US 19 Bridge Site: Blancan, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Holmesina floridanus (Robertson 1976)
"small morph"
Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Dasypus bellus (Simpson 1929)
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Paramylodon garbanii (Montellano and Carranza-Castaneda 1981)
original and current combination Glossotherium garbanii
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Nannippus peninsulatus (Cope 1885)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann 1780)
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Capromeryx arizonensis Skinner 1942
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Apalone ferox (Schneider 1783)
recombined as Platypeltis ferox
Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternoidea
Sternotherus sp. Gray 1825
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Pseudemys sp. Gray 1856
Trachemys platymarginata
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Hesperotestudo sp. (Williams 1950)
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Macroclemys sp. (Gray 1856)
original and current combination Macrochelys
Chelydra floridana (Hay 1907)
Thomas et al. 2014
synonym of Chelydra serpentina
Reptilia
Alligator sp. Daudin 1809
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Gilchrist
Coordinates: 29.6° North, 82.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.7° North, 82.3° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Blancan
Age range of interval:4.70000 - 1.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: "Early late Blancan, ca. 2.3-2.6 Ma"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:FLMNH
Metadata
Also known as:UF locality GI008
Database number:113275
Authorizer:J. Alroy, J. Bloch Enterer:J. Alroy, R. Hulbert
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-07-25 15:43:47 Last modified:2011-07-25 01:43:47
Access level:the public Released:2011-07-25 15:43:47
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

33964. 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]

Secondary references:

50686 T. M. Thomas, M. C. Granatosky, J. R. Bourque, K. L. Krysko, P. E. Moler, T. Gamble, E. Suarez, E. Leone, K. M. Enge and J. Roman. 2014. Taxonomic assessment of alligator snapping turtles (Chelydridae: Macrochelys), with the description of two new species from the southeastern United States. Zootaxa 3786(2):141-165 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert]