Seminole Field: Late Pleistocene, Florida
collected by W.W. Holmes et al. 1924-1929; 1953

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Didelphimorphia
Didelphis virginiana Kerr 1792
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Mylodon cf. harlani (Owen 1840)
unclassified
Megalonx cf. wheatleyi
Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Tatu bellus n. sp. Simpson 1929
Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Boreostracon floridanus n. sp. Simpson 1929
Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Chlamytherium septentrionale (Leidy 1889)
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus palustris (Bachman 1837)
Sylvilagus floridanus (Allen 1890)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae
Hydrochaerus cf. pinckneyi
Mammalia - Rodentia - Erethizontidae
Erethizon cf. dorsatum (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Neofiber alleni True 1884
Synaptomys australis Simpson 1928
Oryzomys palustris Harlan 1837
Sigmodon hispidus Say and Ord 1825
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys floridanus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciurus cf. carolinensis Gmelin 1788
Mammalia - Camelidae
Tanupolama cf. americana (Wortman 1898)
Tanupolama mirifica n. sp. Simpson 1929
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus osceola
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bison cf. latifrons (Harlan 1825)
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Mylohyus cf. lenis
unclassified
Tagassu cf. tetragonus
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Mylohyus cf. pennsylvanicus (Leidy 1889)
Mylohyus gidleyi n. sp. Simpson 1929
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus cf. complicatus Leidy 1858
Equus cf. leidyi Hay 1913
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762
unclassified
Playgonus sp.
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus veroensis sellardsi n. ssp. Simpson 1929
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis cf. riviveronis Hay 1917
Urocyon seminolensis n. sp. Simpson 1929
2 specimens
AMNH 23526 (holotype), rami of lower jaw with right P3-M1 and left P1-4
Canis ayersi Sellards 1916
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Arctodus floridanus Gidley 1928
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor (Linnaeus 1758)
Procyon nanus n. sp. Simpson 1929
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Spilogale ambarvalis Bangs 1898
Mephitis elongata
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Lutra canadensis (Schreber 1776)
Mustela peninsulae
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Smilodon cf. floridanus (Leidy 1889)
cf. Felis inexpectata (Cope 1895)
Felis cf. veronis Hay 1919
cf. Lynx sp. Kerr 1792
Lynx rufus (Schreber 1777)
Mammalia - Talpidae
Scalopus sp. Geoffroy 1803
Mammalia - Sirenia - Trichechidae
Trichechus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mastodon americanus (Kerr 1792)
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Archidiskodon columbi
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Crotalus adamanteus Palisot de Beauvois 1799
Gilmore 1938 2 specimens
Fla. Geol. Surv. No. V 4014, two vertebrae; Univ. Calif. No. 28910, two vertebrae
Reptilia - Falconidae
Polyborus cheriway (Jacquin 1784)
Wetmore 1931
Reptilia - Teratornithidae
Teratornis merriami Miller 1909
Wetmore 1931
Reptilia - Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae
Jabiru mycteria (Lichtenstein 1819)
Wetmore 1931
Reptilia - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax auritus (Lesson 1831)
Wetmore 1931
Reptilia - Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Butorides virescens (Linnaeus 1758)
Wetmore 1931
Botaurus lentiginosus (Rackett 1813)
Wetmore 1931
Nyctanassa violacea (Linnaeus 1758)
Wetmore 1931
Hydranassa tricolor (Statius Muller 1776)
Wetmore 1931
Florida caerulea (Linnaeus 1758)
Wetmore 1931
Casmerodius albus (Linnaeus 1758)
Wetmore 1931
Ardea herodias Linnaeus 1758
Wetmore 1931
Reptilia - Pelecaniformes - Threskiornithidae
Plegadis sp. Kaup 1829
Wetmore 1931
Guara alba (Linnaeus 1758)
Wetmore 1931
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Gruidae
Grus americana (Linnaeus 1758)
Wetmore 1931
Grus canadensis (Linnaeus 1758)
Wetmore 1931
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Fulica americana Gmelin 1789
Wetmore 1931
Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus 1758)
Wetmore 1931
Rallus longirostris Boddaert 1783
Wetmore 1931
