Inglis 1C: Irvingtonian, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax idahensis (Marsh 1870)
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Strigiformes - Strigidae
Otus asio (Linnaeus 1758)
Emslie 1998
recombined as Megascops asio
Reptilia - Piciformes - Picidae
Picoides cf. villosus (Linnaeus 1766)
Emslie 1998
Melanerpes cf. erythrocephalus (Linnaeus 1758)
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Columba sp. Linnaeus 1758
Emslie 1998
Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus 1758)
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Rallus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Emslie 1998
Rallus elegans Audubon 1834
Emslie 1998
or could be Rallus longirostris
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Cardinalidae
Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus 1758)
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Mimidae
Dumetella carolinensis (Linnaeus 1766)
Emslie 1998
Toxostoma rufum (Linnaeus 1758)
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Passerellidae
Spizella cf. pusilla (Wilson 1810)
Emslie 1998
Passerculus sandwichensis (Gmelin 1789)
Emslie 1998
Zonotrichia cf. leucophrys (Forster 1772)
Emslie 1998
Zonotrichia cf. albicollis (Gmelin 1789)
Emslie 1998
mispelled Zonotrichea in the paper
cf. Chondestes grammacus (Say 1823)
Emslie 1998
Junco hyemalis (Linnaeus 1758)
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Turdidae
Catharus sp. Bonaparte 1850
Emslie 1998
Turdus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Emslie 1998
two sizes represented
Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Amplibuteo concordatus Emslie and Czaplewski 1999
Emslie and Czaplewski 1999
cf. Buteo sp. de Lacepède 1799
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus 1758)
Emslie 1998
cf. Tringa sp. Linnaeus 1758
Emslie 1998
Scolopax hutchensi n. sp. Emslie 1998
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Phasianidae
Meleagris anza
Emslie 1998
or could be Melagris leopoldi
Reptilia - Odontophoridae
Colinus virginianus (Linnaeus 1758)
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Gopherus polyphemus (Daudin 1802)
Franz and Quitmyer 2005
The UF sample from Inglis 1C includes two partial plastra (both from the left side) and a pair of costals with portions of the lower bridge attached (UF 211421).
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Clemmys hutchensorum n. sp. Bourque 2016
Bourque 2016
nomen dubium belonging to Emydidae
Holotype, UF 315019, complete left epiplastron
Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Dasypus bellus (Simpson 1929)
293 specimens
Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Holmesina floridanus (Robertson 1976)
190 specimens
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Paramylodon harlani (Owen 1840)
154 specimens
Mammalia - Proboscidea
Proboscidea indet. (Illiger 1811)
Ruez 2002 1 specimen
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Vespertilionidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
a bat
Myotis cf. austroriparius (Rhoads 1897)
24 specimens
a bat
    = Myotis sp. Kaup 1829
Ruez 2002
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890
1 specimen
Smilodon gracilis Cope 1880
3 specimens
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Lutra canadensis (Schreber 1776)
1 specimen
    = Lontra canadensis Schreber 1776
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Spilogale putorius (Linnaeus 1758)
104 specimens
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Urocyon sp. Baird 1857
1 specimen
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus haysii Leidy 1860
recombined as Tapirus (Helicotapirus) haysii
omitted by Ruez 2002 (1 measurement)
Mammalia - Camelidae
Palaeolama mirifica (Simpson 1929)
3 specimens
    = Palaeolama sp. Gervais 1869
Ruez 2005
Hemiauchenia macrocephala (Cope 1893)
27 specimens
Mammalia - Cetacea
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762
Ruez 2002 1 specimen
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Platygonus bicalcaratus Cope 1893
10 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Platygonus
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann 1780)
43 specimens
Mammalia - Soricidae
Cryptotis parva (Say 1823)
25 specimens
Blarina carolinensis (Bachman 1837)
1 specimen
Mammalia - Talpidae
Scalopus aquaticus (Linnaeus 1758)
5 specimens
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758
65 specimens
Glaucomys sp. Thomas 1908
3 specimens
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Orthogeomys propinetis (Wilkins 1984)
91 specimens
    = Geomys pinetis Rafinesque 1817
Lutugin 1894
Ruez' "Orthogeomys pinetis" is apparently a lapsus calami
    = Orthogeomys pinetis
Ruez 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Baiomys sp. True 1894
3 specimens
Atopomys texensis Patton 1965
6 specimens
(1 measurement)
Ondatra idahoensis Wilson 1933
1 specimen
Sigmodon curtisi Gidley 1922
163 specimens
(1 measurement)
Peromyscus polionotus (Wagner 1843)
8 specimens
(1 measurement)
Peromyscus sarmocophinus n. sp. Ruez 2001
202 specimens
Reithrodontomys wetmorei Hibbard 1952
28 specimens
(1 measurement)
Reithrodontomys humulis (Audubon and Bachman 1841)
1 specimen
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus webbi White 1991
4489 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Citrus
Coordinates: 29.0° North, 82.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.0° North, 82.5° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Local age/stage:Early/Lower Irvingtonian
Key time interval:Irvingtonian
Age range of interval:1.80000 - 0.30000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: said to be early Irvingtonian; sinkhole is "3.5 m deep"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:yellow sandstone
Lithology description: "pale yellow quartz sand"
Environment:sinkhole
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,bone collector
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Articulated whole bodies:none
Associated major elements:none
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:some
Size sorting:poor
Feeding/predation traces:punctures,gastric dissolution
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:mentioned by Ruez 1998
Metadata
Also known as:FLMNH CI019
Database number:20385
Authorizer:J. Alroy, M. Uhen, E. Vlachos, J. Bloch Enterer:J. Alroy, R. Hulbert, M. Uhen, E. Vlachos
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2002-05-15 00:00:00 Last modified:2022-03-07 08:22:52
Access level:the public Released:2002-05-15 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

3872. D. R. Ruez, Jr. 2001. Early Irvingtonian (latest Pliocene) rodents from Inglis 1C, Citrus County, Florida. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(1):153-171 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

63790 J. R. Bourque. 2016. A spotted turtle (Testudines, Emydidae) from the early Pleistocene (late Blancan) of north-central Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 55(2):39-50 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
50310 S. D. Emslie. 1998. Avian community, climate, and sea-level changes in the Plio-Pleistocene of the Florida Peninsula. Ornithological Monographs (50)1-113 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert]
50351 S. D. Emslie and N. J. Czaplewski. 1999. Two new fossil eagles from the late Pliocene (late Blancan) of Florida and Arizona and their biogeographic implications. In S. L. Storrs, P. Wellnhofer, C. Mourer-Chauviré, D. W. Steadman, L. D. Martin (eds.), Avian Paleontology at the Close of the 20th Century: Proceedings of the 4th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Washington, D.C, 4-7 June 1996. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 89:185-198 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert/M. Carrano]
66358 R. Franz and I. R. Quitmyer. 2005. A fossil and zooarchaeological history of the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) in the Southeastern United States. Bull. Fla. Mus. Nat. History 45(4):179-199 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
32583 D. R. Ruez. 2002. Mammalian taphonomy of the Early Irvingtonian (Late Pliocene) Inglis 1C Fauna (Citrus County, Florida). Southeastern Geology 41(3):159-168 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
9761 D. R. Ruez, Jr. 2002. Mammalian taphonomy of the early Irvingtonian (late Pliocene) Inglis 1C fauna (Citrus County, Florida). Southeastern Geology 41(3):159-168 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
23543 D. R. Ruez, Jr. 2005. Earliest record of Palaeolama (Mammalia, Camelidae) with comments on "Palaeolama" guanajuatensis. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(3):741-744 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]