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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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
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
Mammalia | |
"Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus
"Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus Leidy 1858 dire wolf | |
Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon | |
Tremarctos floridanus Gidley 1928 Florida cave bear | |
Lynx rufus Schreber 1777 bobcat
Panthera onca Linnaeus 1758 jaguar | |
Platygonus compressus Leconte 1848 peccary
Pecari sp. Reichenbach 1835 peccary | |
Bison antiquus Leidy 1852 bison | |
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer | |
Palaeolama mirifica Simpson 1929 stout-legged llama
Hemiauchenia macrocephala Cope 1893 camel | |
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
"Tapirus veroensis" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis
"Tapirus veroensis" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis Sellards 1918 tapir | |
Castoroides ohioensis Foster 1838 giant beaver | |
Neochoerus pinckneyi Hay 1926 caviomorph | |
Holmesina septentrionalis Leidy 1889 edentate | |
"Glyptotherium floridanum" = Glyptotherium cylindricum
"Glyptotherium floridanum" = Glyptotherium cylindricum Brown 1912 Florida glyptodont | |
Paramylodon harlani Owen 1840 Harlan's ground sloth | |
Eremotherium laurillardi Lund 1842 edentate | |
Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 American mastodon | |
Mammuthus columbi Falconer 1857 Columbian mammoth | |
Trichechus manatus Linnaeus 1758 manatee | |
Reptilia | |
Crotalus adamanteus Palisot de Beauvois 1799 eastern diamondback rattlesnake | |
Alligator mississippiensis Daudin 1801 American alligator | |
Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus 1758 wild turkey | |
Aves | |
Phalacrocorax auritus Lesson 1831 double-crested cormorant | |
Aramus guarauna Linnaeus 1762 limpkin | |
Anatidae indet. Vigors 1825 waterfowl | |
Reptilia | |
Apalone ferox Schneider 1783 Florida softshell turtle | |
Hesperotestudo crassiscutata Leidy 1889 turtle | |
Trachemys nuchocarinata n. sp.2
Trachemys nuchocarinata n. sp.2 Hay 1916 turtle USNM 8830 (formerly FGS 4437; holotype), a partial nuchal (Hay 1916a, pl. 6, fig. 5).
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Pseudemys extincta n. sp.1, Deirochelys floridana n. sp.1, Pseudemys nelsoni, Pseudemys concinna, Terrapene carolina, Trachemys sculpta n. sp.1, Trachemys jarmani n. sp.1
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 sculpta n. sp.1 Hay 1908 slider USNM 16681 (holotype), a nuchal plate (Hay 1908, pl. 45.4)
Trachemys jarmani n. sp.1 Hay 1908 slider USNM 16671 (holotype), a nuchal plate (Hay 1908, pl. 45.10)
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Emys euglypha n. sp.4
Emys euglypha n. sp.4 Leidy 1889 turtle The holotype, a nuchal plate (Leidy 1889a, pl. 4, fig.1) has been reported lost
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Actinopteri | |
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843 gar |