Mixson's Bone Bed (Neogene of the United States)
Where: Levy County, Florida (29.4° N, 82.6° W: paleocoordinates 29.6° N, 80.9° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Alachua Formation, Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Primary reference: G. G. Simpson. 1930. Tertiary Land Mammals of Florida. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 59(3):1-64 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 18563: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Richard Hulbert
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Thinobadistes segnis n. sp.7
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Protohippus gidleyi2, Calippus hondurensis2, "Hipparion ingenuum n. sp." = Cormohipparion ingenuum, "Hipparion plicatile n. sp." = Cormohipparion plicatile, Nannippus westoni2
"Hipparion ingenuum n. sp." = Cormohipparion ingenuum Leidy 1885 hipparionine horse see Hulbert 1988c
"Hipparion plicatile n. sp." = Cormohipparion plicatile Leidy 1887 hipparionine horse see Hulbert 1988c
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Aphelops longipes Leidy 1890 rhinoceros | |
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"Pediomeryx cf. hamiltoni" = Yumaceras hamiltoni6
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"Procamelus minimus n. sp." = Hemiauchenia minima, "? Megatylopus major n. sp." = Aepycamelus major, Procamelus minor n. sp.
"Procamelus minimus n. sp." = Hemiauchenia minima Leidy 1886 camel
"? Megatylopus major n. sp." = Aepycamelus major Leidy 1886 camel | |
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"Chrysemys caelata n. sp." = Pseudemys caelata3 Hay 1908 cooter Pseudemys caelata type of Hay 1908 from "Mason's bone bed"
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