Haile 7C: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hydrochoeridae
Neochoerus dichroplax Ahearn and Lance 1980
Hulbert 2010
recombined as Phugatherium dichroplax
Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae
Neochoerus sp. Hay 1926
Hulbert 1997
Mammalia - Rodentia - Erethizontidae
Erethizon sp. Cuvier 1822
(6 measurements)
    = Erethizon poyeri n. sp. Hulbert 1997
Hulbert 1997
see also Morgan and White 1995
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867
? Sylvilagus webbi White 1991
Hulbert 2010
Mammalia - Talpidae
? Scalopus aquaticus (Linnaeus 1758)
Hulbert 2010
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762
see also Hulbert et al. 1989, Hulbert 1999
Tapirus (Helicotapirus) lundeliusi n. sp. Hulbert 2010
Hulbert 2010
(50 measurements)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Hulbert 2010
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann 1780)
Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptotherium arizonae Gidley 1926
synonym of Glyptotherium texanum
Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Holmesina floridanus (Robertson 1976)
Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Dasypus bellus (Simpson 1929)
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx leptostomus Cope 1893
Mammalia - Megatheriidae
Eremotherium sp. Spillmann 1948
    = Eremotherium eomigrans n. sp. De Iuliis and Cartelle 1999
De Iuliis and Cartelle 1999
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Cuvieronius tropicus (Cope 1884)
Reptilia
Alligator mississippiensis (Daudin 1801)
Whiting et al. 2016
Suggested to belong to a new species (Stout, 2009 [MS thesis])
    = Alligator hailensis n. sp. Stout 2020
Stout 2020
UF 224688 - type; referred material: UF 124232, UF 162502, UF 162503, UF 162517, UF 162521, UF 162532, and UF 162533
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Limnodromus scolopaceus (Say 1822)
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Amplibuteo concordatus n. sp. Emslie and Czaplewski 1999
Emslie and Czaplewski 1999
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Icteridae
cf. Agelaius sp. Vieillot 1816
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Corvidae
Corvus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae
Podilymbus podiceps (Linnaeus 1758)
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Coraciiformes - Alcedinidae
Ceryle torquata (Linnaeus 1766)
Emslie 1998
recombined as Megaceryle torquata
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Rallus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Mergus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Emslie 1998
Bucephala albeola (Linnaeus 1758)
Emslie 1998
Anas sp. Linnaeus 1758
Emslie 1998
Aix sponsa (Linnaeus 1758)
Emslie 1998
Anas discors Linnaeus 1766
Emslie 1998
recombined as Spatula discors
or could be Anas discors
Anas clypeata Linnaeus 1758
Emslie 1998
recombined as Spatula clypeata
Reptilia - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
Aizengyps toomeyae n. sp. Emslie 1998
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Phasianidae
Meleagris anza
Emslie 1998
or could be Melagris leopoldi
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Alachua
Coordinates: 29.7° North, 82.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.7° North, 82.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Pliocene
*Local age/stage:Late/Upper Blancan - Early/Lower Irvingtonian
Key time interval:Early/Lower Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58800 - 0.78100 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: middle late Blancan, ca 1.9-2.2 Ma
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Lithology description: Hulburt 1997: sediment-filled fissure or sinkhole in limestone
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:UF locality AL109
Database number:19750
Authorizer:J. Alroy, J. Bloch, M. Uhen, P. Mannion Enterer:J. Alroy, R. Hulbert, P. Mannion, M. Uhen
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:1994-04-30 00:00:00 Last modified:2020-10-23 08:33:09
Access level:the public Released:1994-04-30 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]
50310 S. D. Emslie. 1998. Avian community, climate, and sea-level changes in the Plio-Pleistocene of the Florida Peninsula. Ornithological Monographs (50)1-113 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert]
50351 S. D. Emslie and N. J. Czaplewski. 1999. Two new fossil eagles from the late Pliocene (late Blancan) of Florida and Arizona and their biogeographic implications. In S. L. Storrs, P. Wellnhofer, C. Mourer-Chauviré, D. W. Steadman, L. D. Martin (eds.), Avian Paleontology at the Close of the 20th Century: Proceedings of the 4th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Washington, D.C, 4-7 June 1996. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 89:185-198 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert/M. Carrano]
33964 R. C. Hulbert. 2010. A new early Pleistocene tapir (Mammalia: Perissodactyla) from Florida, with a review of Blancan tapirs from around the state. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 49(3):67-126 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
19565% 3800R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1997. A new late Pliocene porcupine (Rodentia, Erethizontidae) from Florida. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(3):623-626 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
74149 J. B. Stout. 2020. New early Pleistocene Alligator (Eusuchia: Crocodylia) from Florida bridges a gap in Alligator evolution. Zootaxa 4868(1):41-60 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
59566 E. T. Whiting, D. W. Steadman, and K. A. Vliet. 2016. Cranial Polymorphism and Systematics of Miocene and Living Alligator in North America. Journal of Herpetology 50(2):306-315 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]