Cowhouse Slough: Geringian - Monroecreekian, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Phlaocyon taylori Hayes 2000
Hayes 2000
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Miohippus sp. Marsh 1874
Mammalia - Merycoidodontidae
Merycoidodontidae indet. Cook 1912
Albright 1998
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Cynorca sp. Cope 1867
Albright 1998
Mammalia - Camelidae
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821
    = Nothokemas waldropi Frailey 1978
Hayes 2000
replaces ID of Albright 1998b
Mammalia - Geolabididae
Centetodon sp. Marsh 1872
Albright 1998
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Megalagus sp. Walker 1931
    = Megalagus abaconis Hayes 2000
Hayes 2000
replaces ID of Albright 1998b; "Palaeolagus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Entoptychidae
Entoptychinae indet. Miller and Gidley 1918
Albright 1998
spelled with current rank as Entoptychidae
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821
Albright 1998
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
? Agnotocastor sp. Stirton 1935
Albright 1998
see also Hayes 2000
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae
Eomyidae indet. Winge 1887
large: said to be "Proheteromys" by Hayes 2000, but this might be Harrymys
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Hillsborough
Coordinates: 27.9° North, 82.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:28.0° North, 76.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
*Period:Tertiary *Local age/stage:Early/Lower Arikareean
Key time interval:Geringian - Monroecreekian
Age range of interval:29.50000 - 23.10000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Arcadia Member:Tampa
Stratigraphy comments: said to be early Arikareean = Geringian or Monroecreekian
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Taxonomic list comments:see also Morgan 1993
Metadata
Also known as:Cow House Slough
Database number:17487
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1995-03-26 00:00:00 Last modified:2006-08-04 12:36:20
Access level:the public Released:1995-03-26 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

2610. G. S. Morgan. 1989. Miocene vertebrate faunas from the Suwannee River basin of north Florida and south Georgia. Southeastern Geological Society Guidebook 30:26-53 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]

Secondary references:

936 L. B. Albright. 1998. The Arikareean Land Mammal Age in Texas and Florida: Southern extension of Great Plains faunas and Gulf Coastal Plain. Geological Society of America Special Paper 325:167-183 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]
4229 F. G. Hayes. 2000. The Brooksville 2 local fauna (Arikareean, latest Oligocene) Hernando County, Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 43(1):1-47 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]