Devil's Den (Pleistocene of the United States)
Also known as UF LV002
Where: Levy County, Florida (29.4° N, 82.5° W: paleocoordinates 29.4° N, 82.5° W)
When: Rancholabrean mammal zone, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: cave
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collected by C. E. Ray, H. K. Brooks, J. Goggins et al. in 1960-1963; reposited in the FLMNH
Collection methods: quarrying, sieve,
Primary reference: R. A. Martin and S. D. Webb. 1974. Late Pleistocene mammals from the Devil's Den Fauna, Levy County. In S. D. Webb (ed.), Pleistocene Mammals of Florida 114-145 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/R. Hulbert]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 154805: authorized by Jonathan Bloch, entered by Richard Hulbert on 13.03.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Amphibia | |
"Scaphiopus holbrooki" = Scaphiopus (Scaphiopus) holbrooki
"Scaphiopus holbrooki" = Scaphiopus (Scaphiopus) holbrooki Harlan 1835 Eastern spadefoot toad | |
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Rana utricularia frog | |
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Bufo terrestris Bonnaterre 1789 Southern toad
Bufo woodhousei Girard 1854 Woodhouse's toad | |
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Ambystoma tigrinum Green 1825 tiger salamander | |
| Reptilia | |
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Alligator mississippiensis Daudin 1801 American alligator | |
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Deirochelys reticularia Latreille 1801 Chicken turtle
"Pseudemys scripta" = Trachemys scripta Schoepff 1792 slider
Terrapene carolina Linnaeus 1758 common box turtle | |
"Geochelone crassiscutata" = Hesperotestudo crassiscutata, "Geochelone incisa" = Hesperotestudo turgida, Gopherus polyphemus
"Geochelone crassiscutata" = Hesperotestudo crassiscutata Leidy 1889 turtle
"Geochelone incisa" = Hesperotestudo turgida Cope 1892 turtle
Gopherus polyphemus Daudin 1802 Florida gopher tortoise | |
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Kinosternon subrubrum Bonnaterre 1788 Eastern mud turtle | |
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Chelydra serpentina Linnaeus 1758 Common snapping turtle | |
| Mammalia | |
cf. Lasiurus intermedius, Pipistrellus subflavus, Myotis sp., Myotis cf. austroriparius, Myotis grisescens
cf. Lasiurus intermedius Allen 1862 northern yellow bat
Pipistrellus subflavus Cuvier 1832 eastern pipistrelle bat
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat
Myotis cf. austroriparius Rhoads 1897 vesper bat
Myotis grisescens Howell 1909 gray bat | |
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Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 American mastodon | |
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Tremarctos floridanus Gidley 1928 Florida cave bear | |
"Mustela frenata" = Neogale frenata
"Mustela frenata" = Neogale frenata Lichtenstein 1831 long-tailed weasel | |
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Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon | |
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Spilogale putorius Linnaeus 1758 eastern spotted skunk
Mephitis mephitis Schreber 1776 striped skunk | |
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Canis familiaris Linnaeus 1758 dog
Canis rufus Audubon and Bachman 1851 red wolf
Urocyon cinereoargenteus Schreber 1775 gray fox
"Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus Leidy 1858 dire wolf | |
"Smilodon cf. floridanus" = Smilodon fatalis, "Felis onca" = Panthera onca, "Felis rufus" = Lynx rufus
"Smilodon cf. floridanus" = Smilodon fatalis Leidy 1868 saber-toothed cat
"Felis rufus" = Lynx rufus Schreber 1777 bobcat | |
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Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
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Platygonus compressus Leconte 1848 peccary | |
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Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer | |
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Scalopus aquaticus Linnaeus 1758 eastern mole | |
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Cryptotis parva Say 1823 North American least shrew
Blarina brevicauda Say 1823 northern short-tailed shrew | |
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Sylvilagus cf. floridanus Allen 1890 eastern cottontail | |
Synaptomys australis, Ochrotomys nuttalli, "Peromyscus floridanus" = Podomys floridanus, Oryzomys palustris, Neofiber alleni, Peromyscus polionotus, Peromyscus cf. gossypinus, Neotoma floridana, Sigmodon hispidus, Ondatra zibethicus, Microtus pennsylvanicus, "Pitymys pinetorum" = Microtus pinetorum
Synaptomys australis Simpson 1928 mouse
Ochrotomys nuttalli Harlan 1832 golden mouse
"Peromyscus floridanus" = Podomys floridanus Chapman 1889 Florida mouse
Oryzomys palustris Harlan 1837 marsh rice rat
Neofiber alleni True 1884 round-tailed muskrat
Peromyscus polionotus Wagner 1843 oldfield mouse
Peromyscus cf. gossypinus Le Conte 1853 cotton mouse
Neotoma floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat
Sigmodon hispidus Say and Ord 1825 hispid cotton rat
Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus 1766 muskrat
Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole
"Pitymys pinetorum" = Microtus pinetorum Le Conte 1830 woodland vole | |
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Sciurus niger Linnaeus 1758 fox squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin 1788 eastern gray squirrel
Glaucomys volans Linnaeus 1758 southern flying squirrel | |
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Geomys cf. pinetis Rafinesque 1817 southeastern pocket gopher | |
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Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 human | |
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Didelphis virginiana Kerr 1792 Virginia opossum | |