APAC Shell Pit: Blancan, Florida
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
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Chondrichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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Hulbert 1988 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Siren sp.
Linnaeus 1766
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Hulbert 1988 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Pseudemys platymarginata
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Geochelone sp.
Fitzinger 1835
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Hulbert 1988 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelydridae
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Macroclemys temmincki
(Troost 1835)
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Hulbert 1988 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Alligator sp.
Daudin 1809
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Phasianidae
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Meleagris sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Passeriformes indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Icteridae
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Icteridae indet.
Vigors 1825
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
cf. Agelaius phoeniceus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Gruidae
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Grus canadensis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Rallidae
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Porphyrula sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Gallinula sp.
Brisson 1760
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Rallus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
two sizes represented, informally designated species A and B | ||||||||||
Rallus limicola
Vieillot 1819
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Rallus longirostris
Boddaert 1783
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
or could be Rallus elegans | ||||||||||
Fulica cf. americana
Gmelin 1789
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Laterallus sp.
Bonaparte 1854
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Podicipedidae
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Podilymbus podiceps
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Anatidae
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Anserinae indet.
Vigors 1825
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Branta canadensis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Anas cf. americana
Gmelin 1789
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Anas discors
Linnaeus 1766
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Anas cf. clypeata
Linnaeus 1758
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Anas cf. cyanoptera
Viellot 1816
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Helonetta brodkorbi n. gen., n. sp.
Emslie 1992
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Aythya valisineria
(Wilson 1814)
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
or could be A. americana | ||||||||||
Aythya collaris
(Donovan 1809)
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
or could be A. affinis | ||||||||||
Anabernicula gracilenta
Ross 1935
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Anas cf. crecca
Linnaeus 1758
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Mergus merganser
Linnaeus 1758
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
or could be M. serrator | ||||||||||
Bucephala cf. albeola
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Oxyura hulberti n. sp.
Emslie 1992
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Dendrocygna sp.
Swinson 1837
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Cathartidae
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cf. Gymnogyps sp.
Lesson 1842
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Phoenicopteridae
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Phoenicopterus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Ciconiidae
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Ciconia maltha
Miller 1910
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Ardeidae
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Ixobrychus exilis
(Gmelin 1789)
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Egretta sp.
Forster 1817
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Ardea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Botaurus sp.
Stephens 1819
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
smaller than B. lentiginosus, about right size for B. hibbardi from Rexroad | ||||||||||
Botaurus lentiginosus
(Rackett 1813)
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Nyctanassa violacea
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Threskiornithidae
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Eudocimus sp.
Wagler 1832
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Phalacrocoracidae
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Phalacrocorax sp.
Brisson 1760
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Accipitridae
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Spizaetus sp.
Vieillot 1816
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Scolopacidae
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Scolopacidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Scolopax sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Tringa sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Gallinago sp.
Brisson 1760
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Actitis macularia
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Limnodromus sp.
Wied-Neuwied 1833
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Recurvirostridae
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Himantopus sp.
Brisson 1760
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Emslie 1992 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Nerodia sp.
Baird and Girard 1853
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Mammalia
- Mylodontidae
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Glossotherium chapadmalense
(Kraglievich 1925)
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Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Megalonyx leptostomus
Cope 1893
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Dasypodidae
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Dasypus bellus
(Simpson 1929)
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Pampatheriidae
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Holmesina floridanus
(Robertson 1976)
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Molossidae
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Tadarida sp.
Rafinesque 1814
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a bat | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Cormohipparion emsliei
Hulbert 1988
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(3 measurements) | ||||||||||
= Hippotherium emsliei
Hulbert 1988
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Hulbert 1988 | |||||||||
Nannippus peninsulatus
(Cope 1885)
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Odocoileus virginianus
(Zimmermann 1780)
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Morgan and Hulbert 1995 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovinae indet.
(Gray 1821)
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Jones et al. 1991 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Platygonus bicalcaratus
Cope 1893
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Mylohyus floridanus
Kinsey 1974
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Hemiauchenia blancoensis
(Meade 1945)
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= Hemiauchenia macrocephala
Cope 1893
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Lynx sp.
