West Palm Beach Site (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as UF PB002; P.C. Smith Shell Rock Company Pit

Where: Palm Beach County, Florida (26.7° N, 80.2° W: paleocoordinates 26.7° N, 80.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

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

Environment/lithology: "channel"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collected by H. H. Converse et al. in 1969-1970; reposited in the FLMNH

Collection methods: quarrying

Primary reference: J. J. Becker. 1985. A late Pleistocene (Wisconsinan) avifauna from West Palm Beach, Florida. Bulletin of the British Ornithologist's Club 105(1):37-40 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 154921: authorized by Jonathan Bloch, entered by Richard Hulbert on 19.03.2014, edited by Bethany Allen and Grace Varnham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Emydidae
Terrapene carolina bauri1 common box turtle
Terrapene carolina putnami1 common box turtle
Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp.1 Agassiz 1843 gar
 Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amia calva1 Linnaeus 1766 bowfin
 Siluriformes - Ictaluridae
Ictalurus sp.1 Rafinesque 1820 catfish
Reptilia
 Squamata - Colubridae
Lampropeltis getulus1 Linnaeus 1766 kingsnake
Opheodrys sp.1 Fitzinger 1843 colubrid snake
Farancia abacura1 Holbrook 1836 colubrid snake
"Natrix sipedon" = Nerodia sipedon1 Linnaeus 1758 northern water snake
 Squamata - Crotalidae
Agkistrodon piscivorous1 Lacépède cottonmouth
Crotalus adamanteus1 Palisot de Beauvois 1799 eastern diamondback rattlesnake
 Squamata - Natricidae
Natrix cyclopion1 water snake
 Squamata - Anguidae
Ophisaurus sp.1 Daudin 1803 glass lizard
Aves
 Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae
Mycteria americana Linnaeus 1758 wood stork
Ciconia maltha Miller 1910 asphalt stork
 Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Ardea herodias Linnaeus 1758 great blue heron
 Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
Gymnogyps sp. Lesson 1842 New World vulture
 Gruiformes - Gruidae
Grus americana Linnaeus 1758 Whooping crane
 Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae
Podilymbus podiceps Linnaeus 1758 pied-billed grebe
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anas sp. Linnaeus 1758 dabbling duck
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Spizaetus cf. grinnelli Miller 1911 hawk-eagle
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Alligator mississippiensis1 Daudin 1801 American alligator
 Testudines - Emydidae
Chrysemys nelsoni1 painted turtle
Chrysemys floridana1 painted turtle
 Testudines - Testudinidae
"Geochelone crassiscutata" = Hesperotestudo crassiscutata1
"Geochelone crassiscutata" = Hesperotestudo crassiscutata1 Leidy 1889 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
"Trionyx ferox" = Platypeltis ferox1
"Trionyx ferox" = Platypeltis ferox1 Schneider 1783 Florida softshell turtle
Mammalia
 Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
"Chlamytherium septentrionalis" = Holmesina septentrionalis1
"Chlamytherium septentrionalis" = Holmesina septentrionalis1 Leidy 1889 edentate
  - Mylodontidae
Paramylodon harlani1 Owen 1840 Harlan's ground sloth
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Mammuthus imperator" = Mammuthus columbi1
"Mammuthus imperator" = Mammuthus columbi1 Falconer 1857 imperial mammoth
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut americanum1 Kerr 1792 American mastodon
 Rodentia - Caviidae
Neochoerus pinckneyi2 Hay 1926 caviomorph
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Sigmodon hispidus1 Say and Ord 1825 hispid cotton rat
Synaptomys australis1 Simpson 1928 rodent
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus sp.1 Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
 Carnivora - Canidae
"Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus2, Canis lupus1
"Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus2 Leidy 1858 dire wolf
Canis lupus1 Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor2 Linnaeus 1758 raccoon
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
"Tapirus veroensis" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis1
"Tapirus veroensis" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis1 Sellards 1918 tapir
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
"Tanupolama sp." = Hemiauchenia1, Palaeolama mirifica2
"Tanupolama sp." = Hemiauchenia1 Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel
Palaeolama mirifica2 Simpson 1929 stout-legged llama
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus1 Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison antiquus1 Leidy 1852 bison
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Mylohyus sp.1 Cope 1869 peccary
 Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
Didelphis virginiana1 Kerr 1792 Virginia opossum
Amphibia
 Caudata - Urodela
Siren lacertina1 Linnaeus 1766 greater siren
Amphiuma means1 Garden 1821 two-toed amphiuma