Mefford Cave IA (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Marion County, Florida (29.1° N, 82.3° W: paleocoordinates 29.3° N, 80.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• said to be Sangamonian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: K. T. Wilkins. 1984. Evolutionary Trends in Florida Pleistocene Pocket Gophers (Genus geomys), with Description of a New Species. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 3(3):166-181 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

PaleoDB collection 20616: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Richard Hulbert

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Meleagris gallopavo1 Linnaeus 1758 wild turkey
Reptilia
 Testudines - Emydidae
Terrapene carolina2 Linnaeus 1758 common box turtle
 Testudines - Testudinidae
"Testudo sellardsi" = Hesperotestudo crassiscutata1
"Testudo sellardsi" = Hesperotestudo crassiscutata1 Leidy 1889 turtle
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys pinetis Rafinesque 1817 southeastern pocket gopher
 Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Holmesina septentrionalis1 Leidy 1889 edentate
 Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Dasypus bellus1 Simpson 1929 beautiful armadillo
UF 2478, relatively complete skeleton