Inglis 1B: Blancan, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus (Helicotapirus) lundeliusi Hulbert 2010
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Citrus
Coordinates: 29.0° North, 82.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.1° 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:4.70000 - 1.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: latest Blancan, ca 1.6-1.9 Ma
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:general faunal/floral analysis
Taxonomic list comments:said to be "earliest Irvingtonian"
"Tremarctos floridanus" is not actually present: Emslie 1995
"Conepatus leuconotus" is omitted by Morgan and Hulbert 1995 and Ruez 2001, and was listed as "a mistake" by Webb 1974a according to Martin 1978
Metadata
Also known as:UF locality CI013
Database number:98316
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-09-30 11:41:05 Last modified:2010-09-30 14:58:54
Access level:the public Released:2010-09-30 11:41:05
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]