PBDB Collection

Coleman IIA (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Sumter County, Florida (28.8° N, 82.1° W: paleocoordinates 28.8° N, 81.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)

• said to be late Irvingtonian

•material is from alternating clay and sand beds in "8 to 10 feet of sediments"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: sinkhole; brown claystone and gray, conglomeratic sandstone

• "filled sinkhole... 30 yards long by 25 yards wide"

• "a wet orange-brown clay and a coarse gray-white sand... sand facies were filled with pebble- to boulder-sized limestone rubble"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: salvage, quarrying,

• sediments "completely destroyed by mining operations in 1966"

Primary reference: R. A. Martin. 1974. Fossil mammals from the Coleman IIA fauna, Sumter County. In S. D. Webb (ed.), Pleistocene Mammals of Florida 35-99 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Head]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 20289: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Evangelos Vlachos and Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
Testudines - Testudinidae	"Geochelone mlynarskii n. sp." = Hesperotestudo turgida², Gopherus polyphemus³ "Geochelone mlynarskii n. sp." = Hesperotestudo turgida² Cope 1892 turtle subgenus Hesperotestudo Gopherus polyphemus³ Daudin 1802 Florida gopher tortoise This large sample includes 13 NUCH (UF 13390) (Fig. 5); five complete EPI (UF 13395a-c, e-f) (Fig. 6); 20 right EPI (UF13392a-t); and 14 left EPI (UF 13394a-m, UF 13395d); 18 PYG (including six with attached suprapygals) (UF 13402); two isolated first suprapygals; two paired XIPH (UF 13391a-b); 18 right XIPH (UF13391c-e,13397, 13398); and 10 left XIPH (UF 13397, 13398).
Mammalia
Cingulata - Pampatheriidae	Holmesina septentrionalis¹ Holmesina septentrionalis¹ Leidy 1889 edentate
Cingulata - Dasypodidae	Dasypus bellus Dasypus bellus Simpson 1929 beautiful armadillo
Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae	Pipistrellus subflavus, Plecotus rafinesquii, Myotis cf. austroriparius Pipistrellus subflavus Cuvier 1832 eastern pipistrelle bat a bat Plecotus rafinesquii Lesson 1818 vesper bat a bat: omitted by Webb and Wilkins 1984 Myotis cf. austroriparius Rhoads 1897 vesper bat a bat
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	Mammuthus sp. Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828 mammoth
Carnivora - Ursidae	Arctodus pristinus Arctodus pristinus Leidy 1854 bear
Carnivora - Procyonidae	Procyon lotor Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon
Carnivora - Mephitidae	Conepatus leuconotus¹², Spilogale putorius, Mephitis mephitis Conepatus leuconotus¹² Lichtenstein 1832 eastern hog-nosed skunk Spilogale putorius Linnaeus 1758 eastern spotted skunk Mephitis mephitis Schreber 1776 striped skunk
Carnivora - Canidae	Canis armbrusteri¹⁰, Urocyon minicephalus n. sp.¹¹ Canis armbrusteri¹⁰ Gidley 1913 canine Urocyon minicephalus n. sp.¹¹ Martin 1974 gray fox
Carnivora - Felidae	Panthera onca¹, Miracinonyx sp.⁸, Lynx rufus¹ Panthera onca¹ Linnaeus 1758 jaguar Miracinonyx sp.⁸ Adams 1979 American cheetah Lynx rufus¹ Schreber 1777 bobcat
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Equus leidyi⁴ Equus leidyi⁴ Hay 1913 horse
Perissodactyla - Tapiridae	"Tapirus veroensis" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis⁵ "Tapirus veroensis" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis⁵ Sellards 1918 tapir described by Hulbert 1995a
Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae	Platygonus vetus¹, Mylohyus fossilis⁷ Platygonus vetus¹ Leidy 1882 peccary Mylohyus fossilis⁷ Leidy 1860 peccary
Artiodactyla - Camelidae	Hemiauchenia macrocephala⁷, Palaeolama cf. mirifica Hemiauchenia macrocephala⁷ Cope 1893 camel Palaeolama cf. mirifica Simpson 1929 stout-legged llama
Artiodactyla - Cervidae	Odocoileus virginianus Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
Theriamorpha - Talpidae	Scalopus aquaticus Scalopus aquaticus Linnaeus 1758 eastern mole
Theriamorpha - Soricidae	Cryptotis parva, Blarina carolinensis⁶ Cryptotis parva Say 1823 North American least shrew Blarina carolinensis⁶ Bachman 1837 southern short-tailed shrew
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Lepus sp.⁹, Sylvilagus floridanus¹² Lepus sp.⁹ Linnaeus 1758 hare Sylvilagus floridanus¹² Allen 1890 eastern cottontail
Rodentia - Erethizontidae	Erethizon dorsatum Erethizon dorsatum Linnaeus 1758 North American porcupine
Rodentia - Caviidae	Neochoerus aesopi¹² Neochoerus aesopi¹² Leidy 1853 caviomorph
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Ochrotomys nuttalli, Podomys floridanus¹, Neofiber alleni, Peromyscus sp., Sigmodon bakeri n. sp., Pitymys cf. mcnowni¹², Reithrodontomys humulis Ochrotomys nuttalli Harlan 1832 golden mouse Podomys floridanus¹ Chapman 1889 Florida mouse Neofiber alleni True 1884 round-tailed muskrat Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse small species according to Morgan and White 1995 Sigmodon bakeri n. sp. Martin 1974 cotton rat Pitymys cf. mcnowni¹² Hibbard 1937 vole Reithrodontomys humulis Audubon and Bachman 1841 eastern harvest mouse
Rodentia - Sciuridae	Sciurus carolinensis, Glaucomys sp.¹ Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin 1788 eastern gray squirrel Glaucomys sp.¹ Thomas 1908 flying squirrel
Rodentia - Geomyidae	Geomys cf. pinetis, Thomomys orientalis⁹ Geomys cf. pinetis Rafinesque 1817 southeastern pocket gopher described by Wilkins 1984 Thomomys orientalis⁹ Simpson 1928 pocket gopher
Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae	Didelphis virginiana Didelphis virginiana Kerr 1792 Virginia opossum

¹Alroy 2002; ²Auffenberg 1988; ³Franz and Quitmyer 2005; ⁴Hulbert 1995; ⁵Hulbert and Morgan 1993; ⁶Jones et al. 1984; ⁷Morgan and Hulbert 1995; ⁸Morgan and Seymour 1997; ⁹Morgan and White 1995; ¹⁰Nowak 1979; ¹¹Tedford et al. 2009; ¹²Webb and Wilkins 1984