PBDB Collection

Santa Fe River 1B (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as SF1B

Where: Gilchrist County, Florida (29.8° N, 82.7° W: paleocoordinates 29.9° N, 82.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• early Pleistocene

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. Parmley, R. Chandler, and L. Chandler. 2019. Turtles of the early Pleistocene Santa Fe River 1B locality. Georgia Journal of Science 77(2):1-19 [G. Benevento/G. Benevento]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 206227: authorized by Gemma Benevento, entered by Gemma Benevento on 04.11.2019, edited by Matthew Carrano

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Rodentia - Castoridae	Castoroides sp. Castoroides sp. Foster 1838 giant beaver UF 11871
Reptilia
Testudines - Trionychidae	Apalone sp. Apalone sp. Rafinesque 1832 softshell turtle GCVP 9993, one partial right hypoplastron; GCVP 7380, 9991, 9997,10226, 12819-12823, nine costals; GCVP 9992, one neural; GCVP 12815-12818, four plastral fragments; 40 shell fragments; GCVP 5967, 7368-7379, 7381-7384, 9994-9996, 9998, 10217, 10225, 10227-10233, 12824-12833; GCVP 16011, one left scapula.
Testudines - Kinosternoidea	Sternotherus sp., Kinosternon sp. Sternotherus sp. Gray 1825 musk turtle GVCP 9985, 9986, 10101, 10102, 10247, 10249-10258, 11587, 12421, 12449, 12834-12853, forty-one nuchals. Kinosternon sp. von Spix 1824 mud turtle GCVP 8834, 9987, 10248, 12813, 12854, five nuchals.
Testudines - Emydidae	Terrapene carolina, Pseudemys sp., Pseudemys nelsoni, Pseudemys concinna, Trachemys cf. platymarginata, Trachemys "sp. A", cf. Trachemys "sp. B", Trachemys cf. scripta Terrapene carolina Linnaeus 1758 common box turtle GCVP 13116, carapace fragment. Pseudemys sp. Gray 1856 cooter GCVP 13114, one costal Pseudemys nelsoni Carr 1938 Florida red-bellied turtle GCVP 9990, 12805, two nuchal bones Pseudemys concinna Le Conte 1830 eastern river cooter GCVP 5187, one complete nuchal; GCVP 12806-12808, three partial nuchals. Trachemys cf. platymarginata slider Trachemys scripta complex cf. T. platymarginata. GCVP 12776, one nuchal bone. This SF1B nuchal exhibits several features characteristic of the extinct T. scripta complex species T. platymarginata, at least enough to suggest a strong affiliation with this taxon. Trachemys "sp. A" Agassiz 1857 slider GCVP 12797-12800, four costals; GCVP 12801-12804, four posterior peripherals; GCVP 12796, bridge area peripheral; GCVP 12784, one pygal; GCVP 2786- 12795, 10 neurals; GCVP 12785, one epiplastron cf. Trachemys "sp. B" Agassiz 1857 slider cf. Trachemys complex undescribed durophagous species. GCVP 12783, one dentary; GCVP 12781, 12782, two nuchals. Trachemys cf. scripta Schoepff 1792 slider Trachemys scripta complex cf. T. scripta. GCVP 12957, 12777-12780, five nuchals.
Testudines - Testudinidae	Hesperotestudo sp., Gopherus aff. polyphemus Hesperotestudo sp. Williams 1950 turtle GCVP 12814, 12956, two nuchals; GCVP 12809, one entoplastron; GCVP 12810, one peripheral; GCVP 9950, 9962, 9965, three carapacial fragments; GCVP 9947, 9963, 12811, 12812, four plastral fragments. Gopherus aff. polyphemus Daudin 1802 Florida gopher tortoise GCVP 12855, 12856, two partial nuchal bones.
Testudines - Chelydridae	Chelydridae indet. Chelydridae indet. turtle Macrochelys sp. indet. or Chelydra sp. indet. GCVP 12495, one right humerus; GCVP 13115, one right hyoplastron; GCVP 16010, one right scapula; GCVP 9966, 9968, 9969, 9981, 12494, five peripherals.