Lehigh Acres: Blancan, Florida
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Nannippus peninsulatus
(Cope 1885)
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Platygonus bicalcaratus
Cope 1893
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nomen dubium belonging to Platygonus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Hemiauchenia ? blancoensis
(Meade 1945)
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Feranec 2003 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Megatheriidae
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Eremotherium sp.
Spillmann 1948
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see also De Iulis and Cartelle 1999 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Mylodontidae
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"Glossotherium" chapadmalense
(Kraglievich 1925)
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Florida | County: | Lee |
Coordinates: | 26.5° North, 81.8° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 26.6° North, 81.2° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
*Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Pliocene |
Key time interval: | Blancan | ||
Age range of interval: | 4.90000 - 1.80000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Tamiami | Member: | Pinecrest Beds |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera |
Taxonomic list comments:four other mammals are present |
Metadata
Database number: | 19755 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1995-10-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:44 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-10-18 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] |
Secondary references:
9283 | R. S. Feranec. 2003. Stable isotopes, hypsodonty, and the paleodiet of Hemiauchenia (Mammalia: Camelidae): a morphological specialization creating ecological generalization. Paleobiology 29(2):230-242 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |