Harleyville (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Dorchester County, South Carolina (33.2° N, 80.4° W: paleocoordinates 33.2° N, 80.5° W)

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fissure fill; gravel

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: J. Knight. 2005. Dining in the Pleistocene; who's on the menu?. Geology 33(8):649-652 [M. Uhen/S. Alam]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 152904: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Shahed Alam on 03.12.2013, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Ardis local fauna
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
"Tapirus veroensis" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis
"Tapirus veroensis" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis Sellards 1918 tapir
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
 Carnivora - Felidae
Smilodon fatalis Leidy 1868 saber-toothed cat
Miracinonyx inexpectatus Cope 1895 American cheetah
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis armbrusteri Gidley 1913 canine
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
"Megalonyx jeffersoni" = Megalonyx jeffersonii
"Megalonyx jeffersoni" = Megalonyx jeffersonii Desmarest 1822 Jefferson's ground sloth
Aves
 Charadriiformes - Laridae
Laridae indet. Vigors 1825 gull
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
cf. Scolopacidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 snipe
 Passeriformes - Emberizidae
cf. Emberizidae indet. Vigors 1831 old world bunting
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
Strix varia Barton 1799 barred owl
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anatinae indet. Vigors 1825 duck
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax cf. auritus Lesson 1831 double-crested cormorant
 Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae
Ciconia maltha Miller 1910 asphalt stork
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus 1758 wild turkey
Tympanuchus sp. Gloger 1841 pheasant
 Galliformes - Odontophoridae
Colinus sp. Goldfuss 1820 bobwhite