Haile 16A: Irvingtonian, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Cardinalinae indet.
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Rallus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Emslie 1998
Laterallus cf. exilis (Temminck 1831)
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Strigiformes - Strigidae
Otus asio (Linnaeus 1758)
Emslie 1998
recombined as Megascops asio
Reptilia - Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto alba (Scopoli 1769)
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus 1758)
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Piciformes - Picidae
Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus 1758)
Emslie 1998
Melanerpes sp. Swainson 1832
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Cardinalidae
Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus 1758)
Emslie 1998
cf. Passerina sp. Vieillot 1816
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Passerellidae
cf. Passerella sp. Swainson 1837
Emslie 1998
Melospiza melodia (Wilson 1810)
Emslie 1998
Junco hyemalis (Linnaeus 1758)
Emslie 1998
Zonotrichia cf. leucophrys (Forster 1772)
Emslie 1998
Passerculus sandwichensis (Gmelin 1789)
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Corvidae
Corvus cf. brachyrhynchos Brehm 1822
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Icteridae
Molothrus ater (Boddaert 1783)
Emslie 1998
Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus 1766)
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
Gymnogyps kofordi Emslie 1988
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Phasianidae
Meleagris sp. Linnaeus 1758
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Cracidae
Cracidae indet. Vigors 1825
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Odontophoridae
Colinus virginianus (Linnaeus 1758)
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Scolopax hutchensi Emslie 1998
Emslie 1998
Limnodromus scolopaceus (Say 1822)
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Accipiter cooperii (Bonaparte 1828)
Emslie 1998
Circus cf. cyaneus (Linnaeus 1766)
Emslie 1998
Buteo sp. de Lacepède 1799
Emslie 1998
large hawk slightly larger and more robust than Buteo jamaicensis and B. regalis
Buteo lineatus (Gmelin 1788)
Emslie 1998
Mammalia - Cingulata - Pachyarmatheriidae
Pachyarmatherium leiseyi Downing and White 1995
see also Downing and White 1995
Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Holmesina floridanus (Robertson 1976)
see also Hulbert and Morgan 1993
Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Dasypus bellus (Simpson 1929)
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Paramylodon harlani (Owen 1840)
Mammalia - Megatheriidae
Eremotherium sp. Spillmann 1948
    = Eremotherium eomigrans De Iuliis and Cartelle 1999
De Iuliis and Cartelle 1999
said to be new
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx wheatleyi Cope 1871
see also Morgan 1991
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Myotis austroriparius (Rhoads 1897)
Morgan 1991
a bat
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae
Desmodus archaeodaptes Morgan et al. 1988
see also Morgan 1991: a bat (1 measurement)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Arctodus pristinus Leidy 1854
see also Emslie 1995
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Trigonictis cookii (Gazin 1934)
see also Anderson 1984
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon sp. Storr 1780
said to be new
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890
said to be new
Lynx rufus (Schreber 1777)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus leidyi Hay 1913
nomen vanum belonging to Equus
Equus fraternus Leidy 1858
see also Hulbert 1995b
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus haysii Leidy 1860
recombined as Tapirus (Helicotapirus) haysii
see also Hulbert and Morgan 1993
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Platygonus sp. Leconte 1848
Mylohyus sp. Cope 1869
Mammalia - Camelidae
Palaeolama mirifica (Simpson 1929)
Mammalia - Talpidae
Scalopus aquaticus (Linnaeus 1758)
Morgan and White 1995
Mammalia - Soricidae
Cryptotis cf. parva (Say 1823)
Morgan and White 1995
Blarina cf. carolinensis (Bachman 1837)
Morgan and White 1995
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus webbi White 1991
see also White 1991b
Mammalia - Rodentia - Erethizontidae
Erethizon dorsatum (Linnaeus 1758)
see also Frazier 1981 (1 measurement)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Zapus sp. Coues 1876
see also Morgan and White 1995
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Synaptomys sp. Baird 1858
said to be new; see also Morgan and White 1995 (6 measurements)
    = Synaptomys morgani n. sp. Martin et al. 2003
Martin et al. 2003
Podomys sp. Osgood 1909
    = cf. Podomys sp. Osgood 1909
Morgan and White 1995
said to be new; said to "probably" be Podomys
Atopomys salvelinus Zakrzewski 1975
(1 measurement)
    = Atopomys texensis Patton 1965
Alroy 2002
see also Morgan 1991
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841
Morgan and White 1995
small
Sigmodon libitinus Martin 1979
see also Morgan 1991; type
Microtus australis n. sp. Martin 1995
    = Pedomys australis Martin 1995
Martin 1995
original and current combination Microtus australis
"P. sp."; see also Morgan 1991; said by Winkler and Grady 1990 to be "a Microtus at the M. (Pitymys) llanensis grade"; same as Leisey species according to Morgan and White 1995
Reithrodontomys sp. Giglioli 1874
Morgan and White 1995
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin 1788
Morgan and White 1995
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys propinetis Wilkins 1984
    = Orthogeomys propinetis Wilkins 1984
Alroy 2002
see also Wilkins 1984
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Alachua
Coordinates: 29.7° North, 82.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.7° North, 82.4° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
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:1.40000 - 0.21000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: said to be early Irvingtonian
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Taxonomic list comments:replaces earlier list of MacFadden 1982 for Haile XVI, which included no taxa not present here
Metadata
Database number:20350
Authorizer:J. Alroy, J. Bloch Enterer:J. Alroy, R. Hulbert
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2009-07-15 19:00:15
Access level:the public Released:1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
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]
2445 R. A. Martin. 1995. A new middle Pleistocene species of Microtus (Pedomys) from the southern United States, with comments on the taxonomy and early evolution of Pedomys and Pitymys in North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(1):171-186 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
2611 G. S. Morgan. 1991. Neotropical Chiroptera from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of Florida. In T. A. Griffiths, D. Klingener, (eds.), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 206:176-213 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
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]
23543 D. R. Ruez, Jr. 2005. Earliest record of Palaeolama (Mammalia, Camelidae) with comments on "Palaeolama" guanajuatensis. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(3):741-744 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]