Where: De Soto County, Florida (27.0° N, 81.8° W: paleocoordinates 27.1° N, 81.6° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Caloosahatchee Formation, Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)
• said to be early Irvingtonian
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
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
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 20308: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995, edited by Richard Hulbert
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 American mastodon | |
Cuvieronius tropicus Cope 1884 gomphothere | |
"Glyptotherium arizonae" = Glyptotherium texanum
"Glyptotherium arizonae" = Glyptotherium texanum Osborn 1903 glyptodon | |
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Dasypus bellus Simpson 1929 beautiful armadillo | |
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Megalonyx leptostomus Cope 1893 edentate | |
Equus leidyi Hay 1913 horse | |
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Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer | |
Capromeryx arizonensis Skinner 1942 pronghorn | |
Hemiauchenia macrocephala Cope 1893 camel | |
Chasmaporthetes ossifragus Hay 1921 hyaena | |
Trigonictis macrodon Cope 1868 mustelid carnivore
Satherium piscinarium Leidy 1873 otter | |
Procyon sp. Storr 1780 raccoon | |
Canis edwardii Gazin 1942 canine | |
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Peromyscus sp., Ondatra idahoensis, Atopomys texensis1, Reithrodontomys sp.5, Sigmodon curtisi, Sigmodon minor
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse see also Morgan and White 1995: large and "possibly Podomys"; Ruez 2001 suspects this is P. sarmocophinus
Ondatra idahoensis Wilson 1933 muskrat | |
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