McGehee Farm: Hemphillian, Florida
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Mylagaulidae
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Mylagaulus kinseyi
Webb 1966
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
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Lagomorpha indet.
Brandt 1885
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Talpidae indet.
(Fischer de Waldheim 1817)
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Vespertilionidae
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Vespertilionidae indet.
Gray 1821
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MacFadden 1982 | |||||||||
a bat | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Aphelops longipes
(Leidy 1890)
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= Aphelops malacorhinus
Cope 1878
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
= Aphelops mutilus
Matthew 1924
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Prothero 2005 | |||||||||
Teleoceras proterum
(Leidy 1885)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapiravus sp.
Marsh 1877
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= Tapirus simpsoni
Schultz et al. 1975
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MacFadden 1982 | |||||||||
= Tapirus webbi n. sp.
Hulbert 2005
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Hulbert 2005 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Nannippus westoni
(Simpson 1930)
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Hulbert 1988 | |||||||||
Pseudhipparion sp.
Ameghino 1904
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= Pseudhipparion skinneri
Webb and Hulbert 1986
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Webb and Hulbert 1986 | |||||||||
replaces ID of MacFadden 1982 | ||||||||||
Cormohipparion ingenuum
(Leidy 1885)
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= Hippotherium ingenuum
Leidy 1885
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Hulbert 1988 | |||||||||
recombined as Cormohipparion ingenuum | ||||||||||
"N. nr. ingenuus" | ||||||||||
Hipparion plicatile
(Leidy 1887)
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= Hippotherium plicatile
Leidy 1887
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
recombined as Cormohipparion plicatile | ||||||||||
see also MacFadden 1984b; may include "Hipparion" of MacFadden and Cerling 1996 | ||||||||||
Neohipparion eurystyle
(Cope 1893)
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= Neohipparion trampasense
Edwards 1982
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Hulbert 1987 | |||||||||
Calippus cf. hondurensis
(Olson and McGrew 1941)
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Hulbert 1988 | |||||||||
Calippus sp.
(Matthew and Stirton 1930)
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= Calippus elachistus
Hulbert 1988
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Hulbert 1988 | |||||||||
Protohippus gidleyi
Hulbert 1988
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Hulbert 1988 | |||||||||
"Dinohippus or Pliohippus"; "pliohippine" of MacFadden 1982, and specimen inexplicably referred to "Pliohippus" by MacFadden and Cerling 1996 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Prosthennops sp.
Matthew and Gidley 1904
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= Tayassuinae indet.
Palmer 1897
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Megatylopus sp.
(Matthew and Cook 1909)
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= Camelidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
could be Aepycamelus | ||||||||||
Tanupolama sp.
Stock 1928
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= Hemiauchenia sp.
Gervais and Ameghino 1880
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Protoceratidae
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Protoceratidae indet.
Marsh 1891
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= Synthetoceras cf. tricornatus
Stirton 1932
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Patton 1969 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Gelocidae
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Floridameryx floridanus
Webb 2008
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Webb 2008 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Antilocapridae indet.
Gray 1866
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mustelidae indet.
Fischer 1817
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= Sthenictis sp.
Peterson 1910
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MacFadden 1982 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Eucyon davisi
(Merriam 1911)
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Tedford et al. 2009 | |||||||||
"McGehee Place Quarry" | ||||||||||
Osteoborus validus
Stirton and Vanderhoof 1933
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= Epicyon haydeni
Leidy 1858
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Webb 1969 | |||||||||
confirmed by Wang et al. 1999 | ||||||||||
Epicyon saevus
(Leidy 1858)
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Wang et al. 1999 | |||||||||
Osteoborus cf. galushai
Webb 1969
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= Borophagus sp.
Cope 1892
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Webb 1969 | |||||||||
status unclear in light of Wang et al. 1999 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Pliometanastes protistus n. sp.
Hirschfeld and Webb 1968
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Mammalia
- Mylodontidae
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Thinobadistes segnis
Hay 1919
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Webb 1989 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Metaxytherium cf. floridanum
Hay 1922
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Domning 1988 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Amebelodon sp.
Barbour 1927
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MacFadden and Cerling 1996 | |||||||||
may include "Gomphotherium sp." of Tobien 1972 and probably does include "Serridentinus floridanus" | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelydridae
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Macroclemys auffenbergi n. sp.
Dobie 1968
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Dobie 1968 | |||||||||
recombined as Macrochelys auffenbergi | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Chrysemys williamsi
Rose and Weaver 1966
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Jackson 1976 | |||||||||
see Rose and Weaver 1966 | ||||||||||
= Chrysemys williamsi n. sp.
Rose and Weaver 1966
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Rose and Weaver 1966 | |||||||||
recombined as Pseudemys williamsi | ||||||||||
Chrysemys caelata
(Hay 1908)
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Jackson 1976 | |||||||||
includes "C. carri" type of Rose and Weaver 1966 | ||||||||||
= Chrysemys carri n. sp.
Rose and Weaver 1966
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Rose and Weaver 1966 | |||||||||
recombined as Pseudemys carri | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Geochelone alleni n. sp.
(Auffenberg 1966)
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Auffenberg 1966 | |||||||||
synonym of Hesperotestudo turgida | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Gavialosuchus americana
(Sellards 1915)
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Whiting et al. 2016 | |||||||||
synonym of Thecachampsa sericodon | ||||||||||
UF 041602, 041632, 289279 | ||||||||||
Alligator sp.
