Where: Alachua County, Florida (29.6° N, 82.4° W: paleocoordinates 29.6° N, 82.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Arredondo Member (Wicomico Formation), Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• Illinoian or Kansan according to Lynch 1965; Sangamonian according to Kurten and Anderson 1980
•from a fissure in the Ocala Limestone
Environment/lithology: fissure fill
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by R. S. Bader in 1959; reposited in the FLMNH
Collection methods: bulk
• "fossiliferous matrix" apparently was bulk sampled (Lynch 1965)
Primary reference: S. D. Webb and K. T. Wilkins. 1984. Historical Biogeography of Florida Pleistocene Mammals. In H. H. Genoways and M. R. Dawson (eds.), Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 8:370-383 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 20573: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995, edited by Richard Hulbert
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Didelphis virginiana Kerr 1792 Virginia opossum | |
Cricetidae indet., Ochrotomys nuttalli, Synaptomys australis, "Pitymys pinetorum" = Microtus pinetorum, Microtus pennsylvanicus, Neotoma floridana, Reithrodontomys humulis, Peromyscus polionotus, Peromyscus gossypinus, Oryzomys palustris, Sigmodon hispidus, Neofiber alleni, Podomys floridanus1
Ochrotomys nuttalli Harlan 1832 golden mouse
Synaptomys australis Simpson 1928 rodent
"Pitymys pinetorum" = Microtus pinetorum Le Conte 1830 woodland vole
Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole
Neotoma floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat
Peromyscus polionotus Wagner 1843 oldfield mouse
Peromyscus gossypinus Le Conte 1853 cotton mouse
Oryzomys palustris Harlan 1837 marsh rice rat
Sigmodon hispidus Say and Ord 1825 hispid cotton rat
Neofiber alleni True 1884 round-tailed muskrat | |
Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758 squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin 1788 eastern gray squirrel
Tamias aristus Ray 1965 chipmunk
Glaucomys volans Linnaeus 1758 southern flying squirrel | |
Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839 pocket gopher | |
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit | |
Scalopus aquaticus Linnaeus 1758 eastern mole | |
Blarina carolinensis Bachman 1837 southern short-tailed shrew
Cryptotis parva Say 1823 North American least shrew | |
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer | |
Bison antiquus Leidy 1852 bison | |
Platygonus compressus Leconte 1848 peccary
Mylohyus sp. Cope 1869 peccary | |
Palaeolama mirifica Simpson 1929 stout-legged llama
Hemiauchenia macrocephala Cope 1893 camel | |
"Tapirus veroensis" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis
"Tapirus veroensis" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis Sellards 1918 tapir | |
"Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus, Urocyon cinereoargenteus
"Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus Leidy 1858 dire wolf
Urocyon cinereoargenteus Schreber 1775 gray fox | |
"Mustela frenata" = Neogale frenata
"Mustela frenata" = Neogale frenata Lichtenstein 1831 long-tailed weasel | |
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Megalonyx sp. Harlan 1825 edentate | |
Dasypus bellus Simpson 1929 beautiful armadillo | |
Desmodus stocki Jones 1958 vampire bat | |
Myotis austroriparius Rhoads 1897 vesper bat
Lasiurus intermedius Allen 1862 northern yellow bat | |
Aves | |
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"Querquedula discors" = Spatula discors3, Spatula clypeata3, Aythya collaris3, "Nettion carolinense" = Anas crecca carolinensis3
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"Otus asio" = Megascops asio3
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Gallinula chloropus3, Porzana carolina3, "Rallus limicola" = Rallus limicola3, "Porzana auffenbergi" = Rallus limicola3, Rallus elegans3, "Fulica minor" = Fulica americana shufeldti3, "Porphyrula martinica" = Porphyrio martinica3
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Dorypaltus prosphatus n. gen. n. sp.3
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Amphibia | |
"Scaphiopus holbrookii" = Scaphiopus (Scaphiopus) holbrooki5
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Siren lacertina5, Pseudobranchus cf. robustus5, Necturus sp.5, Notophthalmus viridescens5, Ambystoma tigrinum5
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