APAC Shell Pit: Blancan, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
cf. Gymnogyps sp. Lesson 1842
Emslie 1992
Reptilia - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax sp. Brisson 1760
Emslie 1992
Reptilia - Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae
Ciconia maltha Miller 1910
Emslie 1992
Reptilia - Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Egretta sp. Forster 1817
Emslie 1992
Ardea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Emslie 1992
Ixobrychus exilis (Gmelin 1789)
Emslie 1992
Botaurus sp. Stephens 1819
Emslie 1992
smaller than B. lentiginosus, about right size for B. hibbardi from Rexroad
Botaurus lentiginosus (Rackett 1813)
Emslie 1992
Nyctanassa violacea (Linnaeus 1758)
Emslie 1992
Reptilia - Pelecaniformes - Threskiornithidae
Eudocimus sp. Wagler 1832
Emslie 1992
Reptilia - Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae
Podilymbus podiceps (Linnaeus 1758)
Emslie 1992
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Gruidae
Grus canadensis (Linnaeus 1758)
Emslie 1992
recombined as Antigone canadensis
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Porphyrula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Emslie 1992
synonym of Porphyrio
Laterallus sp. Bonaparte 1854
Emslie 1992
Fulica cf. americana Gmelin 1789
Emslie 1992
Rallus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Emslie 1992
two sizes represented, informally designated species A and B
Rallus longirostris Boddaert 1783
Emslie 1992
or could be Rallus elegans
Rallus limicola Vieillot 1819
Emslie 1992
Gallinula sp. Brisson 1760
Emslie 1992
Reptilia - Passeriformes
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758
Emslie 1992
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Icteridae
Icteridae indet. Vigors 1825
Emslie 1992
cf. Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus 1766)
Emslie 1992
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anserinae indet. Vigors 1825
Emslie 1992
Branta canadensis (Linnaeus 1758)
Emslie 1992
Dendrocygna sp. Swinson 1837
Emslie 1992
Oxyura hulberti n. sp. Emslie 1992
Emslie 1992
Aythya collaris (Donovan 1809)
Emslie 1992
or could be A. affinis
Aythya valisineria (Wilson 1814)
Emslie 1992
or could be A. americana
Bucephala cf. albeola (Linnaeus 1758)
Emslie 1992
Mergus merganser Linnaeus 1758
Emslie 1992
or could be M. serrator
Anas cf. crecca Linnaeus 1758
Emslie 1992
Anabernicula gracilenta Ross 1935
Emslie 1992
Helonetta brodkorbi n. gen., n. sp. Emslie 1992
Emslie 1992
Anas cf. clypeata Linnaeus 1758
Emslie 1992
recombined as Spatula clypeata
Anas cf. cyanoptera Viellot 1816
Emslie 1992
recombined as Spatula cyanoptera
Anas discors Linnaeus 1766
Emslie 1992
recombined as Spatula discors
Anas cf. americana Gmelin 1789
Emslie 1992
recombined as Mareca americana
Reptilia - Phoenicopteriformes - Phoenicopteridae
Phoenicopterus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Emslie 1992
Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Spizaetus sp. Vieillot 1816
Emslie 1992
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Recurvirostridae
Himantopus sp. Brisson 1760
Emslie 1992
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Scolopacidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Emslie 1992
Actitis macularia (Linnaeus 1766)
Emslie 1992
recombined as Actitis macularius
Gallinago sp. Brisson 1760
Emslie 1992
Tringa sp. Linnaeus 1758
Emslie 1992
Limnodromus sp. Wied-Neuwied 1833
Emslie 1992
Scolopax sp. Linnaeus 1758
Emslie 1992
Reptilia - Phasianidae
Meleagris sp. Linnaeus 1758
Emslie 1992
Reptilia
Alligator sp. Daudin 1809
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835
Hulbert 1988
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Pseudemys platymarginata
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Macroclemys temmincki (Troost 1835)
Hulbert 1988
recombined as Macrochelys temminckii
Reptilia - Colubridae
Nerodia sp. Baird and Girard 1853
Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Dasypus bellus (Simpson 1929)
Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Holmesina floridanus (Robertson 1976)
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Glossotherium chapadmalense (Kraglievich 1925)
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx leptostomus Cope 1893
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Rhynchotherium sp. Falconer 1868
    = Cuvieronius sp. Osborn 1923
Webb and Dudley 1995
"R. praecursor" of Morgan and Hulbert 1995, "R. sp." of MacFadden and Cerling 1996
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Molossidae
Tadarida sp. Rafinesque 1814
a bat
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Lynx sp. Kerr 1792
Morgan and Hulbert 1995
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Trigonictis macrodon (Cope 1868)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon sp. Storr 1780
Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae
Ontocetus emmonsi Leidy 1859
Kohno and Ray 2008
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758
    = Canini indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Alroy 2002
not listed by Jones et al. 1991, but listed also by Morgan and Hulbert 1995
    = Theriodictis ? floridanus Tedford et al. 2009
Tedford et al. 2009
