Cowhouse Slough (Oligocene to of the United States)

Also known as Cow House Slough

Where: Hillsborough County, Florida (27.9° N, 82.1° W: paleocoordinates 28.0° N, 76.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Tampa Member (Arcadia Formation), Geringian to Geringian (30.8 - 24.8 Ma)

• said to be early Arikareean = Geringian or Monroecreekian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: G. S. Morgan. 1989. Miocene vertebrate faunas from the Suwannee River basin of north Florida and south Georgia. Southeastern Geological Society Guidebook 30:26-53 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 17487: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995

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Taxonomic list

• see also Morgan 1993
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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciuridae indet.1
Sciuridae indet.1 Gray 1821 squirrel
 Rodentia - Entoptychidae
"Entoptychinae indet." = Entoptychidae1
"Entoptychinae indet." = Entoptychidae1 Miller and Gidley 1918 rodent
 Rodentia - Castoridae
? Agnotocastor sp.1
? Agnotocastor sp.1 Stirton 1935 beaver
see also Hayes 2000
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Eomyidae indet.
Eomyidae indet. Winge 1887 rodent
large: said to be "Proheteromys" by Hayes 2000, but this might be Harrymys
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Megalagus abaconis2
Megalagus abaconis2 Hayes 2000 rabbit
 Theriamorpha - Geolabididae
Centetodon sp.1
Centetodon sp.1 Marsh 1872 placental
 Carnivora - Canidae
Phlaocyon taylori2
Phlaocyon taylori2 Hayes 2000 bone-crushing dog
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Merycoidodontidae indet.1
Merycoidodontidae indet.1 Cook 1912 oreodont
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Cynorca sp.1
Cynorca sp.1 Cope 1867 peccary
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Nothokemas waldropi2
Nothokemas waldropi2 Frailey 1978 camel
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Miohippus sp.
Miohippus sp. Marsh 1874 anchitheriine horse
1Albright 1998; 2Hayes 2000