Edisto Beach (Pleistocene of the United States)
Where: Charleston County, South Carolina (32.5° N, 80.3° W: paleocoordinates 32.5° N, 80.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Rancholabrean (0.3 - 0.0 Ma)
• undetermined offshore unit
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. E. Sanders. 2002. Additions to the Pleistocene Mammal Faunas of South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia. American Philosophical Society 1-152 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 79757: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.03.2008, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Monachus tropicalis" = Neomonachus tropicalis
"Monachus tropicalis" = Neomonachus tropicalis Gray 1850 Hawaiian monk seal | |
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Tremarctos floridanus Gidley 1928 Florida cave bear | |
"Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus
"Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus Leidy 1858 dire wolf | |
Miracinonyx ? trumani1, Puma concolor, Lynx rufus, "Panthera atrox" = Panthera leo atrox, Panthera onca, Smilodon fatalis
Puma concolor Linnaeus 1771 puma
Lynx rufus Schreber 1777 bobcat
Smilodon fatalis Leidy 1868 saber-toothed cat | |
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Pseudorca crassidens Owen 1846 false killer whale | |
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Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer | |
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Neochoerus pinckneyi Hay 1926 caviomorph | |
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Erethizon dorsatum Linnaeus 1758 North American porcupine | |
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Megalonyx jeffersonii Desmarest 1822 Jefferson's ground sloth originally entered as "Megalonyx jeffersoni"
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"Glyptotherium floridanum" = Glyptotherium cylindricum1
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Holmesina septentrionalis Leidy 1889 edentate | |
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"Gavialosuchus americanus" = Thecachampsa sericodon2
"Gavialosuchus americanus" = Thecachampsa sericodon2 Cope 1867 crocodilian ChM 35.208.176 (dorsal plate)
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