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Cormohipparion emsliei Hulbert 1988
(3 measurements)
    = Hippotherium emsliei Hulbert 1988
Hulbert 1988
original and current combination Cormohipparion emsliei
Nannippus peninsulatus (Cope 1885)
Mammalia - Camelidae
Hemiauchenia blancoensis (Meade 1945)
    = Hemiauchenia macrocephala Cope 1893
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Mylohyus floridanus Kinsey 1974
Platygonus bicalcaratus Cope 1893
nomen dubium belonging to Platygonus
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann 1780)
Morgan and Hulbert 1995
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovinae indet. (Gray 1821)
Jones et al. 1991
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys propinetis Wilkins 1984
    = Orthogeomys cf. propinetis Wilkins 1984
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Sigmodon medius Gidley 1922
synonym of Sigmodon minor
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hydrochoeridae
Neochoerus dichroplax Ahearn and Lance 1980
recombined as Phugatherium dichroplax
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867
    = Sylvilagus webbi White 1991
White 1991
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Siren sp. Linnaeus 1766
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758
Hulbert 1988
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843
Hulbert 1988
Actinopteri - Centropomidae
Centropomus sp. Lacépède 1802
Hulbert 1988
Chondrichthyes
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
Hulbert 1988
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Sarasota
Coordinates: 27.4° North, 82.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:27.4° North, 81.8° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Late/Upper Tertiary *Epoch:Late/Upper Pliocene
*Local age/stage:Late/Upper Blancan
Key time interval:Blancan
Age range of interval:4.90000 - 1.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tamiami Member:Pinecrest Beds
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: most material is from a single 10 - 60 cm thick layer
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal,black,gray sandstone
Lithology description: "dark brown to blackish sandy organic layer" (Morgan and Ridgway 1987) or "abundant Rangia sp. valves interspersed with a matrix of black-to-dark gray sand" (Hulbert 1988)
Environment:estuary/bay
Geology comments: "quiet, shallow-water, estuarine assemblage... a river in the near vicinity"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:correlated to lower Matuyama chron (R) on basis of reversed sediments, ostracod biostrat, and Sr isotope dating
said to include 23 land-mammal taxa, but only 19 are reported - insectivores are missing?
Metadata
Also known as:MacAsphalt Shell Pit; Newburn Pit; Warren Brothers Pit
Database number:19753
Authorizer:J. Alroy, M. Uhen, J. Marcot, J. Bloch Enterer:J. Alroy, R. Hulbert, J. Marcot, M. Uhen
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-12-15 16:46:28
Access level:the public Released:1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

2621. G. S. Morgan and R. B. Ridgway. 1987. Late Pliocene (late Blancan) vertebrates from the St. Petersburg Times site, Pinellas County, Florida, with a brief review of Florida Blancan faunas. Papers in Florida Paleontology 1:1-22 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
50405 S. D. Emslie. 1992. Two new late Blancan avifaunas from Florida and the extinction of wetland birds in the Plio-Pleistocene. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series (36)249-269 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert]
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]
6253 D. S. Jones, B. J. MacFadden, S. D. Webb, P. A. Mueller, D. A. Hodell and T. S. Cronin. 1991. Integrated geochronology of a classic Pliocene fossil site in Florida: Linking marine and terrestrial biochronologies. Journal of Geology 99(5):637-648 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
26222 N. Kohno and C. E. Ray. 2008. Pliocene walruses from the Yorktown Formation of Virginia and North Carolina, and a systematic revision of the North Atlantic Pliocene walruses. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication 14:39-80 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
2615 G. S. Morgan and R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1995. Overview of the geology and vertebrate biochronology of the Leisey Shell Pit Local Fauna, Hillsborough County, Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 37(1) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
52058 R. H. Tedford, X. Wang, and B. E. Taylor. 2009. Phylogenetic Systematics of the North American Fossil Caninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 325:1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot/G. Lloyd]
3574 S. D. Webb and J. P. Dudley. 1995. Proboscidea from Leisey Shell Pits, Hillsborough County, Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 37(20) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
3634 J. A. White. 1991. A new Sylvilagus (Mammalia: Lagomorpha) from the Blancan (Pliocene) and Irvingtonian (Pleistocene) of Florida. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11(2):243-246 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]