Peace River 3A: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Florida
collected by A. Kerner et al. 2000-2007

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Aramidae
Aramus guarauna (Linnaeus 1762)
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anatidae indet. Vigors 1825
Reptilia - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax auritus (Lesson 1831)
Reptilia - Phasianidae
Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia
Alligator mississippiensis (Daudin 1801)
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Crotalus adamanteus Palisot de Beauvois 1799
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Pseudemys extincta n. sp. Hay 1908
Hay 1908
nomen dubium belonging to Emydidae
USNM 16678 (holotype), a nuchal plate (Hay 1908, pl. 54.13)
Deirochelys floridana n. sp. Hay 1908
Hay 1908
nomen dubium belonging to Emydidae
USNM 16679 (holotype), a nuchal bone (Hay 1908, fig. 450, pl. 54.1–2)
Pseudemys nelsoni Carr 1938
Pseudemys concinna (Le Conte 1830)
Terrapene carolina (Linnaeus 1758)
Trachemys jarmani n. sp. Hay 1908
Hay 1908
nomen dubium belonging to Trachemys
USNM 16671 (holotype), a nuchal plate (Hay 1908, pl. 45.10)
Trachemys sculpta n. sp. Hay 1908
Hay 1908
USNM 16681 (holotype), a nuchal plate (Hay 1908, pl. 45.4)
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Hesperotestudo crassiscutata (Leidy 1889)
Reptilia - Testudines
Emys euglypha n. sp. Leidy 1889
Leidy 1889
nomen dubium belonging to Testudinoidea
The holotype, a nuchal plate (Leidy 1889a, pl. 4, fig.1) has been reported lost
Trachemys nuchocarinata n. sp. Hay 1916
Hay 1916
nomen dubium belonging to Testudinoidea
USNM 8830 (formerly FGS 4437; holotype), a partial nuchal (Hay 1916a, pl. 6, fig. 5).
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Apalone ferox (Schneider 1783)
recombined as Platypeltis ferox
Mammalia - Sirenia - Trichechidae
Trichechus manatus Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus columbi (Falconer 1857)
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut americanum (Kerr 1792)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus veroensis Sellards 1918
recombined as Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann 1780)
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bison antiquus Leidy 1852
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Platygonus compressus Leconte 1848
Pecari sp. Reichenbach 1835
Mammalia - Camelidae
Palaeolama mirifica (Simpson 1929)
Hemiauchenia macrocephala (Cope 1893)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Lynx rufus (Schreber 1777)
Panthera onca (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis dirus Leidy 1858
recombined as Aenocyon dirus
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Tremarctos floridanus (Gidley 1928)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae
Neochoerus pinckneyi (Hay 1926)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoroides ohioensis Foster 1838
Castoroides dilophidus (Martin 1969)
Hulbert et al. 2014
Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Holmesina septentrionalis (Leidy 1889)
Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptotherium floridanum (Simpson 1929)
synonym of Glyptotherium cylindricum
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Paramylodon harlani (Owen 1840)
Mammalia - Megatheriidae
Eremotherium laurillardi (Lund 1842)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:De Soto
Coordinates: 27.2° North, 81.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:27.2° North, 81.9° West
Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data
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 Mammal zone: Rancholabrean
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Quaternary alluvium unconformably overlying the Peace River Formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified sandy,conglomeratic "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: a 1.4-m-thick, 7-m-wide sequence of alternating layers of gravel and sand unconformably resting on the Peace River Formation
Environment:terrestrial indet. Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,field collection
Collection size:157 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:FLMNH
Collectors:A. Kerner et al. Collection dates:2000-2007
Collection method comments: site is usually 2 to 4 m below surface of river and was excavated by divers using SCUBA equipment
Metadata
Also known as:UF DE015
Database number:154804
Authorizer:J. Bloch, M. Uhen, E. Vlachos Enterer:R. Hulbert, E. Vlachos, M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2014-03-13 14:57:03 Last modified:2014-03-13 14:57:03
Access level:the public Released:2014-03-13 14:57:03
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
50371. R. C. Hulbert, Jr., G. S. Morgan, and A. Kerner. 2009. Collared peccary (Mammalia, Artiodactyla, Tayassuidae, Pecari) from the late Pleistocene of Florida. In L. B. Albright (ed.), Papers on Geology, Vertebrate Paleontology, and Biostratigraphy in Honor of Michael O. Woodburne 543-555 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert]

Secondary references:

14442ETE O. P. Hay. 1908. The fossil turtles of North America. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 75:1-568 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
64327 O. P. Hay. 1916. Descriptions of some Floridian fossil vertebrates, belonging mostly to the Pleistocene. Annual Report of the Florida State Geological Survey 8:39-76 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
74663 R. C. Hulbert, A. Kerner, and G. S. Morgan. 2014. Taxonomy of the Pleistocene giant beaver Castoroides (Rodentia: Castoridae) from the southeastern United States. 53(2):26-43 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
64559 J. Leidy. 1889. Fossil Vertebrates from Florida. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 41:96-97 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]