Leisey Shell Pit 3A: Irvingtonian, Florida
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Alligator mississippiensis
(Daudin 1801)
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Meylan 1995 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Colubrinae indet.
Oppel 1811
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Meylan 1995 | |||||||||
| "Coluber or Masticophis" | ||||||||||
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Lampropeltis getulus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Meylan 1995 | |||||||||
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Regina sp.
Baird and Girard 1853
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Meylan 1995 | |||||||||
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cf. Regina alleni
(Garman 1874)
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Meylan 1995 | |||||||||
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Nerodia sp.
Baird and Girard 1853
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Meylan 1995 | |||||||||
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cf. Nerodia fasciata
Linnaeus 1766
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Meylan 1995 | |||||||||
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cf. Thamnophis sp.
Fitzinger 1843
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Meylan 1995 | |||||||||
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Farancia sp.
Gray 1842
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Meylan 1995 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Crotalidae
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cf. Agkistrodon piscivorous
Lacépède
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Meylan 1995 | |||||||||
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Sistrurus miliarius
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Meylan 1995 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Boidae
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cf. Tropidophis sp.
Bibron 1843
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Meylan 1995 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Ophisaurus compressus
Cope 1900
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Meylan 1995 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Hesperotestudo crassiscutata
(Leidy 1889)
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Meylan 1995 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Apalone ferox
(Schneider 1783)
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Meylan 1995 | |||||||||
| recombined as Platypeltis ferox | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Kinosternoidea
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Kinosternon sp.
von Spix 1824
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Meylan 1995 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelydridae
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Macroclemys temmincki
(Troost 1835)
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Meylan 1995 | |||||||||
| recombined as Macrochelys temminckii | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Pachyarmatheriidae
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Glyptotherium sp.
Osborn 1903
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= Pachyarmatherium leiseyi
Downing and White 1995
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| said to be new | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Dasypodidae
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Dasypus bellus
(Simpson 1929)
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Mammalia
- Mylodontidae
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Glossotherium harlani
(Owen 1840)
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= Paramylodon harlani
Owen 1840
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mustela frenata
Lichtenstein 1831
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| recombined as Neogale frenata | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus leidyi
Hay 1913
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| nomen vanum belonging to Equus | ||||||||||
| placed in quotes by the authors | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus haysii
Leidy 1860
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| recombined as Tapirus (Helicotapirus) haysii | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Hemiauchenia macrocephala
(Cope 1893)
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= Hemiauchenia seymourensis
Hibbard and Dalquest 1962
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Webb and Stehli 1995 | |||||||||
| synonym of Hemiauchenia macrocephala | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Blarina cf. carolinensis
(Bachman 1837)
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Morgan and White 1995 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Sylvilagus sp.
Gray 1867
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= Sylvilagus floridanus
Allen 1890
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Synaptomys sp.
Baird 1858
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| comparisons are to S. australis and S. cooperi, see Morgan and White 1995 | ||||||||||
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Podomys sp.
Osgood 1909
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Morgan and White 1995 | |||||||||
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Sigmodon libitinus
Martin 1979
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Pedomys sp.
Baird 1858
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Morgan and White 1995 | |||||||||
| synonym of Microtus | ||||||||||
| same as Haile 16A species | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Geomys pinetis
Rafinesque 1817
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Morgan and White 1995 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Florida | County: | Hillsborough |
| Coordinates: | 27.7° North, 82.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.7° North, 82.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | *Local age/stage: | Early/Lower Irvingtonian |
| Key time interval: | Irvingtonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 1.40000 - 0.21000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | unlithified siltstone |
| Lithology description: "unconsolidated, poorly sorted... fine-grained sand, silt, and dark brown mud" with many mollusc and vertebrate fossils | |
| Environment: | estuary/bay |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | -single event |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Associated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:entirely within a reversed polarity interval: MacFadden 1995Sr isotope date of 1.33 +/- 0.56 Ma: Jones et al. 1995contrary to MacFadden 1995, above evidence could place this not only in C1r.1r but also in C1rLeisey Shell Pit 3: Erethizon dorsatum Morgan and White 1995 Neochoerus sp. Morgan and White 1995 Ondatra annectens Morgan and White 1995 Canis armbrusteri Berta 1995 "Lutra" canadensis Berta 1995 Spilogale putorius Berta 1995 Lynx rufus Berta 1995 Miracinonyx inexpectatus Berta 1995: repeated by Morgan and Seymour 1997"Holmesina cf. floridanus" is omitted by Downing and White 1995"Cuvieronius sp." is omitted by Webb and Dudley 1995 | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 20402 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2005-09-28 17:03:38 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1960. | R. C. Hulbert, Jr. and G. S. Morgan. 1989. Stratigraphy, paleoecology, and vertebrate fauna of the Leisey Shell Pit Local Fauna, early Pleistocene (Irvingtonian) of southwestern Florida. Papers in Florida Paleontology 2:1-19 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Wagner] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 1391 | K. F. Downing and R. S. White. 1995. The cingulates (Xenarthra) of the Leisey Shell Pit local fauna (Irvingtonian), Hillsborough County, Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 37(12):375-396 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 769 | P. A. Meylan. 1995. Pleistocene amphibians and reptiles from the Leisey Shell Pit, Hillsborough County, Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 37(9):273-297 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers] | |
| 2624 | G. S. Morgan and J. A. White. 1995. Small mammals (Insectivora, Lagomorpha, and Rodentia) from the early Pleistocene (early Irvingtonian) Leisey Shell Pit Local Fauna, Hillsborough County, Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 37(13) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
| 3577 | S. D. Webb and F. G. Stehli. 1995. Selenodont artiodactyls (Camelidae and Cervidae) from the Leisey Shell Pits, Hillsborough County, Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 37(19) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |