Pelican Road Shell Pit: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Florida
collected by S. Emslie, W. Filyaw 1995
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Ciconiiformes
- Ciconiidae
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Ciconia maltha
Miller 1910
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Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Anas sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Podicipediformes
- Podicipedidae
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Podilymbus podiceps
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Rallidae
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Fulica americana
Gmelin 1789
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Reptilia
- Accipitriformes
- Accipitridae
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Buteogallus fragilis
(Miller 1911)
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| oldest record and first from eastern USA | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Florida | County: | Charlotte |
| Coordinates: | 27.0° North, 82.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.1° North, 81.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pleistocene | Mammal zone: | Blancan |
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Caloosahatchee |
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original calcite,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 42 specimens | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | FLMNH | ||
| Collectors: | S. Emslie, W. Filyaw | Collection dates: | 1995 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UF CH010 | ||
| Database number: | 154721 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Bloch | Enterer: | R. Hulbert | Research group: | marine invertebrate,vertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-03-05 13:07:16 | Last modified: | 2014-03-05 13:07:16 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-03-05 13:07:16 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 50310. | S. D. Emslie. 1998. Avian community, climate, and sea-level changes in the Plio-Pleistocene of the Florida Peninsula. Ornithological Monographs (50)1-113 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert] |