Daudin 1809
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Whiting et al. 2016 | |||||||||
UF 289211, 028912 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Jacanidae
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Jacana farrandi n. sp.
Olson 1976
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Olson 1976 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Scolopacidae
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Ereunetes rayi n. sp.
Brodkorb 1963
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Brodkorb 1963 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Anhingidae
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Anhinga grandis
Martin and Mengel 1975
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Becker 1987 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Phalacrocoracidae
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Phalacrocorax wetmorei
Brodkorb 1955
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Brodkorb 1963 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Pelecaniformes
- Ardeidae
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Nycticorax fidens n. sp.
Brodkorb 1963
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Becker 1985 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Florida | County: | Alachua |
Coordinates: | 29.7° North, 82.6° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 29.8° North, 80.9° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
Period: | Neogene | ||
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
*Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Miocene |
Key time interval: | Hemphillian | ||
Age range of interval: | 10.30000 - 4.90000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Alachua |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 18560 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, E. Vlachos, M. Uhen, P. Mannion, J. Marcot, J. Hunter, J. Bloch | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot, R. Hulbert, J. Hunter, E. Vlachos, M. Uhen, P. Mannion |
Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2016-06-27 06:37:27 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
1919. | S. E. Hirschfeld and S. D. Webb. 1968. Plio-Pleistocene Megalonychid Sloths of North America. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 12(5) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
23540 | W. Auffenberg. 1966. A new species of Pliocene tortoise, genus Geochelone, from Florida. Journal of Paleontology 40(4):877-882 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
1051 | J. J. Becker. 1985. Fossil herons (Aves: Ardeidae) of the late Miocene and early Pliocene of Florida. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 5(1):24-31 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
7497 | 5% 23700 | J. J. Becker. 1987. Additional material of Anhinga grandis Martin and Mengel (Aves: Anhingidae) from the late Miocene of Florida. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 100(2):358-361 [J. Hunter/J. Rezza/J. Alroy] |
50551 | P. Brodkorb. 1963. Fossil birds from the Alachua Clay of Florida. Florida Geological Survey Special Publication 2(4):1-17 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert] | |
50688 | J. L. Dobie. 1968. A new turtle species of the genus Macroclemys (Chelydridae) from the Florida Pliocene. Tulane studies in Zoology and Botany 15(2):59-63 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert] | |
16572 | D. P. Domning. 1988. Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean region. I. Metaxytherium floridanum Hay, 1922. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8(4):395-426 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
50346 | R. C. Hulbert. 2005. Late Miocene Tapirus (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from Florida, with description of a new species, Tapirus webbi. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 45(4):465-494 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert] | |
3850 | 5% 23520 | R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1987. Late Neogene Neohipparion (Mammalia, Equidae) from the Gulf Coastal Plain of Florida and Texas. Journal of Paleontology 61(4):809-830 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy] |
1951 | R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1988. Cormohipparion and Hipparion (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Equidae) from the Late Neogene of Florida. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 33(5):229-338 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
27016 | D. R. Jackson. 1976. The status of the Pliocene turtles Pseudemys caelata Hay and Chrysemys carri Rose and Weaver. Copeia 1976(4):655-659 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
2367 | B. J. MacFadden. 1982. New species of primitive three-toed browsing horse from the Miocene Phosphate Mining District of Central Florida. Florida Scientist 45(2):117-125 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
2372 | B. J. MacFadden and T. E. Cerling. 1996. Mammalian Herbivore Communities, Ancient Feeding Ecology, and Carbon Isotopes: A 10 Million-Year Sequence from the Neogene of Florida. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(1):103-115 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
18758 | S. J. Olsen. 1968. Miocene vertebrates and North Florida shorelines. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 5:127-134 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
50345 | S. L. Olson. 1976. A jacana from the Pliocene of Florida (Aves: Jacanidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 89(19):259-264 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert] | |
2737 | T. H. Patton. 1969. Miocene and Pliocene Artiodactyls, Texas Gulf Coastal Plain. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 14(2) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
51726 | D. R. Prothero. 2005. The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses. 1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] | |
64764 | F. L. Rose and W. G. Weaver. 1966. Two new species of Chrysemys (= Pseudemys) from the Florida Pliocene. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 5(1):41-48 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
52058 | R. H. Tedford, X. Wang, and B. E. Taylor. 2009. Phylogenetic Systematics of the North American Fossil Caninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 325:1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot/G. Lloyd] | |
3558 | X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
3565 | S. D. Webb. 1969. The Pliocene Canidae of Florida. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 14(4):273-308 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
3572 | S. D. Webb. 1989. Osteology and relationships of Thinobadistes segnis, the first mylodont sloth in North America. In K. H. Redford, J. F. Eisenberg (eds.), Advances in Neotropical Mammalogy 469-532 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
36064 | S. D. Webb. 2008. Revision of the extinct Pseudoceratinae (Artiodactyla: Ruminantia: Gelocidae). Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 48(2):17-58 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
6227 | S. D. Webb and R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1986. Systematics and evolution of Pseudhipparion (Mammalia, Equidae) from the late Neogene of the Gulf Coastal Plain and the Great Plains. Contributions to Geology, the University of Wyoming, Special Paper 3:237-272 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
59567 | E. T. Whiting, D. W. Steadman, and J. Krigbaum. 2016. Paleoecology of Miocene crocodylians in Florida: Insights from stable isotope analysis. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 451:23-34 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Uhen] |