McQueen Shell Pit (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Charlotte County, Florida (26.9° N, 82.0° W: paleocoordinates 26.9° N, 81.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Pinecrest Beds Member (Caloosahatchee Formation), Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)

• said to be Irvingtonian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: G. De Iuliis and C. Cartelle. 1999. A new giant megatheriine ground sloth (Mammalia: Xenarthra: Megatheriidae) from the late Blancan to early Irvingtonian of Florida. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 127:495-515 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 20416: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Eremotherium sp. Spillmann 1948 edentate