Inglis 1D: Blancan, Florida
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Gopherus polyphemus
(Daudin 1802)
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Franz and Quitmyer 2005 | |||||||||
| The site contained one NUCH and numerous carapace and plastral elements and fragments (SSH). Specimens represent small individuals. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus (Helicotapirus) lundeliusi
Hulbert 2010
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Florida | County: | Citrus |
| Coordinates: | 29.1° North, 82.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 29.2° North, 82.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| 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
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 CI020 | ||
| Database number: | 98317 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | M. Uhen, E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-09-30 11:41:25 | Last modified: | 2010-09-30 14:58:26 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-09-30 11:41:25 |
| 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] |