PBDB Collection

Santa Fe River IIA (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Gilchrist County, Florida (29.7° N, 82.6° W: paleocoordinates 29.7° N, 82.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: S. D. Webb. 1974. Chronology of Florida Pleistocene mammals. In S. D. Webb (ed.), Pleistocene Mammals of Florida 5-31 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 20520: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 07.06.1994

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Taxonomic list

• said by Kurten and Anderson 1980 to be late Illinoian and by Morgan and White 1995 to be "Rancholabrean"
"Felis concolor" is a Blancan specimen of Miracinonyx inexpectatus: Morgan and Seymour 1997

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Reptilia
Testudines - Emydidae	Graptemys cf. barbouri² Graptemys cf. barbouri² Carr and Marchand 1942 Barbour's map turtle from "Santa Fe River II" (said to be entirely Rancholabrean)
Mammalia
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	Mammuthus sp. Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828 mammoth either "M. floridanus or M. columbi"
Proboscidea - Mammutidae	Mammut americanum Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 American mastodon
Perissodactyla - Tapiridae	Tapirus sp., "Tapirus veroensis" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762 tapir "Tapirus veroensis" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis Sellards 1918 tapir
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Equus sp., Equus fraternus Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse Equus fraternus Leidy 1858 horse
Artiodactyla - Cervidae	Odocoileus virginianus Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Bison sp. Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison
Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae	Mylohyus sp. Mylohyus sp. Cope 1869 peccary
Artiodactyla - Camelidae	Palaeolama mirifica Palaeolama mirifica Simpson 1929 stout-legged llama
Carnivora - Felidae	"Felis rufus" = Lynx rufus, "Felis onca" = Panthera onca, "Felis atrox" = Panthera leo atrox "Felis rufus" = Lynx rufus Schreber 1777 bobcat "Felis onca" = Panthera onca Linnaeus 1758 jaguar "Felis onca augusta" "Felis atrox" = Panthera leo atrox Leidy 1853 lion
Carnivora - Canidae	"Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus "Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus Leidy 1858 dire wolf confirmed by Nowak 1979
Carnivora - Ursidae	Tremarctos floridanus, Ursus americanus Tremarctos floridanus Gidley 1928 Florida cave bear Ursus americanus Pallas 1780 black bear
Carnivora - Procyonidae	Procyon lotor Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon
Rodentia - Caviidae	Neochoerus aesopi³ Neochoerus aesopi³ Leidy 1853 caviomorph
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Neofiber alleni, Ondatra zibethicus Neofiber alleni True 1884 round-tailed muskrat Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus 1766 muskrat
Rodentia - Geomyidae	Geomys pinetis Geomys pinetis Rafinesque 1817 southeastern pocket gopher described by Wilkins 1984
Rodentia - Castoridae	Castor canadensis, Castoroides ohioensis Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820 American beaver Castoroides ohioensis Foster 1838 giant beaver
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Sylvilagus floridanus Sylvilagus floridanus Allen 1890 eastern cottontail
Cingulata - Pampatheriidae	"Chlamytherium septentrionalis" = Holmesina septentrionalis "Chlamytherium septentrionalis" = Holmesina septentrionalis Leidy 1889 edentate
Cingulata - Glyptodontidae	"Glyptotherium floridanum" = Glyptotherium cylindricum "Glyptotherium floridanum" = Glyptotherium cylindricum Brown 1912 Florida glyptodont
Cingulata - Dasypodidae	Dasypus bellus Dasypus bellus Simpson 1929 beautiful armadillo
- Mylodontidae	Paramylodon cf. harlani¹ Paramylodon cf. harlani¹ Owen 1840 Harlan's ground sloth

¹Alroy 2002; ²Jackson 1975; ³Morgan and White 1995