Occidental Mine, E. Dragline (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as HA005

Where: Hamilton County, Florida (30.4° N, 83.0° W: paleocoordinates 30.7° N, 80.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Statenville Formation, Early/Lower Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the FLMNH

Primary reference: C. Pimiento. 2014. Carcharocles megalodon unpublished collections from Natural History Museums around the world. [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento/C. Pimiento]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 161377: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 04.09.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Diodon sp., Odontoceti indet.
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Pseudhipparion sp., Neohipparion sp., Nannippus sp., Calippus sp.
Pseudhipparion sp. Ameghino 1904 hipparionine horse
Neohipparion sp. Gidley 1903 hipparionine horse
Nannippus sp. Matthew 1926 hipparionine horse
Calippus sp. Matthew and Stirton 1930 horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet.
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
 Cetacea - Platanistidae
Pomatodelphis sp.
Pomatodelphis sp. Allen 1921 toothed whale
 Artiodactyla - Moschidae
Blastomeryx sp.
Blastomeryx sp. Cope 1877 musk deer
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet.
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet.
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere
 Sirenia -
Sirenia indet.
Reptilia
 Testudines - Cheloniidae
Cheloniidae indet.
Cheloniidae indet. Bonaparte 1832 sea turtle
Aves
 Suliformes - Sulidae
Sulidae indet.
Sulidae indet. Reichenbach 1849 booby
Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
Gavialosuchus sp.
Gavialosuchus sp. Toula and Kail 1885 crocodilian
Chondrichthyes
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo aduncus, Galeocerdo cuvier
Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark
Galeocerdo cuvier Peron and LeSueur 1822 tiger shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus sp., Carcharhinus leucas, Negaprion brevirostris
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
Carcharhinus leucas Valenciennes 1839 requiem shark
Negaprion brevirostris Poey 1868 lemon shark
 Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Ginglymostoma sp.
Ginglymostoma sp. Müller and Henle 1838 nurse shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
"Carcharias macrota" = Striatolamia macrota
"Carcharias macrota" = Striatolamia macrota Agassiz 1838 goblin shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus desori, Isurus oxyrinchus, "Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis
Isurus desori Sismonda 1849 mackerel shark
Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark