Santa Fe River IIA: Irvingtonian, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Graptemys cf. barbouri Carr and Marchand 1942
Jackson 1975
from "Santa Fe River II" (said to be entirely Rancholabrean)
Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Dasypus bellus (Simpson 1929)
Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptotherium floridanum (Simpson 1929)
synonym of Glyptotherium cylindricum
Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Chlamytherium septentrionalis (Leidy 1889)
recombined as Holmesina septentrionalis
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Glossotherium harlani (Owen 1840)
    = Paramylodon cf. harlani Owen 1840
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828
either "M. floridanus or M. columbi"
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut americanum (Kerr 1792)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felis onca Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Panthera onca
"Felis onca augusta"
Felis atrox Leidy 1853
recombined as Panthera leo atrox
Felis rufus (Schreber 1777)
recombined as Lynx rufus
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus americanus Pallas 1780
Tremarctos floridanus (Gidley 1928)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis dirus Leidy 1858
recombined as Aenocyon dirus
confirmed by Nowak 1979
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Equus fraternus Leidy 1858
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762
Tapirus veroensis Sellards 1918
recombined as Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis
Mammalia - Camelidae
Palaeolama mirifica (Simpson 1929)
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Mylohyus sp. Cope 1869
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann 1780)
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820
Castoroides ohioensis Foster 1838
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys pinetis Rafinesque 1817
described by Wilkins 1984
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Neofiber alleni True 1884
Ondatra zibethicus (Linnaeus 1766)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae
Neochoerus pinckneyi (Hay 1926)
    = Neochoerus aesopi Leidy 1853
Morgan and White 1995
"Hydrochoerus holmesi"
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus floridanus (Allen 1890)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Gilchrist
Coordinates: 29.7° North, 82.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.7° North, 82.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Irvingtonian
Age range of interval:1.80000 - 0.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Taxonomic list comments:said by Kurten and Anderson 1980 to be late Illinoian and by Morgan and White 1995 to be "Rancholabrean"
"Felis concolor" is a Blancan specimen of Miracinonyx inexpectatus: Morgan and Seymour 1997
Metadata
Database number:20520
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1994-06-07 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:44
Access level:the public Released:1994-06-07 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

3567. S. D. Webb. 1974. Chronology of Florida Pleistocene mammals. In S. D. Webb (ed.), Pleistocene Mammals of Florida 5-31 [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]
708 D. R. Jackson. 1975. A Pleistocene Graptemys (Reptilia: Testudines) from the Santa Fe River of Florida. Herpetologica 31(2):213-219 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/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]