Kissimmee River ( of the United States)

Where: Okeechobee County, Florida (27.3° N, 80.8° W: paleocoordinates 27.4° N, 80.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Pinecrest Beds Member (Tamiami Formation), Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)

• said to be late Blancan

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: G. S. Morgan and R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1995. Overview of the geology and vertebrate biochronology of the Leisey Shell Pit Local Fauna, Hillsborough County, Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 37(1) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

PaleoDB collection 19754: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994

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Taxonomic list

• composite of at least two sites (5 and 6) and entirely from spoil piles
Mammalia
 Cingulata - Pachyarmatheriidae
Pachyarmatherium leiseyi Downing and White 1995 edentate
see also Downing and White 1995: Kissimmee River 6
 Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Holmesina floridanus Robertson 1976 edentate
see also Hulbert and Morgan 1993
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
"Glyptotherium arizonae" = Glyptotherium texanum
"Glyptotherium arizonae" = Glyptotherium texanum Osborn 1903 glyptodon
 Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Dasypus bellus Simpson 1929 beautiful armadillo
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Eremotherium sp. Spillmann 1948 edentate
see also De Iulis and Cartelle 1999
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx leptostomus Cope 1893 edentate
  - Mylodontidae
Glossotherium chapadmalense Kraglievich 1925 edentate
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus webbi White 1991 cottontail rabbit
see also Morgan and White 1995
 Rodentia - Hydrochoeridae
"Neochoerus dichroplax" = Phugatherium dichroplax
"Neochoerus dichroplax" = Phugatherium dichroplax Ahearn and Lance 1980 caviomorph
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon sp. Storr 1780 raccoon
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Arctodus pristinus Leidy 1854 bear
see also Emslie 1995
 Carnivora - Felidae
Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890 cat
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Nannippus peninsulatus, "Equus (Dolichohippus) sp." = Equus
Nannippus peninsulatus Cope 1885 hipparionine horse
see also Hulbert 1993
"Equus (Dolichohippus) sp." = Equus Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762 tapir
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Capromeryx arizonensis Skinner 1942 pronghorn
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Platygonus bicalcaratus Cope 1893 peccary
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Cuvieronius tropicus Cope 1884 gomphothere