Waccasassa River 9A: Blancan, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus (Helicotapirus) lundeliusi Hulbert 2010
Mammalia - Camelidae
Hemiauchenia gracilis Meachen 2005
Meachen 2005
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Gopherus polyphemus (Daudin 1802)
Franz and Quitmyer 2005
The sample includes a partial HYPO and several bridge elements (SSH).
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Levy
Coordinates: 29.3° North, 82.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.4° North, 82.1° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Blancan
Age range of interval:4.90000 - 1.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: middle late to latest Blancan, ca 1.6-2.2 Ma
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Glacial or sequence phase:interglacial
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Sangamonian; sites IIB and III are Wisconsinan
possibly relevant: Leopardus amnicola ("Felis wiedii amnicola") Werdelin 1985, from "Waccasassa River" (Wisconsinan?)
Frazier 1981 mentions "Wac 7B" and "Wac 1A" and states that they are "Rancholabrean, possibly Irvingtonian"
Metadata
Also known as:UF locality LV040
Database number:98315
Authorizer:M. Uhen, J. Alroy, E. Vlachos Enterer:M. Uhen, J. Alroy, E. Vlachos
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-09-30 11:39:06 Last modified:2010-09-30 14:53:11
Access level:the public Released:2010-09-30 11:39:06
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]

Secondary references:

66358 R. Franz and I. R. Quitmyer. 2005. A fossil and zooarchaeological history of the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) in the Southeastern United States. Bull. Fla. Mus. Nat. History 45(4):179-199 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
34616 J. A. Meachen. 2005. A new species of Hemiauchenia (Artiodactyla, Camelidae) from the late Blancan of Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 45(4):435-447 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]