Waccasassa River VI (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as Waccasassa River 6

Where: Levy County, Florida (29.3° N, 82.7° W: paleocoordinates 29.3° N, 82.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: R. A. Martin. 1969. Taxonomy of the giant Pleistocene beaver Castoroides from Florida. Journal of Paleontology 43(4):1033-1041 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 20647: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995, edited by Matthew Carrano

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Taxonomic list

• Sangamonian; sites IIB and III are Wisconsinan
possibly relevant: Leopardus amnicola ("Felis wiedii amnicola") Werdelin 1985, from "Waccasassa River" (Wisconsinan?)
Frazier 1981 mentions "Wac 7B" and "Wac 1A" and states that they are "Rancholabrean, possibly Irvingtonian"
Mammalia
  - Mylodontidae
Paramylodon cf. harlani1 Owen 1840 Harlan's ground sloth
 Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
"Chlamytherium septentrionalis" = Holmesina septentrionalis2
"Chlamytherium septentrionalis" = Holmesina septentrionalis2 Leidy 1889 edentate
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Felis onca" = Panthera onca2
"Felis onca" = Panthera onca2 Linnaeus 1758 jaguar
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor2 Linnaeus 1758 raccoon
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus americanus2 Pallas 1780 black bear
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus fraternus2 Leidy 1858 horse
Equus giganteus2 Gidley 1901 horse
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus2 Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison latifrons2 Harlan 1825 bison
see also McDonald 1981
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Palaeolama mirifica2 Simpson 1929 stout-legged llama
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Ondatra zibethicus2 Linnaeus 1766 muskrat
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoroides ohioensis2 Foster 1838 giant beaver
UF 14913
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus floridanus2 Allen 1890 eastern cottontail
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus sp.2 Brookes 1828 mammoth
either M. floridanus or M. columbi
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut americanum2 Kerr 1792 American mastodon
 Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
Didelphis virginiana2 Kerr 1792 Virginia opossum