Kissimmee River: Blancan, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cingulata - Pachyarmatheriidae
Pachyarmatherium leiseyi Downing and White 1995
see also Downing and White 1995: Kissimmee River 6
Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Holmesina floridanus (Robertson 1976)
see also Hulbert and Morgan 1993
Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptotherium arizonae Gidley 1926
synonym of Glyptotherium texanum
Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Dasypus bellus (Simpson 1929)
Mammalia - Megatheriidae
Eremotherium sp. Spillmann 1948
see also De Iulis and Cartelle 1999
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx leptostomus Cope 1893
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Glossotherium chapadmalense (Kraglievich 1925)
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus webbi White 1991
see also Morgan and White 1995
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hydrochoeridae
Neochoerus dichroplax Ahearn and Lance 1980
recombined as Phugatherium dichroplax
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon sp. Storr 1780
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Arctodus pristinus Leidy 1854
see also Emslie 1995
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Nannippus peninsulatus (Cope 1885)
see also Hulbert 1993
Equus (Dolichohippus) sp. (Heller 1912)
synonym of Equus
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann 1780)
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Capromeryx arizonensis Skinner 1942
Mammalia - Camelidae
Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Platygonus bicalcaratus Cope 1893
nomen dubium belonging to Platygonus
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Cuvieronius tropicus (Cope 1884)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Okeechobee
Coordinates: 27.3° North, 80.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:27.4° North, 80.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Pliocene
*Local age/stage:Late/Upper Blancan
Key time interval:Blancan
Age range of interval:4.70000 - 1.40000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tamiami Member:Pinecrest Beds
Stratigraphy comments: said to be late Blancan
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Taxonomic list comments:composite of at least two sites (5 and 6) and entirely from spoil piles
Metadata
Database number:19754
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1994-04-30 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:44
Access level:the public Released:1994-04-30 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

2615. G. S. Morgan and R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1995. Overview of the geology and vertebrate biochronology of the Leisey Shell Pit Local Fauna, Hillsborough County, Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 37(1) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]