Withlacoochee River VIIA (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Citrus County, Florida (28.8° N, 82.2° W: paleocoordinates 28.8° N, 82.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

Environment/lithology: marginal marine

Primary reference: S. D. Webb. 1974. Chronology of Florida Pleistocene mammals. In S. D. Webb (ed.), Pleistocene Mammals of Florida 5-31 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 20653: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Sangamonian
"Tremarctos floridanus" is not actually present: Emslie 1995
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys pinetis Rafinesque 1817 southeastern pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoroides dilophidus2 Martin 1969 giant beaver
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Sigmodon hispidus Say and Ord 1825 hispid cotton rat
Neotoma floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat
Neofiber alleni True 1884 round-tailed muskrat
Oryzomys palustris Harlan 1837 marsh rice rat
Synaptomys australis Simpson 1928 mouse
Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Scalopus aquaticus Linnaeus 1758 eastern mole
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762 tapir
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Mylohyus sp. Cope 1869 peccary
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison
see also McDonald 1981, who lists a specimen of B. latifrons from "Withlacoochie River, Marion County"
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis latrans Say 1823 coyote
 Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Holmesina septentrionalis1 Leidy 1889 edentate
 Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Dasypus bellus Simpson 1929 beautiful armadillo
 Sirenia - Trichechidae
Trichechus manatus Linnaeus 1758 manatee
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828 mammoth
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 American mastodon