Oldsmar Pit 1 (Pleistocene) (Pleistocene of the United States)
Also known as FK-9
Where: Pinellas County, Florida (27.8° N, 82.8° W: paleocoordinates 28.1° N, 80.0° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Fort Thompson Formation, Rancholabrean (0.3 - 0.0 Ma)
• said to be early Rancholabrean
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: P. F. Karrow, G. S. Morgan, R. W. Portell, E. Simons, and K. Auffenberg. 1996. Middle Pleistocene (early Rancholabrean) vertebrates and associated marine and non-marine invertebrates from Oldsmar, Pinnellas County, Florida. In K. M. Stewart, K. L. Seymour (eds.), Palaeoecology and palaeoenvironments of late Cenozoic mammals: Tributes to the career of C.S. (Rufus) Churcher 97-133 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 20440: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• U-series date on shell of 200.6 +/- 9.1 ka; amino acid date on shell of 250 +/- 45 ka
text suggests that all terrestrial vertebrates are from this locality, but table is for "Oldsmar Local Fauna"
text suggests that all terrestrial vertebrates are from this locality, but table is for "Oldsmar Local Fauna"
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| Actinopteri | |
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Opsanus sp. Rafinesque 1818 toadfish | |
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Micropterus salmoides Lacépède 1802 black bass
Lepomis cf. gulosus sunfish
Lepomis microlophus Lee 1980 sunfish | |
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Pogonias cromis Cope 1869 black drum | |
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Fundulus sp. Lacépède 1803 | |
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Mugil sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
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Clupeidae indet. Cuvier 1817 herring | |
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Arius felis Ariid catfish | |
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Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843 gar | |
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Amia calva Linnaeus 1766 bowfin | |
| Amphibia | |
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Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758 frog | |
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Siren sp. Linnaeus 1766 siren
Notophthalmus sp. Rafinesque 1820 newt | |
| Mammalia | |
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Blarina carolinensis Bachman 1837 southern short-tailed shrew | |
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Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon | |
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Spilogale putorius Linnaeus 1758 eastern spotted skunk | |
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Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer | |
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Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel | |
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Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
"Tapirus veroensis" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis
"Tapirus veroensis" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis Sellards 1918 tapir | |
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Oryzomys palustris, Peromyscus gossypinus, Reithrodontomys sp., Neofiber alleni, Neotoma floridana, Sigmodon bakeri
Oryzomys palustris Harlan 1837 marsh rice rat
Peromyscus gossypinus Le Conte 1853 cotton mouse
Reithrodontomys sp. Giglioli 1874 harvest mouse
Neofiber alleni True 1884 round-tailed muskrat
Neotoma floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat
Sigmodon bakeri Martin 1974 cotton rat | |
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Castoroides ohioensis Foster 1838 giant beaver | |
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Neochoerus pinckneyi Hay 1926 caviomorph | |
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Holmesina septentrionalis Leidy 1889 edentate | |
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Dasypus bellus Simpson 1929 beautiful armadillo | |
| Reptilia | |
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Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803 glass lizard | |
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Anolis cf. carolinensis Voight 1832 green anole | |
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Farancia sp. Gray 1842 colubrid snake
Drymarchon corais Boie 1827 cribo
Nerodia sp. Baird and Girard 1853 water snake | |
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Kinosternon sp. von Spix 1824 mud turtle
Sternotherus sp. Gray 1825 musk turtle | |
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Hesperotestudo crassiscutata Leidy 1889 turtle
Gopherus polyphemus Daudin 1802 Florida gopher tortoise | |
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Trachemys scripta Schoepff 1792 slider
Terrapene carolina Linnaeus 1758 common box turtle
Pseudemys sp. Gray 1856 cooter | |
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Apalone ferox Schneider 1783 Florida softshell turtle | |
Chelydra serpentina, "Macroclemys temmincki" = Macrochelys temminckii
Chelydra serpentina Linnaeus 1758 Common snapping turtle
"Macroclemys temmincki" = Macrochelys temminckii Troost 1835 Alligator snapping turtle | |
| Aves | |
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Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird | |
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Rallus limicola Vieillot 1819 Virginia rail
Rallus elegans Audubon 1834 king rail
Rallus longirostris Boddaert 1783 mangrove rail | |
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Podilymbus podiceps Linnaeus 1758 pied-billed grebe | |
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Aythya cf. collaris Donovan 1809 ring-necked duck
Anas sp. Linnaeus 1758 dabbling duck | |
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Anhinga anhinga Linnaeus 1766 anhinga | |
| Reptilia | |
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Alligator mississippiensis Daudin 1801 American alligator | |
| Chondrichthyes | |
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Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray | |
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Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray | |