Mixson's Bone Bed: Hemphillian, Florida
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Deirochelys sp.
Agassiz 1857
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Jackson 1976 | |||||||||
| part of Hay's P. caelata series | ||||||||||
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Chrysemys caelata n. sp.
(Hay 1908)
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Jackson 1976 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Pseudemys caelata | ||||||||||
| Pseudemys caelata type of Hay 1908 from "Mason's bone bed" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Mylodontidae
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Thinobadistes segnis n. sp.
Hay 1919
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Webb 1989 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Amebelodon sp.
Barbour 1927
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Tobien 1972 | |||||||||
| may include "Serridentinus floridanus" and "S. leidii" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Osteoborus validus
Stirton and Vanderhoof 1933
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= Epicyon haydeni
Leidy 1858
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Webb 1969 | |||||||||
| confirmed by Wang et al. 1999 | ||||||||||
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Osteoborus galushai n. sp.
Webb 1969
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= Borophagus pugnator
Cook 1922
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Webb 1969 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion plicatile n. sp.
(Leidy 1887)
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| recombined as Cormohipparion plicatile | ||||||||||
| see Hulbert 1988c | ||||||||||
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Hipparion ingenuum n. sp.
(Leidy 1885)
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| recombined as Cormohipparion ingenuum | ||||||||||
| see Hulbert 1988c | ||||||||||
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Hipparion minor
Sellards 1916
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= Nannippus westoni
Simpson 1930
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Hulbert 1988 | |||||||||
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Protohippus gidleyi
Hulbert 1988
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Hulbert 1988 | |||||||||
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Calippus hondurensis
(Olson and McGrew 1941)
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Hulbert 1988 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Teleoceras proterum
(Leidy 1885)
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| see Prothero and Manning 1987 | ||||||||||
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Aphelops longipes
(Leidy 1890)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus webbi
Hulbert 2005
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Hulbert 2005 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Procamelus minor n. sp.
(Leidy 1886)
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| nomen dubium belonging to Camelinae | ||||||||||
| "generic assignment... quite unknown" | ||||||||||
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Procamelus minimus n. sp.
(Leidy 1886)
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| recombined as Hemiauchenia minima | ||||||||||
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? Megatylopus major n. sp.
(Leidy 1886)
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| recombined as Aepycamelus major | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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Pediomeryx cf. hamiltoni
Webb 1983
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Webb 1983 | |||||||||
| recombined as Yumaceras hamiltoni | ||||||||||
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Florida | County: | Levy |
| Coordinates: | 29.4° North, 82.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 29.6° North, 80.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | ||
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Miocene |
| Key time interval: | Hemphillian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 9.40000 - 4.70000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Alachua |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 18563 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Bloch | Enterer: | J. Alroy, R. Hulbert |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2008-04-16 13:20:37 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3132. | G. G. Simpson. 1930. Tertiary Land Mammals of Florida. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 59(3):1-64 [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] | |
| 50346 | R. C. Hulbert. 2005. Late Miocene Tapirus (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from Florida, with description of a new species, Tapirus webbi. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 45(4):465-494 [J. Bloch/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] | |
| 27016 | D. R. Jackson. 1976. The status of the Pliocene turtles Pseudemys caelata Hay and Chrysemys carri Rose and Weaver. Copeia 1976(4):655-659 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 3432 | H. Tobien. 1972. Status of the Genus Serridentinus Osborn 1923 (Proboscidea, Mammalia) and related forms. Mainzer Geowissenschaftliche Mitteilungen 1:143-191 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 3565 | S. D. Webb. 1969. The Pliocene Canidae of Florida. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 14(4):273-308 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 3571 | S. D. Webb. 1983. A New Species of Pediomeryx from the Late Miocene of Florida, and Its Relationships within the Subfamily Cranioceratinae (Ruminantia: Dromomerycidae). Journal of Mammalogy 64(2) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
| 3572 | S. D. Webb. 1989. Osteology and relationships of Thinobadistes segnis, the first mylodont sloth in North America. In K. H. Redford, J. F. Eisenberg (eds.), Advances in Neotropical Mammalogy 469-532 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |