Montbrook, FLMNH site LV070: Hemphillian, Florida
collected 2015-

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Taphophoyx hodgei n. gen., n. sp. Steadman and Takano 2019
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Cygnus mariae Bickart 1990
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Borophagus hilli (Johnston 1939)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras sp. Hatcher 1894
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Hexameryx simpsoni White 1941
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Levy
Coordinates: 29.4° North, 82.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.6° North, 80.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Hemphillian
Age range of interval:10.30000 - 4.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: late Hemphillian (Hh4) NALMA
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: sandy alluvial site
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,sieve
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:FLMNH
Collection dates:2015-ongoing
Taxonomic list comments:many additional vertebrate taxa present
Metadata
Database number:200705
Authorizer:P. Holroyd Enterer:P. Holroyd
Modifier:P. Holroyd Research group:vertebrate
Created:2019-04-15 00:41:43 Last modified:2019-04-15 00:57:05
Access level:the public Released:2019-04-15 00:41:43
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

68616. D. W. Steadman and O. M. Takano. 2019. A new genus and species of heron (Aves: Ardeidae) from the late Miocene of Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 55(9):174-186 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]