Midway: Hemingfordian, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Proheteromys floridanus n. sp. Wood 1932
DUPLICATE REF 3135 or 3136
Proheteromys magnus n. sp. Wood 1932
    = Harrymys magnus Wood 1932
Alroy 2002
DUPLICATE REF 3135 or 3136
Mammalia - Rodentia - Mylagaulidae
Mesogaulus sp. Riggs 1899
Morgan and Pratt 1988
    = Mylagaulidae indet. Cope 1881
Alroy 2002
repeated by MacFadden et al. 1991
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
? Aphelops sp. Owen 1845
DUPLICATE REF 3135 or 3136
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Archaeohippus cf. nanus Simpson 1932
    = Archaeohippus cf. blackbergi Hay 1924
Alroy 2002
DUPLICATE REF 3135 or 3136
Anchitherium clarencei n. sp. Simpson 1932
NOT a jun. syn. of A. navasotae - Bryant 1990 pers. comm. DUPLICATE REF 3135 or 3136
Merychippus gunteri n. sp. Simpson 1930
see Simpson 1930b DUPLICATE REF 3135 or 3136
Mammalia - Protoceratidae
Prosynthetoceras texanus (Hay 1924)
Patton and Taylor 1971
includes "cf. Miolabis sp." of Simpson, see Patton 1967
Mammalia - Palaeomerycidae
Blastomeryx marshi Lull 1920
    = Aletomeryx cf. marshi Lull 1920
Alroy 2002
synonym of Aletomeryx gracilis
only "A. sp." is listed by Bryant et al. 1992; this may include "?Dromomeryx cf. americanus" DUPLICATE REF 3135 or 3136
Mammalia - Merycoidodontidae
Merycoidodontidae indet. Cook 1912
DUPLICATE REF 3135 or 3136
Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Amphicyon pontoni n. sp. Simpson 1930
see Simpson 1930b DUPLICATE REF 3135 or 3136
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyoninae indet. Gray 1825
MacFadden et al. 1991
"near Arctonasua or Cyonasua"
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Borophaginae indet. Simpson 1945
canid close to "Tomarctus" and "Cynodesmus" DUPLICATE REF 3135 or 3136
Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
? Nanosiren sp. Domning and Aguilera 2008
Domning and Aguilera 2008
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
cf. Macrochelys sp. Gray 1856
Bourque 2016
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Deirochelyinae indet. Agassiz 1857
Bourque 2016
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788
Bourque 2016
"large-bodied testudinid"
Hesperotestudo sp. (Williams 1950)
Bourque 2016
"small testudinid of the Hesperotestudo turgida group"
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
Bourque 2016
Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae
Podocnemididae indet. Cope 1868
Bourque 2016
Reptilia
Alligator olseni White 1942
Auffenberg 1957
FGS V-3513 and 4186
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Gadsen
Coordinates: 30.5° North, 84.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.9° North, 80.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval:Hemingfordian
Age range of interval:20.43000 - 15.97000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Torreya Member:Dogtown
Local section:Torre Local bed:2
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Taxonomic list comments:NISP not determinable from text
MacFadden et al. 1991 list Rakomeryx, not clear which original i.d. this replaces
Metadata
Also known as:Fuller's Earth Company
DUPLICATE REF 3135 or 3136
Database number:18561
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Mannion, P. Holroyd, M. Uhen Enterer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd, M. Uhen, P. Mannion
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2009-12-20 12:53:48
Access level:the public Released:1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

3135. G. G. Simpson. 1932. Miocene land mammals from Florida. Bulletin of the Florida State Geological Survey 10:7-41 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
46627 W. Auffenberg. 1957. Notes on fossil crocodilians from Southeastern United States. Quarterly Journal of The Florida Academy of Sciences 20:107-113 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
59687 J. R. Bourque. 2016. Side-Necked Turtles (Testudines, Pleurodira) from the Ancient Gulf Coastal Plain of Florida During Middle Cenozoic Megathermals. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 15(1):23-35 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]
27454 D. P. Domning and O. A. Aguilera. 2008. Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbeaan Region. VIII. Nanosiren garciae, gen. et sp. nov. and Nanosiren sanchezi, sp. nov. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(2):479-500 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
2371 B. J. MacFadden, J. D. Bryant, and P. A. Mueller. 1991. Sr-isotopic, paleomagnetic, and biostratigraphic calibration of horse evolution: evidence from the Miocene of Florida. Geology 19(3):242-245 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Wagner]
2614 G. S. Morgan and A. E. Pratt. 1988. Southeastern Geological Society Guidebook 29 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
2739 T. H. Patton and B. E. Taylor. 1971. The Synthetoceratinae (Mammalia, Tylopoda, Protoceratidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 145(2):119-218 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/B. Beatty]