Where: De Soto County, Florida (27.0° N, 81.8° W: paleocoordinates 27.1° N, 81.6° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Caloosahatchee Formation, Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)
• said to be early Irvingtonian
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. S. Morgan and R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1995. Overview of the geology and vertebrate biochronology of the Leisey Shell Pit Local Fauna, Hillsborough County, Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 37(1) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 20308: 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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Atopomys texensis1, Sigmodon minor, Sigmodon curtisi, Reithrodontomys sp.5, Peromyscus sp., Ondatra idahoensis
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse see also Morgan and White 1995: large and "possibly Podomys"; Ruez 2001 suspects this is P. sarmocophinus
Ondatra idahoensis Wilson 1933 muskrat | |
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Equus leidyi Hay 1913 horse | |
Hemiauchenia macrocephala Cope 1893 camel | |
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer | |
Capromeryx arizonensis Skinner 1942 pronghorn | |
Chasmaporthetes ossifragus Hay 1921 hyaena | |
Procyon sp. Storr 1780 raccoon | |
Trigonictis macrodon Cope 1868 mustelid carnivore
Satherium piscinarium Leidy 1873 otter | |
Canis edwardii Gazin 1942 canine | |
"Glyptotherium arizonae" = Glyptotherium texanum
"Glyptotherium arizonae" = Glyptotherium texanum Osborn 1903 glyptodon | |
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Dasypus bellus Simpson 1929 beautiful armadillo | |
Megalonyx leptostomus Cope 1893 edentate | |
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Cuvieronius tropicus Cope 1884 gomphothere | |
Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 American mastodon | |
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