Haile 7G (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as UF locality AL125

Where: Alachua County, Florida (29.8° N, 82.1° W: paleocoordinates 29.9° N, 81.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• middle late Blancan, ca 1.9-2.2 Ma

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• Hulburt 1997: sediment-filled fissure or sinkhole in limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. C. Hulbert. 2010. A new early Pleistocene tapir (Mammalia: Perissodactyla) from Florida, with a review of Blancan tapirs from around the state. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 49(3):67-126 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 98313: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.09.2010, edited by Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Alligator hailensis
Alligator hailensis Stout 2020 alligator
Suggested to belong to a new species (Stout, 2009 [MS thesis])
Mammalia
 Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Holmesina floridanus
Holmesina floridanus Robertson 1976 edentate
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
"Glyptotherium arizonae" = Glyptotherium texanum
"Glyptotherium arizonae" = Glyptotherium texanum Osborn 1903 glyptodon
 Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Dasypus bellus
Dasypus bellus Simpson 1929 beautiful armadillo
  - Mylodontidae
Paramylodon harlani
Paramylodon harlani Owen 1840 Harlan's ground sloth
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Eremotherium eomigrans
Eremotherium eomigrans De Iuliis and Cartelle 1999 edentate
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx leptostomus
Megalonyx leptostomus Cope 1893 edentate
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
? Cuvieronius tropicus
? Cuvieronius tropicus Cope 1884 gomphothere
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Trigonictis macrodon, ? Satherium piscinarium, Lontra canadensis
Trigonictis macrodon Cope 1868 mustelid carnivore
? Satherium piscinarium Leidy 1873 otter
Lontra canadensis Schreber 1776 North American river otter
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor
Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon
 Carnivora - Felidae
Smilodon gracilis, Xenosmilus hodsonae
Smilodon gracilis Cope 1880 saber-toothed cat
Xenosmilus hodsonae Martin et al. 2000 cat
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus (Helicotapirus) lundeliusi
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Scalopus aquaticus
Scalopus aquaticus Linnaeus 1758 eastern mole
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
? Cryptotis parva
? Cryptotis parva Say 1823 North American least shrew
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Aztlanolagus sp., Sylvilagus webbi, Sylvilagus floridanus
Aztlanolagus sp. Russell and Harris 1986 rabbit
n. sp.
Sylvilagus webbi White 1991 cottontail rabbit
Sylvilagus floridanus Allen 1890 eastern cottontail
 Rodentia - Erethizontidae
Erethizon poyeri
Erethizon poyeri Hulbert 1997 North American porcupine
 Rodentia - Hydrochoeridae
"Neochoerus dichroplax" = Phugatherium dichroplax
"Neochoerus dichroplax" = Phugatherium dichroplax Ahearn and Lance 1980 caviomorph
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
? Peromyscus hagermanensis, "Sigmodon medius" = Sigmodon minor, Ondatra idahoensis, ? Reithrodontomys wetmorei, Baiomys sp.
? Peromyscus hagermanensis Hibbard 1962 deer mouse
"Sigmodon medius" = Sigmodon minor Gidley 1922 cotton rat
Ondatra idahoensis Wilson 1933 muskrat
? Reithrodontomys wetmorei Hibbard 1952 harvest mouse
Baiomys sp. True 1894 pygmy mouse
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor californicus
Castor californicus Kellogg 1911 beaver
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Orthogeomys propinetis
Orthogeomys propinetis Wilkins 1984 pocket gopher