Payne Creek Mine (Irvingtonian): Irvingtonian, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cingulata - Pachyarmatheriidae
Pachyarmatherium leiseyi Downing and White 1995
see also Downing and White 1995
Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Holmesina floridanus (Robertson 1976)
Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Dasypus bellus (Simpson 1929)
Mammalia - Megatheriidae
Eremotherium sp. Spillmann 1948
    = Eremotherium eomigrans De Iuliis and Cartelle 1999
De Iuliis and Cartelle 1999
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx wheatleyi Cope 1871
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Paramylodon harlani (Owen 1840)
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758
see also Morgan and White 1995
Sylvilagus floridanus (Allen 1890)
see also Morgan and White 1995
Sylvilagus palustris (Bachman 1837)
see also Morgan and White 1995
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Sigmodon libitinus Martin 1979
see also Morgan and White 1995
Pedomys sp. Baird 1858
synonym of Microtus
see also Morgan and White 1995: same as Haile 16A species
Ondatra annectens (Brown 1908)
see also Morgan and White 1995
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841
see also Morgan and White 1995: large
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys pinetis Rafinesque 1817
see also Morgan and White 1995
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Arctodus pristinus Leidy 1854
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus leidyi Hay 1913
nomen vanum belonging to Equus
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus haysii Leidy 1860
recombined as Tapirus (Helicotapirus) haysii
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann 1780)
Mammalia - Camelidae
Hemiauchenia macrocephala (Cope 1893)
Palaeolama mirifica (Simpson 1929)
Mammalia - Talpidae
Scalopus aquaticus (Linnaeus 1758)
Morgan and White 1995
Mammalia - Soricidae
Blarina cf. carolinensis (Bachman 1837)
Morgan and White 1995
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Cuvieronius tropicus (Cope 1884)
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus hayi (Barbour 1915)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Polk
Coordinates: 27.9° North, 81.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:27.9° North, 81.6° 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
Metadata
Database number:20475
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1995-10-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:44
Access level:the public Released:1995-10-18 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:

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]
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]