Where: Chatham County, Georgia (32.0° N, 81.1° W: paleocoordinates 32.0° N, 81.1° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: oxygen isotope stage 5 zone, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• specimens are from both the banks and bed of a modern channel, suggesting that more than one bed was collected
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
Primary reference: R. C. Hulbert, Jr. and A. E. Pratt. 1998. Pleistocene (Rancholabrean) vertebrate faunas from coastal Georgia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(2):412-429 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 20604: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.10.1995
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
•NISP 177
Gastropoda | |
Epitonium rupicola Kurtz 1860 wentletrap | |
"Oliva sayana" = Oliva (Ispidula) sayana
"Oliva sayana" = Oliva (Ispidula) sayana Ravenel 1834 olive snail | |
Busycon carica Gmelin 1792 whelk | |
"Terebra dislocata" = Strioterebrum dislocatum
"Terebra dislocata" = Strioterebrum dislocatum Say 1822 auger snail | |
Eupleura caudata Say 1822 murex snail | |
"Polinices duplicatus" = Neverita duplicatus
"Polinices duplicatus" = Neverita duplicatus Say 1822 moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Noetia ponderosa" = Eontia ponderosa
"Noetia ponderosa" = Eontia ponderosa Say 1822 clam | |
"Anadara brasiliana" = Anadara (Cunearca) brasiliana, "Anadara transversa" = Anadara (Larkinia) transversa, "Anadara ovalis" = Lunarca ovalis
"Anadara brasiliana" = Anadara (Cunearca) brasiliana Lamarck 1819 ark
"Anadara transversa" = Anadara (Larkinia) transversa Say 1822 ark
"Anadara ovalis" = Lunarca ovalis Bruguiere 1789 ark | |
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845 jingle | |
"Divaricella quadrisulcata" = Divalinga quadrisulcata
"Divaricella quadrisulcata" = Divalinga quadrisulcata d'Orbigny 1846 clam | |
Mulinia lateralis Say 1822 clam | |
"Donax variabilis" = Serrula variabilis
"Donax variabilis" = Serrula variabilis Say 1822 clam | |
Abra aequalis Say 1822 abra | |
Pleuromeris tridentata Say 1826 clam | |
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima
"Nucula proxima" = Nucula (Nucula) proxima Say 1820 Atlantic Nut Clam | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Myliobatidae indet. Bonaparte 1838 eagle ray | |
Aetobatus narinari Euphrasen 1790 stingray | |
Dasyatidae indet. Jordan 1888 whiptail stingray | |
Negaprion brevirostris, Carcharhinus sp., Carcharhinus leucas, Carcharhinus obscurus, Rhizoprionodon terraenovae
Negaprion brevirostris Poey 1868 lemon shark
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
Carcharhinus leucas Valenciennes 1839 requiem shark
Rhizoprionodon terraenovae sharpnose shark | |
Sphyrna tiburo hammerhead shark | |
Galeocerdo cuvier Peron and LeSueur 1822 tiger shark | |
Ginglymostoma cirratum Gmelin 1789 nurse shark | |
Carcharias taurus Rafinesque 1810 sand shark | |
Amphibia | |
Bufo sp. Laurenti 1768 toad | |
Rana catesbiana frog | |
Pseudacris ornata Holbrook 1836 ornate chorus frog | |
Siren cf. intermedia, Notophthalmus viridescens, "Ambystoma cf. maculatum" = Amblystoma maculatum, Amphiuma sp.2
Siren cf. intermedia siren
Notophthalmus viridescens Rafinesque 1820 Eastern newt
"Ambystoma cf. maculatum" = Amblystoma maculatum Shaw 1802 Spotted salamander | |
Mammalia | |
Glaucomys volans Linnaeus 1758 southern flying squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin 1788 eastern gray squirrel | |
Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820 American beaver | |
Sigmodon hispidus, Neotoma floridana, Neofiber alleni, Peromyscus cf. polionotus, Oryzomys palustris, Synaptomys australis, Microtus pennsylvanicus, "Pitymys pinetorum" = Microtus pinetorum1
