Haile 21A: Irvingtonian, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Dasypus bellus (Simpson 1929)
Mammalia - Megatheriidae
Eremotherium sp. Spillmann 1948
see also De Iulis and Cartelle 1999
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus floridanus (Allen 1890)
see also Morgan and White 1995
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Sigmodon libitinus Martin 1979
see also Morgan and White 1995
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841
large; see also Morgan and White 1995
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys pinetis Rafinesque 1817
see also Morgan and White 1995
Mammalia - Rodentia - Erethizontidae
Erethizon dorsatum (Linnaeus 1758)
see also Morgan and White 1995
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis edwardii Gazin 1942
Canis armbrusteri Gidley 1913
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon sp. Storr 1780
said to be new; see also Berta 1995
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Smilodon gracilis Cope 1880
Xenosmilus hodsonae n. gen., n. sp. Martin et al. 2000
Martin et al. 2000 1 specimen
(4 measurements)
Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890
see also Berta 1995
Lynx rufus (Schreber 1777)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus leidyi Hay 1913
nomen vanum belonging to Equus
see also Hulbert 1995b
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus haysii Leidy 1860
recombined as Tapirus (Helicotapirus) haysii
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann 1780)
Mammalia - Camelidae
Palaeolama mirifica (Simpson 1929)
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Platygonus vetus Leidy 1882
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Cuvieronius tropicus (Cope 1884)
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae
Desmodus archaeodaptes Morgan et al. 1988
a bat
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Myotis austroriparius (Rhoads 1897)
Morgan 1991
a bat
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Gopherus polyphemus (Daudin 1802)
Franz and Quitmyer 2005
is represented by ten partial costals (e.g., UF 63616, 221261, 221851-221854), four neurals (UF 221095, 221303, 221354, 221355), a partial peripheral (UF 221054), and a PYG (UF 221355). Identification as Gopherus is based on bone shape and thickness of the specimens.
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Alachua
Coordinates: 29.8° North, 82.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.8° North, 81.9° West
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:1.40000 - 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
Collection methods and comments
Taxonomic list comments:replaces earlier, incomplete list of Morgan 1991
Metadata
Database number:20351
Authorizer:J. Alroy, M. Uhen, E. Vlachos Enterer:J. Alroy, M. Uhen, E. Vlachos
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:44
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:

66358 R. Franz and I. R. Quitmyer. 2005. A fossil and zooarchaeological history of the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) in the Southeastern United States. Bull. Fla. Mus. Nat. History 45(4):179-199 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
35009 L. D. Martin, J. P. Babiarz, V. L. Naples and J. Hearst. 2000. Three ways to be a saber-toothed cat. Naturwissenschaften 87:41-44 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
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]