Kerr 1792
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Morgan and Hulbert 1995 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Odobenidae
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Ontocetus emmonsi
Leidy 1859
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Kohno and Ray 2008 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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Procyon sp.
Storr 1780
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Trigonictis macrodon
(Cope 1868)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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= Canini indet.
Fischer de Waldheim 1817
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
not listed by Jones et al. 1991, but listed also by Morgan and Hulbert 1995 | ||||||||||
= Theriodictis ? floridanus
Tedford et al. 2009
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Tedford et al. 2009 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Geomys propinetis
Wilkins 1984
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= Orthogeomys cf. propinetis
Wilkins 1984
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hydrochoeridae
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Neochoerus dichroplax
Ahearn and Lance 1980
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Sigmodon medius
Gidley 1922
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Sylvilagus sp.
Gray 1867
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= Sylvilagus webbi
White 1991
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White 1991 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Rhynchotherium sp.
Falconer 1868
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= Cuvieronius sp.
Osborn 1923
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Webb and Dudley 1995 | |||||||||
"R. praecursor" of Morgan and Hulbert 1995, "R. sp." of MacFadden and Cerling 1996 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Centropomidae
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Centropomus sp.
Lacépède 1802
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Hulbert 1988 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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Hulbert 1988 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Florida | County: | Sarasota |
Coordinates: | 27.4° North, 82.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 27.4° North, 81.8° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
*Period: | Late/Upper Tertiary | *Epoch: | Late/Upper Pliocene | *Local age/stage: | Late/Upper Blancan |
Key time interval: | Blancan | ||
Age range of interval: | 4.7 - 1.4 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Tamiami | Member: | Pinecrest Beds | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: most material is from a single 10 - 60 cm thick layer |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal,black,gray sandstone |
Lithology description: "dark brown to blackish sandy organic layer" (Morgan and Ridgway 1987) or "abundant Rangia sp. valves interspersed with a matrix of black-to-dark gray sand" (Hulbert 1988) | |
Environment: | estuary/bay |
Geology comments: "quiet, shallow-water, estuarine assemblage... a river in the near vicinity" |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:correlated to lower Matuyama chron (R) on basis of reversed sediments, ostracod biostrat, and Sr isotope dating said to include 23 land-mammal taxa, but only 19 are reported - insectivores are missing? |
Metadata
Also known as: | MacAsphalt Shell Pit; Newburn Pit; Warren Brothers Pit | ||
Database number: | 19753 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen, J. Marcot, J. Bloch | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot, M. Uhen, R. Hulbert |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-12-15 16:46:28 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
2621. | G. S. Morgan and R. B. Ridgway. 1987. Late Pliocene (late Blancan) vertebrates from the St. Petersburg Times site, Pinellas County, Florida, with a brief review of Florida Blancan faunas. Papers in Florida Paleontology 1:1-22 [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] | |
50405 | S. D. Emslie. 1992. Two new late Blancan avifaunas from Florida and the extinction of wetland birds in the Plio-Pleistocene. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series (36)249-269 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert] | |
1950 | R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1988. A new Cormohipparion (Mammalia, Equidae) from the Pliocene (latest Hemphillian and Blancan) of Florida. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 7(4):451-468 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/R. Hulbert] | |
6253 | D. S. Jones, B. J. MacFadden, S. D. Webb, P. A. Mueller, D. A. Hodell and T. S. Cronin. 1991. Integrated geochronology of a classic Pliocene fossil site in Florida: Linking marine and terrestrial biochronologies. Journal of Geology 99(5):637-648 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
26222 | N. Kohno and C. E. Ray. 2008. Pliocene walruses from the Yorktown Formation of Virginia and North Carolina, and a systematic revision of the North Atlantic Pliocene walruses. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication 14:39-80 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
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] | |
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] | |
3574 | S. D. Webb and J. P. Dudley. 1995. Proboscidea from Leisey Shell Pits, Hillsborough County, Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 37(20) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
3634 | J. A. White. 1991. A new Sylvilagus (Mammalia: Lagomorpha) from the Blancan (Pliocene) and Irvingtonian (Pleistocene) of Florida. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11(2):243-246 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |