Bradenton (AMNH): Late Pleistocene, Florida
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Pelecaniformes
- Ardeidae
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Ardea herodias
Linnaeus 1758
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Nycticorax nycticorax
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Egretta thula
(Molina 1782)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Anas fulvigula
(Ridgway 1874)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Rallidae
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Fulica americana
Gmelin 1789
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Gruidae
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Grus canadensis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Teratornithidae
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Teratornis merriami
Miller 1909
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Phasianidae
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Meleagris gallopavo
Linnaeus 1758
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Polychrotidae
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Anolis carolinensis
Voight 1832
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Auffenberg 1956 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Pampatheriidae
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Holmesina septentrionalis
(Leidy 1889)
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Simpson 1930 | |||||||||
| "one mile south of the business district of Bradenton and one-quarter mile east of the Tamiami Trail, near Florida Avenue"; AMNH specimen (8 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Parelephas floridanus n. sp.
(Osborn 1929)
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| "M. floridanus or M. columbi" Webb 1974a: the type of P. floridanus was incorrectly placed at "two miles south of Bradenton" by Osborn 1929; see also Webb and Dudley 1995 (16 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Tanupolama sp.
Stock 1928
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= Hemiauchenia macrocephala
Cope 1893
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Webb 1974 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Odocoileus sp.
Rafinesque 1832
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= Odocoileus virginianus
Zimmermann 1780
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Webb 1974 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison antiquus
Leidy 1852
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McDonald 1981 | |||||||||
| AMNH specimen | ||||||||||
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Bison latifrons
(Harlan 1825)
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| see also McDonald 1981 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Caviidae
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Neochoerus pinckneyi
(Hay 1926)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castoroides ohioensis
Foster 1838
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Webb 1974 | |||||||||
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= Castoroides dilophidus
Martin 1969
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Hulbert et al. 2014 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Pitymys hibbardi
Holman 1959
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Webb 1974 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Florida | County: | Manatee |
| Coordinates: | 27.5° North, 82.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.7° North, 80.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.129 - 0.0117 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
| Glacial or sequence phase: | interglacial |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Museum repositories: | AMNH |
| Taxonomic list comments:1 mi S of business district, 100 yd E of Tamiami Trail Sangamonian | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 20581 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Bloch, M. Uhen | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen, R. Hulbert |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1995-10-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2007-09-18 13:31:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-10-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3132. | G. G. Simpson. 1930. Tertiary Land Mammals of Florida. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 59(3):1-64 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |
Secondary references:
| 50693 | W. Auffenberg. 1956. Additional records of Pleistocene lizards from Florida. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 19(2-3):157-167 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert] | |
| 74663 | R. C. Hulbert, A. Kerner, and G. S. Morgan. 2014. Taxonomy of the Pleistocene giant beaver Castoroides (Rodentia: Castoridae) from the southeastern United States. 53(2):26-43 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 2504 | J. N. McDonald. 1981. North American Bison 1-350 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 3133 | G. G. Simpson. 1930. Holmesina septentrionalis, extinct giant armadillo of Florida. American Museum Novitates 442:1-10 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 3567 | S. D. Webb. 1974. Chronology of Florida Pleistocene mammals. In S. D. Webb (ed.), Pleistocene Mammals of Florida 5-31 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 50336 | A. Wetmore. 1931. The avifauna of the Pleistocene in Florida. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 85(2):1-41 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert] |