Leisey Shell Pit 3B: Irvingtonian, Florida
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelydridae
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Macrochelys sp.
Gray 1856
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Thomas et al. 2014 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Pachyarmatheriidae
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Glyptotherium sp.
Osborn 1903
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= Pachyarmatherium leiseyi
Downing and White 1995
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Downing and White 1995 | |||||||||
| said to be new | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Dasypodidae
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Dasypus bellus
(Simpson 1929)
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Downing and White 1995 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus sp.
Brookes 1828
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Cuvieronius tropicus
(Cope 1884)
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Webb and Dudley 1995 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Arctodus pristinus
Leidy 1854
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| probably includes material from "Leisey 3" of Emslie 1995 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus leidyi
Hay 1913
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| nomen vanum belonging to Equus | ||||||||||
| placed in quotes by the authors | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus haysii
Leidy 1860
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| recombined as Tapirus (Helicotapirus) haysii | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Hemiauchenia macrocephala
(Cope 1893)
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Odocoileus virginianus
(Zimmermann 1780)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castoroides ohioensis
Foster 1838
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= Castoroides leiseyorum
Morgan and White 1995
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Morgan and White 1995 | |||||||||
| synonym of Castoroides dilophidus | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Florida | County: | Hillsborough |
| Coordinates: | 27.7° North, 82.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.7° North, 82.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
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: | 1.40000 - 0.21000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified siltstone |
| Secondary lithology: | unlithified mudstone |
| Lithology description: "dark organic matter, silt, and mud" with vertebrates, freshwater molluscs, and wood | |
| Environment: | estuary/bay |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:"Holmesina cf. floridanus" is omitted by Downing and White 1995 | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 20403 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Bloch | Enterer: | J. Alroy, R. Hulbert |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2005-09-28 17:03:51 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1960. | R. C. Hulbert, Jr. and G. S. Morgan. 1989. Stratigraphy, paleoecology, and vertebrate fauna of the Leisey Shell Pit Local Fauna, early Pleistocene (Irvingtonian) of southwestern Florida. Papers in Florida Paleontology 2:1-19 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Wagner] |
Secondary references:
| 1391 | K. F. Downing and R. S. White. 1995. The cingulates (Xenarthra) of the Leisey Shell Pit local fauna (Irvingtonian), Hillsborough County, Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 37(12):375-396 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 2624 | G. S. Morgan and J. A. White. 1995. Small mammals (Insectivora, Lagomorpha, and Rodentia) from the early Pleistocene (early Irvingtonian) Leisey Shell Pit Local Fauna, Hillsborough County, Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 37(13) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
| 50686 | T. M. Thomas, M. C. Granatosky, J. R. Bourque, K. L. Krysko, P. E. Moler, T. Gamble, E. Suarez, E. Leone, K. M. Enge and J. Roman. 2014. Taxonomic assessment of alligator snapping turtles (Chelydridae: Macrochelys), with the description of two new species from the southeastern United States. Zootaxa 3786(2):141-165 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert] | |
| 3574 | S. D. Webb and J. P. Dudley. 1995. Proboscidea from Leisey Shell Pits, Hillsborough County, Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 37(20) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |