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