Hickey Creek: Zanclean, Florida
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Balaenoptera floridana
Kellogg 1944
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1 specimen | ||||||
| invalid subgroup of Mysticeti | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenopteridae
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Balaenoptera sp.
Lacépède 1804
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Delphinidae
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Delphinidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Actinopteri
- Acanthopteri
- Sphyraenidae
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Sphyraena barracuda
(Edwards 1771)
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Actinopteri
- Spariformes
- Sparidae
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Sparidae indet.
(Cuvier 1817)
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Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Balistidae
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Balistes sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Diodontidae
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Diodon sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Isurus hastalis
(Agassiz 1838)
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| recombined as Carcharodon hastalis | |||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Hemigaleidae
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Hemipristis serra
Agassiz 1835
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Rhizoprionodon sp.
Whitley 1929
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Carcharhinus leucas
(Valenciennes 1839)
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Negaprion brevirostris
Poey 1868
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Galeocerdidae
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Galeocerdo cuvieri
(Peron and LeSueur 1822)
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| original and current combination Galeocerdo cuvier | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Florida | County: | Lee |
| Coordinates: | 26.7° North, 81.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 26.8° North, 80.8° West |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Zanclean | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Tamiami |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandy "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal |
| Geology comments: shallow, nearshore, bay-like shelf affected by fluctuating sea levels and one or more rivers to the north, northeast, or northwest | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),sieve,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | FLMNH |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UF LE001 | ||
| Database number: | 46369 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | B. Shipps | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-01-11 18:39:31 | Last modified: | 2017-02-26 16:36:56 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2005-04-11 18:39:31 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12358. | G. S. Morgan and A. E. Pratt. 1983. Recent discoveries of late Tertiary marine mammals in Florida. The Plaster Jacket 43:4-25 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |