Devil's Den: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Florida
collected by C. E. Ray, H. K. Brooks, J. Goggins et al. 1960-1963
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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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Ambystoma tigrinum
(Green 1825)
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Holman 1978 | |||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Pelobatidae
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Scaphiopus holbrooki
(Harlan 1835)
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Holman 1978 | |||||||||
| recombined as Scaphiopus (Scaphiopus) holbrooki | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana utricularia
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Holman 1978 | |||||||||
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Rana catesbeiana
Shaw 1802
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Holman 1978 | |||||||||
| very abundant | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
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Bufo woodhousei
Girard 1854
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Holman 1978 | |||||||||
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Bufo terrestris
(Bonnaterre 1789)
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Holman 1978 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Alligator mississippiensis
(Daudin 1801)
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Holman 1978 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Kinosternoidea
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Kinosternon subrubrum
(Bonnaterre 1788)
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Holman 1978 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Geochelone crassiscutata
(Leidy 1889)
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Holman 1978 | |||||||||
| recombined as Hesperotestudo crassiscutata | ||||||||||
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Geochelone incisa
(Hay 1916)
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Holman 1978 | |||||||||
| synonym of Hesperotestudo turgida | ||||||||||
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Gopherus polyphemus
(Daudin 1802)
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Holman 1978 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Pseudemys scripta
(Schoepff 1792)
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Holman 1978 | |||||||||
| recombined as Trachemys scripta | ||||||||||
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Deirochelys reticularia
Latreille 1801
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Holman 1978 | |||||||||
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Terrapene carolina
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Holman 1978 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelydridae
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Chelydra serpentina
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Holman 1978 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mammut americanum
(Kerr 1792)
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Vespertilionidae
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cf. Lasiurus intermedius
Allen 1862
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Myotis sp.
Kaup 1829
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Myotis cf. austroriparius
(Rhoads 1897)
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Myotis grisescens
Howell 1909
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Pipistrellus subflavus
(Cuvier 1832)
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Homo sapiens
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Sciurus carolinensis
Gmelin 1788
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Sciurus niger
Linnaeus 1758
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Glaucomys volans
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Neofiber alleni
True 1884
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Synaptomys australis
Simpson 1928
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Ochrotomys nuttalli
(Harlan 1832)
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Sigmodon hispidus
Say and Ord 1825
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Neotoma floridana
(Ord 1818)
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Peromyscus polionotus
(Wagner 1843)
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Peromyscus cf. gossypinus
(Le Conte 1853)
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Peromyscus floridanus
(Chapman 1889)
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| recombined as Podomys floridanus | ||||||||||
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Pitymys pinetorum
(Le Conte 1830)
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| recombined as Microtus pinetorum | ||||||||||
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Microtus pennsylvanicus
(Ord 1815)
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Ondatra zibethicus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Oryzomys palustris
Harlan 1837
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Geomys cf. pinetis
Rafinesque 1817
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Sylvilagus cf. floridanus
(Allen 1890)
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Scalopus aquaticus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Blarina brevicauda
(Say 1823)
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Cryptotis parva
(Say 1823)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Tremarctos floridanus
(Gidley 1928)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mustela frenata
Lichtenstein 1831
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| recombined as Neogale frenata | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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Procyon lotor
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mephitidae
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Mephitis mephitis
(Schreber 1776)
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Spilogale putorius
(Linnaeus 1758)
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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 rufus
(Schreber 1777)
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| recombined as Lynx rufus | ||||||||||
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Felis onca
Linnaeus 1758
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| recombined as Panthera onca | ||||||||||
| referred to extinct subspecies F. onca augusta | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Urocyon cinereoargenteus
(Schreber 1775)
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Canis familiaris
Linnaeus 1758
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Canis rufus
Audubon and Bachman 1851
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Canis dirus
Leidy 1858
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| recombined as Aenocyon dirus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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| Bison or Bos | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Odocoileus virginianus
(Zimmermann 1780)
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Platygonus compressus
Leconte 1848
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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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: | Levy |
| Coordinates: | 29.4° North, 82.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 29.4° North, 82.5° West |
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
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,sieve,survey of museum collection | ||
| Collection size: | 10 specimens | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | FLMNH | ||
| Collectors: | C. E. Ray, H. K. Brooks, J. Goggins et al. | Collection dates: | 1960-1963 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UF LV002 | ||
| Database number: | 154805 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Bloch | Enterer: | R. Hulbert | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-03-13 15:30:02 | Last modified: | 2014-03-13 15:30:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-03-13 15:30:02 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2451. | R. A. Martin and S. D. Webb. 1974. Late Pleistocene mammals from the Devil's Den Fauna, Levy County. In S. D. Webb (ed.), Pleistocene Mammals of Florida 114-145 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/R. Hulbert] |
Secondary references:
| 50394 | J. A. Holman. 1978. The late Pleistocene herpetofauna of Devil's Den Sinkhole, Levy County, Florida. Herpetolagica 34(2):228-237 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert] |