Walden Pit 2 ( of the United States)

Also known as UF locality SA050

Where: Sarasota County, Florida (27.3° N, 82.4° W: paleocoordinates 27.4° N, 81.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Pinecrest Formation, Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)

• early late Blancan, ca. 2.3–2.6 Ma

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: R. C. Hulbert. 2010. A new early Pleistocene tapir (Mammalia: Perissodactyla) from Florida, with a review of Blancan tapirs from around the state. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 49(3):67-126 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 98320: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.09.2010

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Holmesina floridanus Robertson 1976 edentate
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
Nannippus peninsulatus Cope 1885 hipparionine horse
Cormohipparion emsliei Hulbert 1988 hipparionine horse
 Rodentia - Hydrochoeridae
"Neochoerus dichroplax" = Phugatherium dichroplax
"Neochoerus dichroplax" = Phugatherium dichroplax Ahearn and Lance 1980 caviomorph