Rigby Shell Pit (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Sarasota County, Florida (27.0° N, 82.2° W: paleocoordinates 27.0° N, 82.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Bermont 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 20494: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.10.1995, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Cuvieronius tropicus Cope 1884 gomphothere
 Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Dasypus bellus Simpson 1929 beautiful armadillo
 Cingulata - Pachyarmatheriidae
Pachyarmatherium leiseyi Downing and White 1995 edentate
 Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Holmesina floridanus Robertson 1976 edentate
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis edwardii Gazin 1942 canine
see also Berta 1995
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Arctodus pristinus Leidy 1854 bear
see also Emslie 1995
 Carnivora - Phocidae
"Monachus tropicalis" = Neomonachus tropicalis
"Monachus tropicalis" = Neomonachus tropicalis Gray 1850 Hawaiian monk seal
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus leidyi Hay 1913 horse
see also Hulbert 1995b