Where: Alachua County, Florida (29.6° N, 82.4° W: paleocoordinates 29.6° N, 82.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Arredondo Member (Wicomico Formation), Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• Illinoian or Kansan according to Lynch 1965; Sangamonian according to Kurten and Anderson 1980
•from a fissure in the Ocala Limestone
Environment/lithology: fissure fill
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by R. S. Bader in 1959; reposited in the FLMNH
Collection methods: bulk
• "fossiliferous matrix" apparently was bulk sampled (Lynch 1965)
Primary reference: S. D. Webb and K. T. Wilkins. 1984. Historical Biogeography of Florida Pleistocene Mammals. In H. H. Genoways and M. R. Dawson (eds.), Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 8:370-383 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 20573: 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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"Otus asio" = Megascops asio3
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"Porphyrula martinica" = Porphyrio martinica3, Gallinula chloropus3, "Fulica minor" = Fulica americana shufeldti3, Rallus elegans3, "Rallus limicola" = Rallus limicola3, "Porzana auffenbergi" = Rallus limicola3, Porzana carolina3
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"Nettion carolinense" = Anas crecca carolinensis3, Aythya collaris3, "Querquedula discors" = Spatula discors3, Spatula clypeata3
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Dorypaltus prosphatus n. gen. n. sp.3
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Reptilia | |
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Mammalia | |
Didelphis virginiana Kerr 1792 Virginia opossum | |
"Tapirus veroensis" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis
"Tapirus veroensis" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis Sellards 1918 tapir | |
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer | |
Bison antiquus Leidy 1852 bison | |
Mylohyus sp. Cope 1869 peccary
Platygonus compressus Leconte 1848 peccary | |
Palaeolama mirifica Simpson 1929 stout-legged llama
Hemiauchenia macrocephala Cope 1893 camel | |
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Urocyon cinereoargenteus, "Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus
Urocyon cinereoargenteus Schreber 1775 gray fox
"Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus Leidy 1858 dire wolf | |
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"Mustela frenata" = Neogale frenata
"Mustela frenata" = Neogale frenata Lichtenstein 1831 long-tailed weasel | |
Scalopus aquaticus Linnaeus 1758 eastern mole | |
Blarina carolinensis Bachman 1837 southern short-tailed shrew
Cryptotis parva Say 1823 North American least shrew | |
Cricetidae indet., Oryzomys palustris, Sigmodon hispidus, Neofiber alleni, Ochrotomys nuttalli, Synaptomys australis, Neotoma floridana, Reithrodontomys humulis, Peromyscus gossypinus, Peromyscus polionotus, Microtus pennsylvanicus, "Pitymys pinetorum" = Microtus pinetorum, Podomys floridanus1
Oryzomys palustris Harlan 1837 marsh rice rat
Sigmodon hispidus Say and Ord 1825 hispid cotton rat
Neofiber alleni True 1884 round-tailed muskrat
Ochrotomys nuttalli Harlan 1832 golden mouse
Synaptomys australis Simpson 1928 mouse
Neotoma floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat
Peromyscus gossypinus Le Conte 1853 cotton mouse
Peromyscus polionotus Wagner 1843 oldfield mouse
Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole
"Pitymys pinetorum" = Microtus pinetorum Le Conte 1830 woodland vole | |
Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839 pocket gopher | |
Glaucomys volans Linnaeus 1758 southern flying squirrel
Tamias aristus Ray 1965 chipmunk
Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758 squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin 1788 eastern gray squirrel | |
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit | |
Dasypus bellus Simpson 1929 beautiful armadillo | |
Megalonyx sp. Harlan 1825 edentate | |
Desmodus stocki Jones 1958 vampire bat | |
Myotis austroriparius Rhoads 1897 vesper bat
Lasiurus intermedius Allen 1862 northern yellow bat | |
Amphibia | |
"Scaphiopus holbrookii" = Scaphiopus (Scaphiopus) holbrooki5
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Siren lacertina5, Pseudobranchus cf. robustus5, Necturus sp.5, Ambystoma tigrinum5, Notophthalmus viridescens5
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