Where: Chatham County, Georgia (32.0° N, 81.1° W: paleocoordinates 32.0° N, 81.1° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: oxygen isotope stage 5 zone, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• no details given
Environment/lithology: marginal marine
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: Material was donated to the Georgia Southern Museum by an amateur collector, and site was not visited by the authors
Primary reference: R. C. Hulbert, Jr. and A. E. Pratt. 1998. Pleistocene (Rancholabrean) vertebrate faunas from coastal Georgia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(2):412-429 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 20613: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1998
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Aetobatus narinari Euphrasen 1790 stingray | |
Myliobatidae indet. Bonaparte 1838 eagle ray | |
Galeocerdo cuvier Peron and LeSueur 1822 tiger shark | |
Carcharhinus sp., Carcharhinus leucas, Carcharhinus obscurus, Negaprion brevirostris, Rhizoprionodon terraenovae
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
Carcharhinus leucas Valenciennes 1839 requiem shark
Negaprion brevirostris Poey 1868 lemon shark
Rhizoprionodon terraenovae sharpnose shark | |
Carcharias taurus Rafinesque 1810 sand shark | |
Actinopteri | |
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843 gar | |
Pogonias cromis Cope 1869 black drum | |
cf. Scombridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 | |
Synodus sp. Scopoli 1777 | |
Prionotus sp. Lacépède 1802 sea robin | |
Reptilia | |
Serpentes indet. snake | |
Aves | |
"Anas americana" = Mareca americana, Cygnus columbianus
"Anas americana" = Mareca americana Gmelin 1789 American wigeon
Cygnus columbianus Ord 1815 tundra swan | |
Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus 1758 wild turkey | |
Reptilia | |
Alligator mississippiensis Daudin 1801 American alligator | |
Kinosternon sp. von Spix 1824 mud turtle
Sternotherus sp. Gray 1825 musk turtle | |
Apalone ferox Schneider 1783 Florida softshell turtle | |
"Kinosternidae indet." = Kinosternoidea
"Kinosternidae indet." = Kinosternoidea Hay 1892 mud turtle | |
"Hesperotestudo incisa" = Hesperotestudo turgida
"Hesperotestudo incisa" = Hesperotestudo turgida Cope 1892 turtle | |
Trachemys scripta Schoepff 1792 slider
Deirochelys reticularia Latreille 1801 Chicken turtle
Terrapene carolina Linnaeus 1758 common box turtle | |
Chelydra serpentina Linnaeus 1758 Common snapping turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Mammuthus columbi Falconer 1857 Columbian mammoth | |
Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 American mastodon | |
Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820 American beaver | |
Neochoerus cf. pinckneyi Hay 1926 caviomorph | |
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit | |
Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon | |
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer | |
Palaeolama mirifica Simpson 1929 stout-legged llama | |
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
"Tapirus veroensis" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis
"Tapirus veroensis" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis Sellards 1918 tapir | |
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Gastropoda | |
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell | |
"Polinices duplicatus" = Neverita duplicatus
"Polinices duplicatus" = Neverita duplicatus Say 1822 moon snail | |
"Oliva sayana" = Oliva (Ispidula) sayana
"Oliva sayana" = Oliva (Ispidula) sayana Ravenel 1834 olive snail | |
Melongena corona Gmelin 1791 snail | |
"Terebra dislocata" = Strioterebrum dislocatum
"Terebra dislocata" = Strioterebrum dislocatum Say 1822 auger snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Mulinia lateralis Say 1822 clam | |
"Donax variabilis" = Serrula variabilis
"Donax variabilis" = Serrula variabilis Say 1822 clam |