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
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
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 20402: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Nerodia sp.3, cf. Nerodia fasciata3, Regina sp.3, cf. Regina alleni3, Farancia sp.3, cf. Thamnophis sp.3, Colubrinae indet.3, Lampropeltis getulus3
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"Macroclemys temmincki" = Macrochelys temminckii3
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"Tapirus haysii" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) haysii
"Tapirus haysii" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) haysii Leidy 1860 tapir | |
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"Hemiauchenia seymourensis" = Hemiauchenia macrocephala5
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"Mustela frenata" = Neogale frenata
"Mustela frenata" = Neogale frenata Lichtenstein 1831 long-tailed weasel | |
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Sigmodon libitinus Martin 1979 cotton rat
Synaptomys sp. Baird 1858 mouse comparisons are to S. australis and S. cooperi, see Morgan and White 1995
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Dasypus bellus Simpson 1929 beautiful armadillo | |
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