Lecanto 2A: Rancholabrean, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Reithrodontomys humulis (Audubon and Bachman 1841)
Ruez 2000
Sigmodon hispidus Say and Ord 1825
Morgan and Seymour 1997
Oryzomys palustris Harlan 1837
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis dirus Leidy 1858
recombined as Aenocyon dirus
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Tremarctos floridanus (Gidley 1928)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Miracinonyx inexpectatus (Cope 1895)
Morgan and Seymour 1997
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus veroensis Sellards 1918
recombined as Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis
Mammalia - Camelidae
Hemiauchenia macrocephala (Cope 1893)
Palaeolama mirifica (Simpson 1929)
Mammalia - Soricidae
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814
"shrews"
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Gopherus polyphemus (Daudin 1802)
Franz and Quitmyer 2005
The sample includes one NUCH (UF 128231), two HYO and three peripherals (UF 128241-128245), a maxilla (UF 128235), and a series of cervical vertebrae, leg bones, and girdle pieces (UF 128294, 128230, 128238- 128244).
Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Buteo sp. de Lacepède 1799
Emslie 1998
Accipiter cooperii (Bonaparte 1828)
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Phasianidae
Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus 1758
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Odontophoridae
Colinus virginianus (Linnaeus 1758)
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Calidris cf. pusilla (Linnaeus 1766)
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Jacanidae
Jacana spinosa (Linnaeus 1758)
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Falconidae
Falco sparverius Linnaeus 1758
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Ixobrychus exilis (Gmelin 1789)
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anas crecca Linnaeus 1758
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Icteridae
Quiscalus mexicanus (Gmelin 1788)
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Passerellidae
Junco hyemalis (Linnaeus 1758)
Emslie 1998
Melospiza georgiana (Latham 1790)
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Corvidae
Pica pica (Linnaeus 1758)
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Strigiformes - Strigidae
Aegolius acadicus (Gmelin 1788)
Emslie 1998
Otus asio (Linnaeus 1758)
Emslie 1998
recombined as Megascops asio
Strix varia (Barton 1799)
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus 1758)
Emslie 1998
Columba fasciata Say 1822
Emslie 1998
recombined as Patagioenas fasciata
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Laterallus cf. exilis (Temminck 1831)
Emslie 1998
Rallus elegans Audubon 1834
Emslie 1998
or could be Rallus longirostris
Rallus limicola Vieillot 1819
Emslie 1998
Porzana carolina (Linnaeus 1758)
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae
Podilymbus podiceps (Linnaeus 1758)
Emslie 1998
Reptilia - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
Cathartes aura (Linnaeus 1758)
Emslie 1998
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Citrus
Coordinates: 28.8° North, 82.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:28.8° North, 82.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Local age/stage:Rancholabrean
Key time interval:Rancholabrean
Age range of interval:0.21000 - 0.01400 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: said to be Rancholabrean
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Taxonomic list comments:not the same as Sabertooth Cave (see)
said to be Rancholabrean by Morgan 1991, and argument of Morgan and Seymour 1997 suggests it is early Rancholabrean
Metadata
Database number:20398
Authorizer:J. Alroy, E. Vlachos, J. Bloch Enterer:J. Alroy, R. Hulbert, E. Vlachos
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1998-09-21 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:44
Access level:the public Released:1998-09-21 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

2611. G. S. Morgan. 1991. Neotropical Chiroptera from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of Florida. In T. A. Griffiths, D. Klingener, (eds.), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 206:176-213 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

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]
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]
2623 G. S. Morgan and K. L. Seymour. 1997. Fossil history of the panther (Puma concolor) and the cheetah-like cat (Miracinonyx inexpectatus) in Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 40(2):177-219 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
4264 D. R. Ruez, Jr. 2000. Late Pleistocene (Rancholabrean) records of the harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys) in Florida. Florida Scientist 63(3):182-190 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]