White Springs 3B (Oligocene of the United States)

Also known as UF C061

Where: Columbia/Hamilton County, Florida (30.2° N, 82.8° W: paleocoordinates 30.4° N, 77.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Porters Landing Member (Parachucla Formation), Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• Arikareean

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; brown, gray, argillaceous sandstone

• light gray to buff to brown, slightly clayey, fine quartz sand with a minor percentage of fine phosphatic grains

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the FLMNH

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, sieve

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 17860: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995, edited by Richard Hulbert

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• said to be "earliest Miocene (Arikareean)"
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Reptilia
 Squamata - Boidae
Boidae indet.1, Pterygoboa sp.3
Boidae indet.1 Gray 1825 boa
Pterygoboa sp.3 Holman 1976 sand boa
 Squamata -
Scolecophidia indet.2
Scolecophidia indet.2 snake
UF 125434, 12551, 125546, 125573, five trunk vertebra (not sure which no. has the extra vert)
 Squamata - Typhlopidae
Typhlopidae indet.1
Typhlopidae indet.1 Bonaparte 1831 blind snake
Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Carnivora indet.1
Carnivora indet.1 Bowdich 1821 carnivoran
"small"
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canidae indet.1
Canidae indet.1 Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Anchippus texanus" = Desmatippus texanus1
"Anchippus texanus" = Desmatippus texanus1 Leidy 1868 anchitheriine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
cf. Diceratherium sp.1
cf. Diceratherium sp.1 Marsh 1875 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Mesoreodon floridensis n. sp.1
Mesoreodon floridensis n. sp.1 MacFadden and Morgan 2003 oreodont
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
cf. Oxydactylus sp.1, Nothokemas cf. waldropi1, cf. Gentilicamelus sp.1
cf. Oxydactylus sp.1 Peterson 1904 camel
Nothokemas cf. waldropi1 Frailey 1978 camel
cf. Gentilicamelus sp.1 Loomis 1936 camel
"small primitive species"
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Megalagus sp.1
Megalagus sp.1 Walker 1931 rabbit
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Nototamias sp.1, Protosciurus sp.1
Nototamias sp.1 Pratt and Morgan 1989 squirrel
Protosciurus sp.1 Black 1963 squirrel
 Rodentia - Castoridae
cf. Neatocastor sp.1
cf. Neatocastor sp.1 Korth 1996 beaver
 Rodentia -
Geomyoidea indet.1
Geomyoidea indet.1 Bonaparte 1845 rodent
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Eomyidae indet.1, Arikareeomys sp.1
Eomyidae indet.1 Winge 1887 rodent
Arikareeomys sp.1 Korth 1992 rodent
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Heteromyidae indet.1
Heteromyidae indet.1 Gray 1868 rodent
 Rodentia - Heliscomyidae
Heliscomys sp.1
Heliscomys sp.1 Cope 1873 rodent
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
"Cricetidae" indet.1, cf. Leidymys sp.
"Cricetidae" indet.1 Fischer von Waldheim 1817 rodent
cf. Leidymys sp. Wood 1936 rodent
 Insectivora -
Insectivora indet.1
Insectivora indet.1 Bowdich 1821 insectivoran
 Chiroptera -
Chiroptera indet.1
Chiroptera indet.1 Blumenbach 1779 bat
a bat
 Tribosphenida - Herpetotheriidae
Herpetotherium sp.1
Herpetotherium sp.1 Cope 1873 marsupial
1MacFadden and Morgan 2003; 2Mead 2013; 3Mead and Schubert 2013