Leisey Shell Pit 1B (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Hillsborough County, Florida (27.7° N, 82.5° W: paleocoordinates 27.7° N, 82.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Bermont Formation, Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)

• said to be early Irvingtonian

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; unlithified sandstone and unlithified siltstone

• "unconsolidated, poorly sorted... fine-grained sand, silt, and dark brown mud" [description based on Leisey Shell Pit 1A]

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying

Primary reference: R. C. Hulbert, Jr. and G. S. Morgan. 1989. Stratigraphy, paleoecology, and vertebrate fauna of the Leisey Shell Pit Local Fauna, early Pleistocene (Irvingtonian) of southwestern Florida. Papers in Florida Paleontology 2:1-19 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 20401: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

• "Holmesina cf. floridanus" is omitted by Downing and White 1995
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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus sp.
Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828 mammoth
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Arctodus pristinus
Arctodus pristinus Leidy 1854 bear
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis armbrusteri
Canis armbrusteri Gidley 1913 canine
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Palaeolama sp.
Palaeolama sp. Gervais 1869 camel
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus leidyi
Equus leidyi Hay 1913 horse
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 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
"Tapirus haysii" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) haysii
"Tapirus haysii" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) haysii Leidy 1860 tapir