Ladd's Quarry: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Georgia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana indet. Linnaeus 1758
Holman 1967 96 specimens
Rana pipiens Schreber 1782
Holman 1967 11 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufo americanus Holbrook 1836
Holman 1967 3 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Hylidae
Hyla crucifer
Holman 1967 1 specimen
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Pseudotriton ruber Sonnini 1802
Holman 1967 1 specimen
Gyrinophilus indet. Cope 1869
Holman 1967 1 specimen
Plethodon cf. glutinosus Green 1818
Holman 1967 39 specimens
? Desmognathus indet. Baird 1850
Holman 1967 4 specimens
Ambystoma tigrinum (Green 1825)
Holman 1967 3 specimens
Reptilia - Strigiformes - Strigidae
Strigidae indet. Vigors 1825
Olson 1984 1 specimen
Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Ectopistes migratorius (Linnaeus 1758)
Wetmore 1967 1 specimen
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anas rubripes (Brewster 1902)
Wetmore 1967 2 specimens
Reptilia - Passeriformes
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758
Wetmore 1967 3 specimens
Reptilia - Phasianidae
Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus 1758
Wetmore 1967 3 specimens
Canachites canadensis (Linnaeus 1758)
Wetmore 1967 4 specimens
recombined as Falcipennis canadensis
Reptilia - Colubridae
Lampropeltis getulus (Linnaeus 1766)
Holman 1967 1 specimen
Lampropeltis triangulum Lacépède 1788
Holman 1967 2 specimens
Elaphe indet. Wagler 1833
Holman 1967 1 specimen
? Coluber sp. Linnaeus 1758
Holman 1967 8 specimens
Natrix sipedon (Linnaeus 1758)
Holman 1967 1 specimen
recombined as Nerodia sipedon
Diadophis punctatus Linnaeus
Holman 1967 10 specimens
Thamnophis sirtalis Linnaeus
Holman 1967 5 specimens
Carphophis amoenus Say
Holman 1967 2 specimens
Heterodon platyrhinos (Latreille 1801)
Holman 1967 3 specimens
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Crotalus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gilmore 1938 1 specimen
USNM 4887, 54 thoracic vertebrae
Crotalus horridus Linnaeus 1758
Holman 1967 36 specimens
Reptilia - Polychrotidae
Anolis carolinensis Voight 1832
Holman 1967 2 specimens
Reptilia - Iguanidae
Sceloporus undulatus (Bosc 1802)
Holman 1967 1 specimen
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Pseudemys cf. concinna (Le Conte 1830)
Holman 1967 1 specimen
Terrapene carolina (Linnaeus 1758)
Holman 1967 2 specimens
Clemmys insculpta (Le Conte 1830)
Holman 1967 3 specimens
recombined as Glyptemys insculpta
Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Dasypus bellus (Simpson 1929)
Ray 1965 27 specimens
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx indet. Harlan 1825
Ray 1967 5 specimens
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Eptesicus cf. grandis (Brown 1908)
Ray 1967 44 specimens
synonym of Eptesicus fuscus
Pipistrellus cf. subflavus (Cuvier 1832)
Ray 1967 33 specimens
Myotis cf. lucifugus (Le Conte 1831)
Ray 1967 20 specimens
Myotis cf. grisescens Howell 1909
Ray 1967 118 specimens
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Tremarctos floridanus (Gidley 1928)
Ray 1967 1 specimen
Ursus americanus Pallas 1780
Ray 1967 7 specimens
(6 measurements)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Lutra canadensis (Schreber 1776)
Ray 1967 2 specimens
recombined as Lontra canadensis
Mustela cf. frenata Lichtenstein 1831
Ray 1967 2 specimens
recombined as Neogale frenata
Martes pennanti (Erxleben 1777)
Ray 1967 4 specimens
recombined as Pekania pennanti
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor (Linnaeus 1758)
Ray 1967 2 specimens
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Conepatus leuconotus (Lichtenstein 1832)
Ray 1967 1 specimen
originally entered as "Conepatus leucontus"
Spilogale putorius (Linnaeus 1758)
Ray 1967 1 specimen
Mephitis mephitis (Schreber 1776)
Ray 1967 2 specimens
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis cf. lupus Linnaeus 1758
Ray 1967 1 specimen
Urocyon cinereoargenteus (Schreber 1775)
Ray 1967 2 specimens
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera onca (Linnaeus 1758)
Ray 1967 4 specimens
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758
Ray 1967 1 specimen
Felis cf. inexpectata (Cope 1895)
Ray 1967 2 specimens
recombined as Miracinonyx inexpectatus
Felis concolor Linnaeus 1771
Kurtén 1976
recombined as Puma concolor
Felis rufus (Schreber 1777)
Ray 1967 10 specimens
recombined as Lynx rufus
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Ray 1965 4 specimens
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus veroensis Sellards 1918
Holman 1985
    = Tapirus cf. veroensis Sellards 1918
Ray 1965
recombined as Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Mylohyus nasutus (Leidy 1868)
Ray 1965 6 specimens
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann 1780)
Ray 1967 6 specimens
Mammalia - Talpidae
Scalopus aquaticus (Linnaeus 1758)
Ray 1967 7 specimens
Mammalia - Soricidae
Sorex fumeus Miller 1895
Ray 1967 3 specimens
Sorex cinereus Kerr 1792
Ray 1967 5 specimens
originally entered as "Sorex cinerius"
Blarina brevicauda (Say 1823)
Ray 1967 41 specimens
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus transitionalis (Bangs 1895)
Ray 1967 4 specimens
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Zapus hudsonius (Zimmermann 1780)
Ray 1967 3 specimens
originally entered as "Zapus hudsonicus"
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Synaptomys cooperi Baird 1858
Ray 1967 27 specimens
Oryzomys palustris Harlan 1837
Ray 1967 1 specimen
originally entered as "Oryzomys paulustris"
Neofiber alleni True 1884
Ray 1967 1 specimen
Peromyscus sp. n. sp. Gloger 1841
Ray 1967 17 specimens
Peromyscus cf. leucopus (Rafinesque 1818)
Ray 1967 24 specimens
Peromyscus cf. maniculatus (Wagner 1843)
Ray 1967 26 specimens
Neotoma floridana (Ord 1818)
Ray 1967 136 specimens
Sigmodon hispidus Say and Ord 1825
Ray 1967 3 specimens
Ondatra zibethicus (Linnaeus 1766)
Ray 1967 2 specimens
(1 measurement)
Pitymys pinetorum (Le Conte 1830)
Ray 1967 197 specimens
recombined as Microtus pinetorum
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Marmota monax (Linnaeus 1758)
Ray 1967 45 specimens
Tamias aristus n. gen., n. sp. Ray 1965
Ray 1965 70 specimens
(1 measurement)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820
Ray 1967 2 specimens
Mammalia - Didelphimorphia
Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus 1758
Ray 1967 3 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Georgia County:Bartow
Coordinates: 34.2° North, 84.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.2° North, 84.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified claystone
Secondary lithology: lithified "carbonate"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:fissure fill
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Associated major elements:many
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:mechanical
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:The Ladds fauna has been extracted from varous fissure fills in an isolated dolomitic ridge called Ladds Mountain or Quarry Mountain in nw Georgia. The ridge, composed of Ordovician copper ridge dolomite of the Knox Group.
Metadata
Also known as:Ladd's Lime Kiln
Database number:13066
Authorizer:M. Uhen, P. Barrett, M. Carrano, J. Alroy Enterer:M. Uhen, J. Alroy, M. Carrano, T. Cleary
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2002-01-18 10:22:43 Last modified:2018-07-01 11:02:01
Access level:the public Released:2002-01-18 10:22:43
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
10272. L. Lipps and C. E. Ray. 1967. The Pleistocene fossiliferous deposit at Ladds, Bartow County, Georgia. Bulletin of the Georgia Academy of Science 25(3):113-119 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

14699 C. W. Gilmore. 1938. Fossil snakes of North America. Geological Society of America Special Paper (9)1-96 [J. Head/J. Head]
10276 J. A. Holman. 1967. A Pleistocene herpetofauna from Ladds, Georgia. Bulletin of the Georgia Academy of Science 25(3):154-166 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
43465% 25980J. A. Holman. 1985. Herpetofauna of Ladds Quarry. National Geographic Research 1(3):423-436 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
79065% 10380B. Kurtén. 1976. Fossil puma (Mammalia: Felidae) in North America. Netherlands Journal of Zoology 26(4):502-534 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]
49146 S. L. Olson. 1984. A very large enigmatic owl from the late Pleistocene at Ladds Georgia. Special publication Carnegie Museum of Natural History 8:44-46 [M. Uhen/S. Alam/M. Uhen]
92675% 41760C. E. Ray. 1965. A new chipmunk, Tamias aristus, from the Pleistocene of Georgia. Journal of Paleontology 39(5):1016-1022 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy]
10274 C. E. Ray. 1967. Pleistocene mammals from Ladds, Bartow County, Georgia. Bulletin of the Georgia Academy of Science 25(3):120-150 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
10275 A. Wetmore. 1967. Pleistocene Aves from Ladds, Georgia. Bulletin of the Georgia Academy of Science 25(3):151-153 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]