SB-1A ( of the United States)

Also known as Live Oak

Where: Suwannee County, Florida (30.3° N, 83.0° W: paleocoordinates 30.6° N, 78.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Harrisonian (24.8 - 18.5 Ma)

• 25–24 Ma (Tedford et al., 2004)

•Harrisonian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: D. Frailey. 1978. An Early Miocene (Arikareean) fauna from northcentral Florida (the SB-1A Local Fauna). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas 75:1-20 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 17837: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993, edited by Richard Hulbert and Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• NISP 11+
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
Herpetotherium sp.1 Cope 1873 marsupial
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Vespertilionidae indet.1 Gray 1821 vesper bat
a bat
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Anchitheriinae indet. Leidy 1869 anchitheriine horse
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Nothokemas waldropi n. sp. Frailey 1978 camel
 Carnivora - Palaeogalidae
Palaeogale minuta4 Gervais 1848 carnivoran
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Arikarictis chapini4 Hayes 2000 mustelid carnivore
Megalictis frazieri2 Frailey 1978 mustelid carnivore
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Daphoenodon sp.4 Peterson 1909 bear-dog
Mammacyon cf. obtusidens Loomis 1936 bear-dog
 Carnivora - Canidae
? Leptocyon sp.1 Matthew 1918 canine
Phlaocyon leucosteus7 Matthew 1899 bone-crushing dog
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Protosciurus sp. Black 1963 squirrel
 Rodentia -
Geomyoidea indet.1 Bonaparte 1845 rodent
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Eomyidae indet.6 Winge 1887 rodent
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Harrymys cf. magnus1 Wood 1932 rodent
Proheteromys floridanus6 Wood 1932 rodent
Reptilia
 Squamata -
Scolecophidia indet.5 snake
UF 268987, single trunk vertebra
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Alligatoridae indet.3 Gray 1844 crocodilian
UF 424639–41, 424637–8, and 424633–36