Haile V/XIXA: early Early Hemphillian - late Early Hemphillian, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Pliometanastes sp. Hirschfeld and Webb 1968
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Protohippus gidleyi Hulbert 1988
Hulbert 1988
Haile 19A; not listed in Hulbert 1988c
Calippus cf. hondurensis (Olson and McGrew 1941)
Hulbert 1988
Haile 19A
Calippus elachistus (Hulbert 1988)
Hulbert 1988
Haile 19A
Neohipparion sp. Gidley 1903
    = Neohipparion trampasense Edwards 1982
Hulbert 1988
Haile 19A
Pseudhipparion skinneri Webb and Hulbert 1986
Hulbert 1988
Haile 19A
Cormohipparion ingenuum (Leidy 1885)
    = Hippotherium ingenuum Leidy 1885
Hulbert 1988
recombined as Cormohipparion ingenuum
Haile 19A
Cormohipparion plicatile (Leidy 1887)
    = Hippotherium plicatile Leidy 1887
Hulbert 1988
recombined as Cormohipparion plicatile
Haile 19A
Nannippus cf. minor (Sellards 1916)
    = Nannippus westoni Simpson 1930
Hulbert 1993
at Haile 5A, Haile 19A
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras cf. proterum (Leidy 1885)
Aphelops sp. Owen 1845
Becker 1986
Mammalia - Gelocidae
Gelocidae indet. Schlosser 1886
Becker 1986
Mammalia - Palaeomerycidae
Pediomeryx sp. Stirton 1936
    = Pediomeryx hamiltoni Webb 1983
Becker 1986
recombined as Yumaceras hamiltoni
Mammalia - Camelidae
Procamelus sp. Leidy 1858
    = Camelidae indet. Gray 1821
Alroy 2002
Aepycamelus sp. Macdonald 1956
Becker 1986
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Epicyon haydeni (Leidy 1858)
Wang et al. 1999
Haile 19A
Osteoborus cf. galushai Webb 1969
    = Osteoborus cf. validus Stirton and Vanderhoof 1933
Becker 1986
    = Borophagus sp. Cope 1892
Alroy 2002
status unclear in light of Wang et al. 1999
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
cf. Hypolagus sp. Dice 1917
Becker 1986
    = Archaeolaginae indet.
Alroy 2006
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
Bourque 2013
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Emydidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Bourque 2013
"rugose-shelled taxon"
cf. Pseudemys williamsi (Rose and Weaver 1966)
Bourque 2013
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788
Bourque 2013
two taxa, one large, one small
Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternoidea
Kinosternidae indet. (Hay 1892)
Bourque 2013
    = cf. Sternotherus sp. Gray 1825
Bourque and Schubert 2015
A single partial left hyoplastron (UF 150034)
Reptilia
Alligator sp. Daudin 1809
Whiting et al. 2016
osteoderms
Gavialosuchus americana (Sellards 1915)
Becker 1986
synonym of Thecachampsa sericodon
UF 289204-289206, 053000
Reptilia - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax sp. Brisson 1760
Becker 1986
Reptilia - Suliformes - Anhingidae
Anhinga grandis Martin and Mengel 1975
Becker 1987 2 specimens
Haile XIXA; includes assoc. partial skeleton
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anatidae indet. Vigors 1825
Becker 1986
Reptilia - Coraciiformes - Momotidae
Momotidae indet. Gray 1840
Becker 1986
Haile XIXA
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Alachua
Coordinates: 29.7° North, 82.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.9° North, 80.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Miocene
*Local age/stage:Hemphillian
Key time interval:early Early Hemphillian - late Early Hemphillian
Age range of interval:9.40000 - 4.70000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: said to be Hemphillian by MacFadden 1982 and early Hemphillian by Becker 1986
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Secondary lithology:phosphatic conglomerate
Lithology description: "limestone quarry... Sediments are fluvial and include both 'gar-scale' and phosphatic gravels."
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:FLMNH
Metadata
Also known as:Haile 5A, 19A
Database number:18539
Authorizer:J. Alroy, J. Hunter, E. Vlachos, P. Holroyd, P. Mannion Enterer:J. Alroy, P. Mannion, P. Holroyd, E. Vlachos, J. Hunter
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1995-03-26 00:00:00 Last modified:2006-07-29 01:40:34
Access level:the public Released:1995-03-26 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

2367. B. J. MacFadden. 1982. New species of primitive three-toed browsing horse from the Miocene Phosphate Mining District of Central Florida. Florida Scientist 45(2):117-125 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
18120 J. Alroy. 2006. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
18119 J. J. Becker. 1986. A fossil motmot (Aves: Momotidae) from the late Miocene of Florida. The Condor 88(4):478-482 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
74975% 23700J. J. Becker. 1987. Additional material of Anhinga grandis Martin and Mengel (Aves: Anhingidae) from the late Miocene of Florida. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 100(2):358-361 [J. Hunter/J. Rezza/J. Alroy]
58392 J. R. Bourque. 2013. Fossil Kinosternidae from the Oligocene and Miocene of Florida, USA. In D. B. Brinkman, P. A. Holroyd, and J. Gardner (eds.), Morphology and Evolution of Turtles, Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology 459-475 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]
64340 J. R. Bourque and B. W. Schubert. 2015. Fossil musk turtles (Kinosternidae, Sternotherus) from the late Miocene–early Pliocene (Hemphillian) of Tennessee and Florida. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(1):1-19 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
1949 R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1988. Calippus and Protohippus (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Equidae) from the Miocene (Barstovian-early Hemphillian) of the Gulf Coastal Plain. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 32(3):221-340 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/R. Hulbert]
1951 R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1988. Cormohipparion and Hipparion (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Equidae) from the Late Neogene of Florida. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 33(5):229-338 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
1953 R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1993. Late Miocene Nannippus (Mammalia: Perissodactyla) from Florida, with a description of the smallest Hipparionine horse. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 13(3):350-366 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]
3558 X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
59567 E. T. Whiting, D. W. Steadman, and J. Krigbaum. 2016. Paleoecology of Miocene crocodylians in Florida: Insights from stable isotope analysis. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 451:23-34 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Uhen]