De Soto Shell Pit: Irvingtonian, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydra floridana (Hay 1907)
Thomas et al. 2014
Macrochelys sp. Gray 1856
Thomas et al. 2014
Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Buteo lineatus (Gmelin 1788)
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Butorides virescens (Linnaeus 1758)
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae
Ciconia maltha Miller 1910
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anas crecca Linnaeus 1758
Emslie 1998
Aix sponsa (Linnaeus 1758)
Emslie 1998
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx leptostomus Cope 1893
Mammalia - Megatheriidae
Eremotherium sp. Spillmann 1948
    = Eremotherium eomigrans De Iuliis and Cartelle 1999
De Iuliis and Cartelle 1999
Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Dasypus bellus (Simpson 1929)
Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptotherium arizonae Gidley 1926
Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Holmesina floridanus (Robertson 1976)
see also Hulbert and Morgan 1993
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut americanum (Kerr 1792)
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Cuvieronius tropicus (Cope 1884)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis edwardii Gazin 1942
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Chasmaporthetes ossifragus Hay 1921
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon sp. Storr 1780
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Satherium piscinarium (Leidy 1873)
Trigonictis macrodon (Cope 1868)
Mammalia - Camelidae
Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880
said to be new
    = Hemiauchenia gracilis Meachen 2005
Meachen 2005
from "De Soto Shell Pit 1"
Hemiauchenia macrocephala (Cope 1893)
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Capromeryx arizonensis Skinner 1942
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann 1780)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus leidyi Hay 1913
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762
see also Hulbert 1995a
Mammalia - Soricidae
Blarina cf. carolinensis (Bachman 1837)
Morgan and White 1995
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys propinetis Wilkins 1984
    = Orthogeomys cf. propinetis Wilkins 1984
Morgan and White 1995
"tentatively" this species; "G. propinetis"
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hydrochoeridae
Hydrochoeridae indet. Gill 1872
Morgan and White 1995
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Atopomys salvelinus Zakrzewski 1975
(1 measurement)
    = Atopomys texensis Patton 1965
Alroy 2002
see also Morgan and White 1995
Reithrodontomys sp. Giglioli 1874
Morgan and White 1995
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841
see also Morgan and White 1995: large and "possibly Podomys"; Ruez 2001 suspects this is P. sarmocophinus
Ondatra idahoensis Wilson 1933
Sigmodon minor Gidley 1922
see also Morgan and White 1995
Sigmodon curtisi Gidley 1922
confirmed by Morgan and White 1995
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin 1788
Morgan and White 1995
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus webbi White 1991
see also Morgan and White 1995
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:De Soto
Coordinates: 27.0° North, 81.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:27.2° North, 81.5° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
*Local age/stage:Early/Lower Irvingtonian
Key time interval: Irvingtonian
Age range of interval: 1.4 - 0.21 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Caloosahatchee
Stratigraphy comments: said to be early Irvingtonian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:20308
Authorizer:J. Alroy, J. Bloch Enterer:J. Alroy, R. Hulbert
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1995-03-26 00:00:00 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:1995-03-26 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
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]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
1357 G. De Iuliis and C. Cartelle. 1999. A new giant megatheriine ground sloth (Mammalia: Xenarthra: Megatheriidae) from the late Blancan to early Irvingtonian of Florida. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 127:495-515 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
50310 S. D. Emslie. 1998. Avian community, climate, and sea-level changes in the Plio-Pleistocene of the Florida Peninsula. Ornithological Monographs (50)1-113 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert]
34616 J. A. Meachen. 2005. A new species of Hemiauchenia (Artiodactyla, Camelidae) from the late Blancan of Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 45(4):435-447 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
2624 G. S. Morgan and J. A. White. 1995. Small mammals (Insectivora, Lagomorpha, and Rodentia) from the early Pleistocene (early Irvingtonian) Leisey Shell Pit Local Fauna, Hillsborough County, Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 37(13) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
50686 T. M. Thomas, M. C. Granatosky, J. R. Bourque, K. L. Krysko, P. E. Moler, T. Gamble, E. Suarez, E. Leone, K. M. Enge and J. Roman. 2014. Taxonomic assessment of alligator snapping turtles (Chelydridae: Macrochelys), with the description of two new species from the southeastern United States. Zootaxa 3786(2):141-165 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert]