype), a nuchal plate (Hay 1908, pl. 45.4)
 Testudines - Testudinidae
 Testudines -
Emys euglypha n. sp.4 Leidy 1889 turtle
The holotype, a nuchal plate (Leidy 1889a, pl. 4, fig.1) has been reported lost
Trachemys nuchocarinata n. sp.2 Hay 1916 turtle
USNM 8830 (formerly FGS 4437; holotype), a partial nuchal (Hay 1916a, pl. 6, fig. 5).
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Apalone ferox Schneider 1783 Florida softshell turtle
Mammalia
 Sirenia - Trichechidae
Trichechus manatus Linnaeus 1758 manatee
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus columbi Falconer 1857 Columbian mammoth
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 American mastodon
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
"Tapirus veroensis" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis
"Tapirus veroensis" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis Sellards 1918 tapir
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison antiquus Leidy 1852 bison
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Platygonus compressus Leconte 1848 peccary
Pecari sp. Reichenbach 1835 peccary
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Palaeolama mirifica Simpson 1929 stout-legged llama
Hemiauchenia macrocephala Cope 1893 camel
 Carnivora - Felidae
Lynx rufus Schreber 1777 bobcat
Panthera onca Linnaeus 1758 jaguar
 Carnivora - Canidae
"Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus
"Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus Leidy 1858 dire wolf
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Tremarctos floridanus Gidley 1928 Florida cave bear
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon
 Rodentia - Caviidae
Neochoerus pinckneyi Hay 1926 caviomorph
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoroides ohioensis Foster 1838 giant beaver
Castoroides dilophidus3 Martin 1969 giant beaver
 Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Holmesina septentrionalis Leidy 1889 edentate
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
"Glyptotherium floridanum" = Glyptotherium cylindricum
"Glyptotherium floridanum" = Glyptotherium cylindricum Brown 1912 Florida glyptodont
  - Mylodontidae
Paramylodon harlani Owen 1840 Harlan's ground sloth
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Eremotherium laurillardi Lund 1842 edentate