Sigmodon hispidus Say and Ord 1825 hispid cotton rat
Neotoma floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat
Neofiber alleni True 1884 round-tailed muskrat
Peromyscus cf. polionotus Wagner 1843 oldfield mouse
Oryzomys palustris Harlan 1837 marsh rice rat
Synaptomys australis Simpson 1928 mouse
Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole | |
Sylvilagus palustris Bachman 1837 marsh rabbit
Sylvilagus floridanus Allen 1890 eastern cottontail | |
Blarina brevicauda Say 1823 northern short-tailed shrew
Blarina carolinensis Bachman 1837 southern short-tailed shrew | |
Scalopus aquaticus Linnaeus 1758 eastern mole | |
"Tapirus veroensis" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis
"Tapirus veroensis" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis Sellards 1918 tapir | |
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
Mylohyus fossilis Leidy 1860 peccary | |
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer | |
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison | |
Leopardus sp. Gray 1842 cat
Lynx rufus Schreber 1777 bobcat | |
Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon | |
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Ursidae indet. Gray 1825 bear | |
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Eremotherium laurillardi Lund 1842 edentate (considering that four numbered specimens appear to represent one individual)
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Paramylodon harlani Owen 1840 Harlan's ground sloth | |
Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 American mastodon | |
Didelphis virginiana Kerr 1792 Virginia opossum | |
Reptilia | |
Chelydra serpentina Linnaeus 1758 Common snapping turtle | |
"Kinosternidae indet." = Kinosternoidea
"Kinosternidae indet." = Kinosternoidea Hay 1892 mud turtle | |
Kinosternon sp. von Spix 1824 mud turtle
Sternotherus sp. Gray 1825 musk turtle | |
Terrapene carolina Linnaeus 1758 common box turtle
Pseudemys cf. concinna Le Conte 1830 eastern river cooter
Deirochelys reticularia Latreille 1801 Chicken turtle | |
Hesperotestudo crassicutata turtle
"Hesperotestudo incisa" = Hesperotestudo turgida Cope 1892 turtle
Gopherus polyphemus Daudin 1802 Florida gopher tortoise | |
Serpentes indet. snake | |
Crotalus sp. Linnaeus 1758 rattlesnake
Agkistrodon piscivorus cottonmouth | |
Coluber constrictor, Pituophis melanoleucas, Nerodia fasciata, Regina sp., Thamnophis sirtalis, Heterodon sp.
Coluber constrictor Linnaeus 1758 black racer
Pituophis melanoleucas gopher snake
Nerodia fasciata Linnaeus 1766 banded water snake
Regina sp. Baird and Girard 1853 crayfish snake
Thamnophis sirtalis Linnaeus garter snake
Heterodon sp. Latreille 1801 hog-nosed snake | |
Alligator mississippiensis Daudin 1801 American alligator | |
Aves | |
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Actinopteri | |
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843 gar | |
Synodus sp. Scopoli 1777 | |
Batrachoididae indet. toadfish
Opsanus sp. Rafinesque 1818 toadfish | |
Pogonias cromis Cope 1869 black drum | |
Balistes sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Lactophrys sp. Swainson 1839 | |
Lagodon rhomboides Linnaeus 1766 perch-like fish
Archosargus probatocephalus Walbaum 1792 perch-like fish | |
Bairdiella cf. chrysoura perch-like fish | |
Trichiurus sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Mugil sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Fundulus sp. Lacépède 1803 | |
Bothidae indet. flatfish | |
Arius felis Ariid catfish | |
Clupeidae indet. Cuvier 1817 herring
cf. Alosa sp. Linck 1790 herring | |
Sphyraena sp. Artedi 1793 barracuda | |
Prionotus sp. Lacépède 1802 sea robin |