Seminole Field: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Florida
collected by W.W. Holmes et al. 1924-1929; 1953
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Megalonx cf. wheatleyi
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Playgonus sp.
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Tagassu cf. tetragonus
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Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Gruidae
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Grus canadensis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
| recombined as Antigone canadensis | ||||||||||
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Grus americana
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Rallidae
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Gallinula chloropus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Fulica americana
Gmelin 1789
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Rallus longirostris
Boddaert 1783
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Aramides cajanea
(Statius Muller 1776)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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= Rallus elegans
Audubon 1834
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Olson 1974 | |||||||||
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Rallus elegans
Audubon 1834
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Aramidae
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Aramus pictus
(Meyer 1794)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
| recombined as Aramus guarauna pictus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Strigiformes
- Strigidae
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Strix varia
(Barton 1799)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Columbiformes
- Columbidae
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Zenaidura macroura
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
| recombined as Zenaida macroura | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Podicipediformes
- Podicipedidae
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Podilymbus podiceps
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Colymbus auritus
Linnaeus 1758
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
| recombined as Podiceps auritus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Branta canadensis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Branta hutchinsii
(Richardson 1832)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
| Branta canadensis hutchinsi | ||||||||||
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Cygnus columbianus
(Ord 1815)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Nyroca affinis
(Eyton 1838)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
| recombined as Aythya affinis | ||||||||||
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Querquedula floridana
(Shufeldt 1917)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Querquedula floridiana | ||||||||||
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Anas indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
| "of the mallard type" but too fragmentary to identify to species | ||||||||||
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Anas fulvigula
(Ridgway 1874)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Nettion carolinense
(Gmelin 1789)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
| recombined as Anas crecca carolinensis | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Corvidae
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Corvus ossifragus
Wilson 1812
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Corvus brachyrhynchos
Brehm 1822
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Icteridae
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Quiscalus quiscula
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Megaquiscalus major
(Viellot 1819)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Quiscalus major | ||||||||||
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Agelaius phoeniceus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Cathartiformes
- Cathartidae
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Gymnogyps californianus
(Shaw 1797)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Coragyps urubu
(Vieillot 1807)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
| synonym of Coragyps atratus | ||||||||||
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Cathartes aura
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Phalacrocoracidae
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Phalacrocorax auritus
(Lesson 1831)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Ciconiiformes
- Ciconiidae
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Jabiru mycteria
(Lichtenstein 1819)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Pelecaniformes
- Threskiornithidae
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Guara alba
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
| recombined as Eudocimus albus | ||||||||||
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Plegadis sp.
Kaup 1829
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Pelecaniformes
- Ardeidae
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Butorides virescens
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Hydranassa tricolor
(Statius Muller 1776)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
| recombined as Egretta tricolor | ||||||||||
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Florida caerulea
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
| recombined as Egretta caerulea | ||||||||||
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Casmerodius albus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Ardea alba | ||||||||||
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Ardea herodias
Linnaeus 1758
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Botaurus lentiginosus
(Rackett 1813)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Nyctanassa violacea
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Falconidae
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Polyborus cheriway
(Jacquin 1784)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
| recombined as Caracara cheriway | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Teratornithidae
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Teratornis merriami
Miller 1909
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Phasianidae
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Meleagris gallopavo
Linnaeus 1758
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Meleagris tridens n. sp.
Wetmore 1931
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Odontophoridae
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Colinus virginianus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Accipitriformes
- Accipitridae
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Haliaeetus leucocephalus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Geranoaetus sp.
Kaup 1844
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Buteo lineatus
(Gmelin 1788)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Buteo platypterus
(Vieillot 1823)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Buteo jamaicensis
(Gmelin 1788)
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Wetmore 1931 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Crotalidae
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Crotalus adamanteus
Palisot de Beauvois 1799
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Gilmore 1938 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| Fla. Geol. Surv. No. V 4014, two vertebrae; Univ. Calif. No. 28910, two vertebrae | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Terrapene carolina
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Auffenberg 1958 | |||||||||
| subspecies T. carolina putnami | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Pampatheriidae
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Chlamytherium septentrionale
(Leidy 1889)
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| recombined as Holmesina septentrionalis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Glyptodontidae
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Boreostracon floridanus n. sp.
Simpson 1929
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| synonym of Glyptotherium cylindricum | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Dasypodidae
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Tatu bellus n. sp.
Simpson 1929
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| recombined as Dasypus bellus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Mylodontidae
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Mylodon cf. harlani
(Owen 1840)
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| recombined as Paramylodon harlani | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Archidiskodon columbi
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| synonym of Mammuthus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mastodon americanus
(Kerr 1792)
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| recombined as Mammut americanum | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Trichechidae
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Trichechus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Arctodus floridanus
Gidley 1928
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| recombined as Tremarctos floridanus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Lutra canadensis
(Schreber 1776)
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| recombined as Lontra canadensis | ||||||||||
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Mustela peninsulae
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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Procyon lotor
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Procyon nanus n. sp.
Simpson 1929
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| synonym of Procyon lotor | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mephitidae
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Spilogale ambarvalis
Bangs 1898
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| synonym of Spilogale putorius | ||||||||||
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Mephitis elongata
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis cf. riviveronis
Hay 1917
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| synonym of Canis latrans | ||||||||||
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Urocyon seminolensis n. sp.
Simpson 1929
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Urocyon cinereoargenteus | ||||||||||
| AMNH 23526 (holotype), rami of lower jaw with right P3-M1 and left P1-4 | ||||||||||
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Canis ayersi
Sellards 1916
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| synonym of Aenocyon dirus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Smilodon cf. floridanus
(Leidy 1889)
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| synonym of Smilodon fatalis | ||||||||||
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Felis cf. veronis
Hay 1919
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| synonym of Panthera onca | ||||||||||
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cf. Felis inexpectata
(Cope 1895)
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| recombined as Miracinonyx inexpectatus | ||||||||||
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cf. Lynx sp.
Kerr 1792
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Lynx rufus
(Schreber 1777)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus cf. leidyi
Hay 1913
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| nomen vanum belonging to Equus | ||||||||||
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Equus cf. complicatus
Leidy 1858
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus sp.
Brisson 1762
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Tapirus veroensis
Sellards 1918
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| recombined as Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis | ||||||||||
| placed in new subspecies, T. veroensis sellardsi, which Simpson himself later rejected | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Mylohyus cf. lenis
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Mylohyus cf. pennsylvanicus
(Leidy 1889)
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| synonym of Mylohyus fossilis | ||||||||||
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Mylohyus gidleyi n. sp.
Simpson 1929
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| synonym of Mylohyus fossilis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Tanupolama cf. americana
(Wortman 1898)
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| synonym of Hemiauchenia macrocephala | ||||||||||
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Tanupolama mirifica n. sp.
Simpson 1929
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| recombined as Palaeolama mirifica | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Odocoileus osceola
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison cf. latifrons
(Harlan 1825)
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Scalopus sp.
Geoffroy 1803
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Sylvilagus palustris
(Bachman 1837)
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Sylvilagus floridanus
(Allen 1890)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Erethizontidae
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Erethizon cf. dorsatum
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Caviidae
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Hydrochaerus cf. pinckneyi
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| original and current combination Hydrochoerus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Synaptomys australis
Simpson 1928
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Oryzomys palustris
Harlan 1837
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Neofiber alleni
True 1884
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Sigmodon hispidus
Say and Ord 1825
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Sciurus cf. carolinensis
Gmelin 1788
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Geomys floridanus
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Mammalia
- Didelphimorphia
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Didelphis virginiana
Kerr 1792
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Florida | County: | Pinellas |
| Coordinates: | 27.8° North, 82.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.8° North, 82.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mammal zone: | Rancholabrean |
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified argillaceous sandstone | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Environment: | fluvial indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
| Glacial or sequence phase: | glacial |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,selective quarrying,observed (not collected) | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | AMNH,FLMNH | ||
| Collectors: | W.W. Holmes et al. | Collection dates: | 1924-1929; 1953 |
| Taxonomic list comments:Simpson (1929) included "cf. Camelops sp." in his faunal list, but this was a misidentification | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 154771 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Bloch, P. Barrett, B. Allen, M. Clapham | Enterer: | R. Hulbert, M. Clapham, T. Cleary, B. Allen |
| Modifier: | B. Allen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-03-09 16:16:57 | Last modified: | 2023-07-31 04:57:11 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-03-09 16:16:57 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 50335. | G. G. Simpson. 1929. Pleistocene mammalian fauna of the Seminole Field, Pinellas County, Florida. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 56(8):561-599 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert] |
Secondary references:
| 50428 | W. A. Auffenberg. 1958. Fossil turtles of the genus Terrapene in Florida. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 3(2):53-92 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert] | |
| 14699 | C. W. Gilmore. 1938. Fossil snakes of North America. Geological Society of America Special Paper (9)1-96 [J. Head/J. Head] | |
| 65386 | S. L. Olson. 1974. The Pleistocene rails of North America. The Condor 76:169-175 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 50336 | A. Wetmore. 1931. The avifauna of the Pleistocene in Florida. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 85(2):1-41 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert] |