Aramides cajanea (Statius Muller 1776)
Wetmore 1931
    = Rallus elegans Audubon 1834
Olson 1974
Rallus elegans Audubon 1834
Wetmore 1931
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Aramidae
Aramus pictus (Meyer 1794)
Wetmore 1931
Reptilia - Strigiformes - Strigidae
Strix varia (Barton 1799)
Wetmore 1931
Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Zenaidura macroura (Linnaeus 1758)
Wetmore 1931
Reptilia - Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae
Podilymbus podiceps (Linnaeus 1758)
Wetmore 1931
Colymbus auritus Linnaeus 1758
Wetmore 1931
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Nyroca affinis (Eyton 1838)
Wetmore 1931
Querquedula floridana (Shufeldt 1917)
Wetmore 1931
Anas indet. Linnaeus 1758
Wetmore 1931
"of the mallard type" but too fragmentary to identify to species
Anas fulvigula (Ridgway 1874)
Wetmore 1931
Nettion carolinense (Gmelin 1789)
Wetmore 1931
Cygnus columbianus (Ord 1815)
Wetmore 1931
Branta canadensis (Linnaeus 1758)
Wetmore 1931
Branta canadensis hutchinsi (Richardson 1832)
Wetmore 1931
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Corvidae
Corvus ossifragus Wilson 1812
Wetmore 1931
Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm 1822
Wetmore 1931
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Icteridae
Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus 1766)
Wetmore 1931
Megaquiscalus major (Viellot 1819)
Wetmore 1931
Quiscalus quiscula (Linnaeus 1758)
Wetmore 1931
Reptilia - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
Gymnogyps californianus (Shaw 1797)
Wetmore 1931
Cathartes aura (Linnaeus 1758)
Wetmore 1931
Coragyps urubu (Vieillot 1807)
Wetmore 1931
Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Geranoaetus sp. Kaup 1844
Wetmore 1931
Buteo lineatus (Gmelin 1788)
Wetmore 1931
Buteo jamaicensis (Gmelin 1788)
Wetmore 1931
Buteo platypterus (Vieillot 1823)
Wetmore 1931
Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Linnaeus 1766)
Wetmore 1931
Reptilia - Phasianidae
Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus 1758
Wetmore 1931
Meleagris tridens n. sp. Wetmore 1931
Wetmore 1931
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Terrapene carolina putnami
Auffenberg 1958
Reptilia - Odontophoridae
Colinus virginianus (Linnaeus 1758)
Wetmore 1931
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Pinellas
Coordinates: 27.8° North, 82.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:27.8° North, 82.7° West
Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
Stage: Late Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Late Pleistocene Mammal zone:  Rancholabrean
Age range of interval: 0.129 - 0.0117 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified argillaceous sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:fluvial indet. Tectonic setting:passive margin
Glacial or sequence phase:glacial
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,selective quarrying,observed (not collected)
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:AMNH,FLMNH
Collectors:W.W. Holmes et al. Collection dates:1924-1929; 1953
Taxonomic list comments:Simpson (1929) included "cf. Camelops sp." in his faunal list, but this was a misidentification
Metadata
Database number:154771
Authorizer:J. Bloch, M. Clapham, B. Allen, P. Barrett Enterer:R. Hulbert, B. Allen, T. Cleary, M. Clapham
Modifier:B. Allen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2014-03-09 16:16:57 Last modified:2023-07-31 04:57:11
Access level:the public Released:2014-03-09 16:16:57
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
50335. G. G. Simpson. 1929. Pleistocene mammalian fauna of the Seminole Field, Pinellas County, Florida. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 56(8):561-599 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert]

Secondary references:

50428 W. A. Auffenberg. 1958. Fossil turtles of the genus Terrapene in Florida. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 3(2):53-92 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert]
14699 C. W. Gilmore. 1938. Fossil snakes of North America. Geological Society of America Special Paper (9)1-96 [J. Head/J. Head]
65386 S. L. Olson. 1974. The Pleistocene rails of North America. The Condor 76:169-175 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
50336 A. Wetmore. 1931. The avifauna of the Pleistocene in Florida. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 85(2):1-41 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert]