Ocala (precise locality unknown): Pleistocene, Florida
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Terrapene formosa n. sp.
Hay 1916
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synonym of Terrapene putnami | ||||||||||
USNM 8825 (holotype), posterior portions of a carapace (Hay 1916a, pl. 4.3). | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo ocalana n. sp.
Hay 1916
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nomen dubium belonging to Testudinidae | ||||||||||
USNM 8822 (holotype), a left epiplastron (Hay 1916a, pl. 3.1; Auffenberg 1963, fig. 18) | ||||||||||
Testudo incisa n. sp.
Hay 1916
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synonym of Hesperotestudo turgida | ||||||||||
USNM 8821 (holotype), a left xiphiplastron (Hay 1916a, pl. 3.5–8) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Florida | County: | Marion |
Coordinates: | 29.1° North, 82.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 29.2° North, 82.0° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 2.58800 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Ocala |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 195410 | ||
Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2018-08-07 18:42:42 | Last modified: | 2018-08-07 18:42:42 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-08-07 18:42:42 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
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] |