Harleyville: Late/Upper Pleistocene, South Carolina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax cf. auritus (Lesson 1831)
Chandler and Bentley 2007
Reptilia - Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae
Ciconia maltha Miller 1910
Chandler and Bentley 2007
Reptilia - Strigiformes - Strigidae
Strix varia (Barton 1799)
Chandler and Bentley 2007
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Emberizidae
cf. Emberizidae indet. Vigors 1831
Chandler and Bentley 2007
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anatinae indet. Vigors 1825
Chandler and Bentley 2007
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
cf. Scolopacidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Chandler and Bentley 2007
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Laridae
Laridae indet. Vigors 1825
Chandler and Bentley 2007
Reptilia - Phasianidae
Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus 1758
Chandler and Bentley 2007
Tympanuchus sp. Gloger 1841
Chandler and Bentley 2007
Reptilia - Odontophoridae
Colinus sp. Goldfuss 1820
Chandler and Bentley 2007
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx jeffersoni (Desmarest 1822)
misspelling Megalonyx jeffersonii
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Miracinonyx inexpectatus (Cope 1895)
Smilodon fatalis (Leidy 1868)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis armbrusteri Gidley 1913
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus veroensis Sellards 1918
recombined as Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis
Mammalia - Camelidae
Hemiauchenia macrocephala (Cope 1893)
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann 1780)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:South Carolina County:Dorchester
Coordinates: 33.2° North, 80.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.2° North, 80.5° West
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12600 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: gravel
Environment:fissure fill
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Ardis local fauna
Metadata
Database number:152904
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:S. Alam, M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen
Created:2013-12-03 00:33:53 Last modified:2020-11-19 14:42:55
Access level:the public Released:2013-12-03 00:33:53
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

49269. J. Knight. 2005. Dining in the Pleistocene; who's on the menu?. Geology 33(8):649-652 [M. Uhen/S. Alam]

Secondary references:

74404 R. M. Chandler and C. C. Bentley. 2007. Fossil birds of the Ardis Local Fauna, Late Pleistocene, South Carolina. Current Research in the Pleistocene 24:8-9 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]