Where: Marion County, Florida (28.8° N, 82.3° W: paleocoordinates 29.0° N, 80.7° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)
• said to be early Hemphillian, Hh2
•sinkhole is "developed in the Inglis member of the Ocala Limestone (Late Eocene)" (Becker 1985)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: pond; fine-grained, green, silty claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the FLMNH
• Eocene, Hemphillian, and Rancholabrean fossils are all present but easily distinguished based on preservation and color
Primary reference: J. J. Becker. 1985. Fossil herons (Aves: Ardeidae) of the late Miocene and early Pliocene of Florida. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 5(1):24-31 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 18601: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Richard Hulbert, Jonathan Marcot and Patricia Holroyd
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Taxonomic list
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Amphibia | |
Bufo sp. Laurenti 1768 toad | |
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758 frog | |
Siren sp. Linnaeus 1766 siren
Notophthalmus sp. Rafinesque 1820 newt
Amphiuma sp. Garden 1821 amphiuma | |
Mammalia | |
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821 squirrel | |
Cricetidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 mouse | |
? Pratilepus sp. Hibbard 1939 rabbit | |
Aphelops mutilus Matthew 1924 rhinoceros
Teleoceras sp. Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros | |
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Nannippus aztecus1, Nannippus morgani7, Hipparion cf. tehonense, Pseudhipparion skinneri7, "Hippotherium ingenuum" = Cormohipparion ingenuum1, Neohipparion eurystyle, Calippus maccartyi6, Protohippus cf. gidleyi6
Hipparion cf. tehonense Merriam 1916 hipparionine horse
Neohipparion eurystyle Cope 1893 hipparionine horse
Protohippus cf. gidleyi6 Hulbert 1988 horse includes specimen inexplicably assigned to "Pliohippus" by MacFadden and Cerling 1996
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Aepycamelus cf. major Leidy 1886 camel
Procamelus cf. grandis Gregory 1939 camel | |
Floridameryx floridanus n. gen. n. sp.12
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Hexameryx simpsoni White 1941 pronghorn | |
Machairodus sp. Kaup 1833 cat | |
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Indarctos sp. Pilgrim 1913 bear | |
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Pliometanastes protistus Hirschfeld and Webb 1968 edentate | |
Thinobadistes wetzeli n. sp.11
Thinobadistes wetzeli n. sp.11 Webb 1989 edentate from "Site 4X" and referred specimens from "Site 4A"; "T. segnis"
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Platybelodon sp.8 Borissiak 1928 gomphothere presumably "Torynobelodon sp."; identification is uncertain according to Lambert 1996
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Reptilia | |
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Terrapene sp. Merrem 1820 box turtle
Pseudemys ? nelsoni Carr 1938 Florida red-bellied turtle | |
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Viperidae indet. Oppel 1811 viper | |
Natricinae indet. Bonaparte 1838 colubrid snake | |
Alligator mississippiensis Daudin 1801 American alligator | |
Aves | |
Buteo sp. de Lacepède 1799 hawk | |
Egretta subfluvia n. sp.
Egretta subfluvia n. sp. Becker 1985 egret | |
Actinopteri | |
Pogonias cromis Cope 1869 black drum | |
Centropomus sp. Lacépède 1802 | |
Carangidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 |