Palmetto Mine: Late/Upper Hemphillian, Florida
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Dipoides sp.
Jaeger 1835
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Webb et al. 2008 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Muridae indet.
Illiger 1811
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Webb et al. 2008 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Nekrolagus progressus
(Hibbard 1939)
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Webb et al. 2008 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Teleoceras hicksi
Cook 1927
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Webb et al. 2008 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus sp.
Brisson 1762
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Hulbert 1995 | |||||||||
"early Pliocene... Palmetto Fauna" | ||||||||||
Tapirus polkensis
(Olsen 1960)
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Hulbert et al. 2009 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Nannippus minor
(Sellards 1916)
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= Nannippus aztecus
Mooser 1968
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MacFadden and Waldrop 1980 | |||||||||
Pseudhipparion simpsoni
Webb and Hulbert 1986
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Webb and Hulbert 1986 | |||||||||
(6 measurements) | ||||||||||
Cormohipparion emsliei
Hulbert 1988
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= Hippotherium emsliei
Hulbert 1988
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Hulbert 1988 | |||||||||
original and current combination Cormohipparion emsliei | ||||||||||
also at North Palmetto Mine | ||||||||||
Neohipparion eurystyle
(Cope 1893)
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Hulbert 1987 | |||||||||
also at North Palmetto Mine | ||||||||||
Dinohippus mexicanus
(Lance 1950)
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MacFadden 1986 | |||||||||
original and current combination Pliohippus (Pliohippus) mexicanus | ||||||||||
Calippus sp.
(Matthew and Stirton 1930)
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original and current combination Protohippus (Calippus) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Mylohyus elmorei
(White 1942)
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(3 measurements) | ||||||||||
Catagonus brachydontus
(Dalquest and Mooser 1980)
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Wright 1989 | |||||||||
recombined as Protherohyus brachydontus | ||||||||||
"Palmetto Mine"; "North Palmetto Mine" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Hemiauchenia edensis
(Frick 1921)
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Webb et al. 2008 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Pontoporiidae
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Pontoporiidae indet.
Gray 1870
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Morgan 1994 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Delphinidae
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Delphinidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Morgan 1994 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Delphinodon cf. mento
(Cope 1867)
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Morgan 1994 | |||||||||
invalid subgroup of Odontoceti | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Gelocidae
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Floridameryx floridanus
Webb 2008
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Webb et al. 2008 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Antilocapra garciae
Webb 1973
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= Sphenophalos garciae
Webb 1973
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Webb 1973 | |||||||||
Hexameryx simpsoni
White 1941
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Webb 1973 | |||||||||
"West Palmetto Washer"; "Palmetto Washer"; "Palmetto Mine" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Megantereon hesperus
(Gazin 1933)
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Berta and Galiano 1983 | |||||||||
(3 measurements) | ||||||||||
Felis rexroadensis
Stephens 1959
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= Lynx rexroadensis
Stephens 1959
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MacFadden and Galiano 1981 | |||||||||
original and current combination Felis rexroadensis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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Arctonasua eurybates
Baskin 1982
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Webb et al. 2008 | |||||||||
cf. Nasua sp.
Storr 1780
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Webb et al. 2008 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Enhydritherium terraenovae n. sp.
Berta and Morgan 1985
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Berta and Morgan 1985 | |||||||||
(5 measurements) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Plionarctos sp.
Frick 1926
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Hunt 1998 | |||||||||
Upper Bone Valley, Palmetto Mine | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Carpocyon limosus n. sp.
Webb 1969
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Webb 1969 | |||||||||
"Palmetto Washer: Hexameryx locality" (3 measurements) | ||||||||||
Borophagus pugnator
(Cook 1922)
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Wang et al. 1999 | |||||||||
Palmetto Mine; Palmetto Washer; "Osteoborus crassapineatus"; "O. dudleyi" of Webb 1969b | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Corystosiren varguezi
Domning 1990
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Domning 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Rhynchotherium edense
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Webb et al. 2008 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mammut matthewi
(Osborn 1921)
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Webb et al. 2008 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Chrysemys inflata n. sp.
Weaver and Robertson 1967
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Weaver and Robertson 1967 | |||||||||
recombined as Trachemys inflata | ||||||||||
UF 12469 (holotype), a nuchal (Weaver and Robertson 1967, fig. 3) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia sp.
(Latreille 1800)
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Dodd and Morgan 1992 | |||||||||
synonym of Testudines | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Pelecaniformes
- Ardeidae
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Ardea polkensis n. sp.
Brodkorb 1955
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Becker 1985 | |||||||||
"Late Hemphillian" | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Florida | County: | Polk |
Coordinates: | 27.7° North, 82.0° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 27.9° North, 80.3° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Neogene | ||
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
*Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Miocene | *Local age/stage: | Late/Upper Hemphillian |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Hemphillian | ||
Age range of interval: | 10.30000 - 4.90000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Hawthorn | Formation: | Peace River | Member: | Bone Valley |
Stratigraphy comments: Berta and Galliano 1983 collected from coarse phosphatic gravels presumably of Upper Bone Valley Formation, not in situ. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | pebbly,phosphatic argillaceous,sandy sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera |
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Palmetto Washer Plant | ||
Database number: | 18573 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot, J. Bloch, E. Vlachos, M. Uhen | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot, N. Pyenson, R. Hulbert, E. Vlachos, M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2018-02-05 15:50:35 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
3777. | D. B. Wright and S. D. Webb. 1984. Primitive Mylohyus (Artiodactyla: Tayassuidae) from the Late Hemphillian Bone Valley of Florida. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 3(3):152-159 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
1051 | J. J. Becker. 1985. Fossil herons (Aves: Ardeidae) of the late Miocene and early Pliocene of Florida. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 5(1):24-31 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
1064 | 5% 28140 | A. Berta and H. Galiano. 1983. Megantereon hesperus from the late Hemphillian of Florida with remarks on the phylogenetic relationships of machairodonts (Mammalia, Felidae, Machairodontinae). Journal of Paleontology 57(5):892-899 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
1066 | A. Berta and G. S. Morgan. 1985. A new sea otter (Carnivora: Mustelidae) from the late Miocene and early Pliocene (Hemphillian) of North America. Journal of Paleontology 59(4):809-819 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
739 | C. K. Dodd, Jr. and G. S. Morgan. 1992. Fossil sea turtles from the early Pliocene Bone Valley Formation, central Florida. Journal of Herpetology 26(1):1-8 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/M. Uhen] | |
16570 | D. P. Domning. 1990. Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean Region, IV. Corystosiren varguezi, gen. et sp. nov. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 10(3):361-371 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
50347 | R. C. Hulbert, S. C. Wallace, W. W. Klippel and P. W. Parmalee. 2009. Cranial morphology and systematics of an extraordinary sample of the late Neogene dwarf tapir, Tapirus polkensis (Olsen). Journal of Paleontology 83(2):238-262 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert] | |
3850 | 5% 23520 | R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1987. Late Neogene Neohipparion (Mammalia, Equidae) from the Gulf Coastal Plain of Florida and Texas. Journal of Paleontology 61(4):809-830 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy] |
1950 | R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1988. A new Cormohipparion (Mammalia, Equidae) from the Pliocene (latest Hemphillian and Blancan) of Florida. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 7(4):451-468 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/R. Hulbert] | |
1954 | R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1995. The giant tapir, Tapirus haysii, from Leisey Shell Pit 1A and other Florida Irvingtonian Localities. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 37(16):515-551 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
1976 | R. M. Hunt, Jr. 1998. Ursidae. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America 1:174-195 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
3851 | B. J. MacFadden. 1986. Fossil horses from "Eohippus" (Hyracotherium) to Equus; scaling, Cope's law, and the evolution of body size. Paleobiology 12(4):355-369 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers] | |
2374 | B. J. MacFadden and H. Galiano. 1981. Late Hemphillian Cat (Mammalia, Felidae) from the Bone Valley Formation of Central Florida. Journal of Paleontology 55(1):218-226 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
2379 | B. J. MacFadden and J. S. Waldrop. 1980. Nannippus phlegon (Mammalia, Equidae) from the Plio-Pleistocene of Florida. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 25(1):1-37 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
2613 | G. S. Morgan. 1994. Miocene and Pliocene marine mammal faunas from the Bone Valley Formation of central Florida. Contributions in Marine Mammal Paleontology Honoring Frank C. Whitmore Jr., Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History 29:239-268 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
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] | |
64763 | W. G. Weaver and J. S. Robertson. 1967. A re-evaluation of fossil turtles of the Chrysemys scripta group. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 5(2):570-588 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
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] | |
3566 | S. D. Webb. 1973. Pliocene Pronghorns of Florida. Journal of Mammalogy 54(1):203-221 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
50333 | S. D. Webb, R. C. Hulbert, G. S. Morgan and H.F. Evans. 2008. Terrestrial mammals of the Palmetto Fauna (early Pliocene, latest Hemphillian) from the Central Florida Phosphate District. In X. Wang and L. G. Barnes (eds.), Geology and Vertebrate Paleontology of Western and Southern North America: Contributions in Honor of David P. Whistler (41)293-312 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert] | |
6227 | S. D. Webb and R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1986. Systematics and evolution of Pseudhipparion (Mammalia, Equidae) from the late Neogene of the Gulf Coastal Plain and the Great Plains. Contributions to Geology, the University of Wyoming, Special Paper 3:237-272 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
3774 | D. B. Wright. 1989. Phylogenetic relationships of Catagonus wagneri: sister taxa from the Tertiary of North America. Advances in Neotropical Mammalogy 281-308 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |