Arredondo IIA: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Florida
collected by R. S. Bader 1959

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Didelphimorphia
Didelphis virginiana Kerr 1792
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae
Desmodus stocki Jones 1958
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Myotis austroriparius (Rhoads 1897)
Lasiurus intermedius Allen 1862
Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Dasypus bellus (Simpson 1929)
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx sp. Harlan 1825
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus veroensis Sellards 1918
recombined as Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann 1780)
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bison antiquus Leidy 1852
Mammalia - Camelidae
Palaeolama mirifica (Simpson 1929)
Hemiauchenia macrocephala (Cope 1893)
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Mylohyus sp. Cope 1869
Platygonus compressus Leconte 1848
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felis onca Linnaeus 1758
    = Panthera onca Linnaeus 1758
Alroy 2002
Felis rufus (Schreber 1777)
    = Lynx rufus Schreber 1777
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Tremarctos floridanus (Gidley 1928)
Kurten 1966
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustela frenata Lichtenstein 1831
recombined as Neogale frenata
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis dirus Leidy 1858
recombined as Aenocyon dirus
Urocyon cinereoargenteus (Schreber 1775)
Mammalia - Talpidae
Scalopus aquaticus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Soricidae
Blarina carolinensis (Bachman 1837)
Cryptotis parva (Say 1823)
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Glaucomys volans (Linnaeus 1758)
Tamias aristus Ray 1965
Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin 1788
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839
Geomys pinetis Rafinesque 1817
described by Wilkins 1984
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817
additional "Peromyscus sp."
Neofiber alleni True 1884
Peromyscus gossypinus (Le Conte 1853)
Peromyscus polionotus (Wagner 1843)
Oryzomys palustris Harlan 1837
Pitymys pinetorum (Le Conte 1830)
recombined as Microtus pinetorum
Microtus pennsylvanicus (Ord 1815)
Peromyscus floridanus (Chapman 1889)
    = Podomys floridanus Chapman 1889
Alroy 2002
Neotoma floridana (Ord 1818)
Synaptomys australis Simpson 1928
Ochrotomys nuttalli (Harlan 1832)
Reithrodontomys humulis (Audubon and Bachman 1841)
see also Ruez 2000
Sigmodon hispidus Say and Ord 1825
Reptilia - Colubridae
Carphophis amoenus Say
Lynch 1965
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Terrapene carolina (Linnaeus 1758)
Auffenberg 1958
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Tringa solitaria Wilson 1813
Brodkorb 1959
Tringa melanoleuca (Gmelin 1789)
Brodkorb 1959
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Charadriidae
Dorypaltus prosphatus n. gen., n. sp.
Brodkorb 1959
Reptilia - Phasianidae
Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus 1758
Brodkorb 1959
Reptilia - Odontophoridae
Colinus suilium Brodkorb 1959
Brodkorb 1959
Reptilia - Falconidae
Falco sparverius Linnaeus 1758
Brodkorb 1959
Falco readi n. sp. Brodkorb 1959
Brodkorb 1959
Falco peregrinus Tunstall 1771
Brodkorb 1959
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Nettion carolinense (Gmelin 1789)
Brodkorb 1959
recombined as Anas crecca carolinensis
Aythya collaris (Donovan 1809)
Brodkorb 1959
Querquedula discors (Linnaeus 1766)
Brodkorb 1959
recombined as Spatula discors
Spatula clypeata (Linnaeus 1758)
Brodkorb 1959
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Passerellidae
Passerculus sandwichensis (Gmelin 1789)
Brodkorb 1959
Passerherbulus henslowii (Audubon 1829)
Brodkorb 1959
recombined as Ammodramus henslowii
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Icteridae
Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus 1766)
Brodkorb 1959
Cremaster tytthus n. gen., n. sp. Brodkorb 1959
Brodkorb 1959
Sturnella magna (Linnaeus 1758)
Brodkorb 1959
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Hirundinidae
Tachycineta speleodytes Brodkorb 1957
Brodkorb 1959
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Corvidae
Corvus ossifragus Wilson 1812
Brodkorb 1959
Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm 1822
Brodkorb 1959
Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus 1758)
Brodkorb 1959
Reptilia - Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae
Podilymbus podiceps (Linnaeus 1758)
Brodkorb 1959
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Porphyrula martinica (Linnaeus 1766)
Brodkorb 1959
recombined as Porphyrio martinica
Rallus elegans Audubon 1834
Brodkorb 1959
Rallus limicola Vieillot 1819
Brodkorb 1959
Porzana auffenbergi Brodkorb 1954
Brodkorb 1959
synonym of Rallus limicola
Fulica minor Shufeldt 1891
Brodkorb 1959
replaced by Fulica americana shufeldti
Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus 1758)
Brodkorb 1959
Porzana carolina (Linnaeus 1758)
Brodkorb 1959
Reptilia - Piciformes - Picidae
Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus 1758)
Brodkorb 1959
Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus 1758)
Brodkorb 1959
Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus 1758)
Brodkorb 1959
Reptilia - Strigiformes - Strigidae
Otus asio (Linnaeus 1758)
Brodkorb 1959
recombined as Megascops asio
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelobatidae
Scaphiopus holbrookii (Harlan 1835)
Lynch 1965
recombined as Scaphiopus (Scaphiopus) holbrooki
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana pipiens Schreber 1782
Lynch 1965
Rana catesbeiana Shaw 1802
Lynch 1965
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Microhylidae
Gastrophryne carolinensis (Holbrook 1835)
Lynch 1965
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufo terrestris (Bonnaterre 1789)
Lynch 1965
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Hylidae
Acris cf. gryllus (Le Conte 1825)
Lynch 1965
Pseudacris ornata (Holbrook 1836)
Lynch 1965
Hyla baderi n. sp. Lynch 1965
Lynch 1965
Hyla gratiosa Le Conte 1856
Lynch 1965
Hyla cinerea (Schneider 1799)
Lynch 1965
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Ambystoma tigrinum (Green 1825)
Lynch 1965
Siren lacertina Linnaeus 1766
Lynch 1965
Pseudobranchus cf. robustus Goin and Auffenberg 1955
Lynch 1965
Necturus sp. Rafinesque
Lynch 1965
Notophthalmus viridescens (Rafinesque 1820)
Lynch 1965
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Alachua
Coordinates: 29.6° North, 82.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.6° North, 82.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Wicomico Member:Arredondo
Stratigraphy comments: Illinoian or Kansan according to Lynch 1965; Sangamonian according to Kurten and Anderson 1980
from a fissure in the Ocala Limestone
Lithology and environment
Environment:fissure fill
Glacial or sequence phase:interglacial
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:FLMNH
Collectors:R. S. Bader Collection dates:summer of 1959
Collection method comments: "fossiliferous matrix" apparently was bulk sampled (Lynch 1965)
Taxonomic list comments:material of Lynch 1965 is from "Pit II"; additional reptiles are described in several other publications; a preliminary and much shorter mammal list is given by Webb 1974a
Metadata
Database number:20573
Authorizer:J. Alroy, J. Bloch Enterer:J. Alroy, R. Hulbert
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1995-03-26 00:00:00 Last modified:2007-11-07 19:59:11
Access level:the public Released:1995-03-26 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

3580. 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]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
50428 W. A. Auffenberg. 1958. Fossil turtles of the genus Terrapene in Florida. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 3(2):53-92 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert]
50473 P. Brodkorb. 1959. The Pleistocene avifauna of Arredondo, Florida. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 4(9):269-291 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert/R. Hulbert]
50467 B. Kurten. 1966. Pleistocene bears of North America I. genus Tremarctos, spectacled bears. Acta Zoologica Fennica (115)1-120 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert]
25711 J. D. Lynch. 1965. The Pleistocene amphibians of Pit II, Arredondo, Florida. Copeia 1965(1):72-77 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]