Payne Creek Mine (Latest Hemphillian): Hemphillian, Florida
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Carcharocles megalodon
(Agassiz 1835)
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Pimiento et al. 2010 | |||||||||
| recombined as Otodus megalodon | ||||||||||
| Locality information based on reference's supporting information aided with FLMNH online database | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Pelecaniformes
- Ardeidae
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Egretta sp.
Forster 1817
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Becker 1985 | |||||||||
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Ardea polkensis
Brodkorb 1955
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Becker 1985 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia sp.
(Latreille 1800)
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Dodd and Morgan 1992 | |||||||||
| synonym of Testudines | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Enhydritherium terraenovae
Berta and Morgan 1985
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| TRO Quarry; new specimen from "vicinity of TRO Quarry" reported by Morgan 1994 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Megantereon hesperus
(Gazin 1933)
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Berta and Galiano 1983 | |||||||||
| TRO Quarry | ||||||||||
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Felis rexroadensis
Stephens 1959
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MacFadden and Galiano 1981 | |||||||||
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= Lynx rexroadensis
Stephens 1959
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Felis rexroadensis | ||||||||||
| TRO Quarry | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Hexameryx simpsoni
White 1941
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Webb 1973 | |||||||||
| Payne Creek | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Catagonus brachydontus
(Dalquest and Mooser 1980)
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Wright 1989 | |||||||||
| recombined as Protherohyus brachydontus | ||||||||||
| "TRO Quarry"; "Payne Creek Mine" | ||||||||||
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Mylohyus elmorei
(White 1942)
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Wright and Webb 1984 | |||||||||
| "TRO locality" (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Dinohippus mexicanus
(Lance 1950)
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MacFadden 1986 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Pliohippus (Pliohippus) mexicanus | ||||||||||
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Pseudhipparion simpsoni
Webb and Hulbert 1986
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Hulbert 1988 | |||||||||
| TRO Quarry | ||||||||||
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Neohipparion eurystyle
(Cope 1893)
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Hulbert 1987 | |||||||||
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Nannippus minor
(Sellards 1916)
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Hulbert 1988 | |||||||||
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= Nannippus aztecus
Mooser 1968
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| TRO Quarry | ||||||||||
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Cormohipparion emsliei
Hulbert 1988
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Hulbert 1988 | |||||||||
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= Hippotherium emsliei
Hulbert 1988
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Cormohipparion emsliei | ||||||||||
| also at TRO Quarry | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Teleoceras hicksi
Cook 1927
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Prothero 2005 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Florida | County: | Polk |
| Coordinates: | 27.9° North, 81.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 28.1° North, 80.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | ||
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Miocene |
| Key time interval: | Hemphillian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 9.40000 - 4.70000 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 10 to 4.9 Ma (other) | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Hawthorn | Formation: | Bone Valley | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Age and Formation after Boessenecker et al 2019.
Morgan (1994) lists the age as latest Hemphillian (Zanclean, early Pliocene); upper beds | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | pebbly,phosphatic argillaceous,sandy sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | TRO Quarry | ||
| Database number: | 18577 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, C. Jaramillo, J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot, C. Pimiento |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Collections that are a subset of this one: | |||
| Created: | 1995-10-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2019-02-19 12:36:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-10-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1066. | A. Berta and G. S. Morgan. 1985. A new sea otter (Carnivora: Mustelidae) from the late Miocene and early Pliocene (Hemphillian) of North America. Journal of Paleontology 59(4):809-819 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 1051 | J. J. Becker. 1985. Fossil herons (Aves: Ardeidae) of the late Miocene and early Pliocene of Florida. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 5(1):24-31 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 1064 | 5% 28140 | A. Berta and H. Galiano. 1983. Megantereon hesperus from the late Hemphillian of Florida with remarks on the phylogenetic relationships of machairodonts (Mammalia, Felidae, Machairodontinae). Journal of Paleontology 57(5):892-899 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
| 13595 | R. W. Boessenecker, D. J. Eheret, D. J. Long, M. Churchill, E. Martin and S. J. Boessenecker. 2019. The Early Pliocene extinction of the mega-toothed shark Otodus megalodon: a view from the eastern North Pacific. PeerJ 7:e6088 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 739 | C. K. Dodd, Jr. and G. S. Morgan. 1992. Fossil sea turtles from the early Pliocene Bone Valley Formation, central Florida. Journal of Herpetology 26(1):1-8 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/M. Uhen] | |
| 3850 | 5% 23520 | R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1987. Late Neogene Neohipparion (Mammalia, Equidae) from the Gulf Coastal Plain of Florida and Texas. Journal of Paleontology 61(4):809-830 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy] |
| 1950 | R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1988. A new Cormohipparion (Mammalia, Equidae) from the Pliocene (latest Hemphillian and Blancan) of Florida. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 7(4):451-468 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/R. Hulbert] | |
| 1951 | R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1988. Cormohipparion and Hipparion (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Equidae) from the Late Neogene of Florida. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 33(5):229-338 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 3851 | B. J. MacFadden. 1986. Fossil horses from "Eohippus" (Hyracotherium) to Equus; scaling, Cope's law, and the evolution of body size. Paleobiology 12(4):355-369 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers] | |
| 2374 | B. J. MacFadden and H. Galiano. 1981. Late Hemphillian Cat (Mammalia, Felidae) from the Bone Valley Formation of Central Florida. Journal of Paleontology 55(1):218-226 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 2613 | G. S. Morgan. 1994. Miocene and Pliocene marine mammal faunas from the Bone Valley Formation of central Florida. Contributions in Marine Mammal Paleontology Honoring Frank C. Whitmore Jr., Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History 29:239-268 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 38040 | C. Pimiento, D. J. Ehret, B. J. MacFadden and G. Hubbell. 2010. Ancient Nursery Area for the Extinct Giant Shark Megalodon from the Miocene of Panama. PloS One 5(5):1-9 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 51726 | D. R. Prothero. 2005. The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses. 1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] | |
| 3566 | S. D. Webb. 1973. Pliocene Pronghorns of Florida. Journal of Mammalogy 54(1):203-221 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 3774 | D. B. Wright. 1989. Phylogenetic relationships of Catagonus wagneri: sister taxa from the Tertiary of North America. Advances in Neotropical Mammalogy 281-308 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 3777 | D. B. Wright and S. D. Webb. 1984. Primitive Mylohyus (Artiodactyla: Tayassuidae) from the Late Hemphillian Bone Valley of Florida. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 3(3):152-159 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |