Oldsmar Pit 1 (Pleistocene): Rancholabrean, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Jordanella floridae
Gambusia affinis
Poecilia latipinna
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Notophthalmus sp. Rafinesque 1820
Siren sp. Linnaeus 1766
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Soricidae
Blarina carolinensis (Bachman 1837)
Mammalia - Camelidae
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann 1780)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus veroensis Sellards 1918
recombined as Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Spilogale putorius (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae
Neochoerus pinckneyi (Hay 1926)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Peromyscus gossypinus (Le Conte 1853)
Sigmodon bakeri Martin 1974
Neofiber alleni True 1884
Reithrodontomys cf. humulis (Audubon and Bachman 1841)
    = Reithrodontomys sp. Giglioli 1874
Ruez 2000
Neotoma floridana (Ord 1818)
Oryzomys palustris Harlan 1837
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoroides ohioensis Foster 1838
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus palustris (Bachman 1837)
see also White 1991b
Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Holmesina septentrionalis (Leidy 1889)
Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Dasypus bellus (Simpson 1929)
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus columbi (Falconer 1857)
possibly only present at Oldsmar Pit 2
Reptilia - Anguidae
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803
Reptilia - Colubridae
Drymarchon corais (Boie 1827)
Nerodia sp. Baird and Girard 1853
Farancia sp. Gray 1842
Reptilia - Polychrotidae
Anolis cf. carolinensis Voight 1832
Reptilia - Suliformes - Anhingidae
Anhinga anhinga (Linnaeus 1766)
Reptilia - Passeriformes
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anas sp. Linnaeus 1758
Aythya cf. collaris (Donovan 1809)
Reptilia - Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae
Podilymbus podiceps (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Rallus limicola Vieillot 1819
Rallus elegans Audubon 1834
Rallus longirostris Boddaert 1783
Reptilia
Alligator mississippiensis (Daudin 1801)
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Terrapene carolina (Linnaeus 1758)
Trachemys scripta (Schoepff 1792)
Pseudemys sp. Gray 1856
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Gopherus polyphemus (Daudin 1802)
Hesperotestudo crassiscutata (Leidy 1889)
Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternoidea
Sternotherus sp. Gray 1825
Kinosternon sp. von Spix 1824
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Apalone ferox (Schneider 1783)
recombined as Platypeltis ferox
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus 1758)
Macroclemys temmincki (Troost 1835)
recombined as Macrochelys temminckii
Actinopteri - Cyprinodontiformes - Fundulidae
Fundulus sp. Lacépède 1803
Actinopteri - Mugiliformes - Mugilidae
Mugil sp. Linnaeus 1758
Actinopteri - Centrarchiformes - Centrarchidae
Micropterus salmoides (Lacépède 1802)
Lepomis cf. gulosus
Lepomis microlophus Lee 1980
Actinopteri - Acanthuriformes - Sciaenidae
Pogonias cromis Cope 1869
Actinopteri - Batrachoidiformes - Batrachoididae
Opsanus sp. Rafinesque 1818
Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Clupeidae indet. Cuvier 1817
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Ariidae
Arius felis
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Ictaluridae
Ictaluridae indet. Gill 1861
"Ameiurus/Ictalurus"
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amia calva Linnaeus 1766
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843
Atractosteus spatula
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Pinellas
Coordinates: 27.8° North, 82.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:28.1° North, 80.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Local age/stage:Early/Lower Rancholabrean
Key time interval:Rancholabrean
Age range of interval:0.21000 - 0.01400 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Fort Thompson
Stratigraphy comments: said to be early Rancholabrean
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Taxonomic list comments:U-series date on shell of 200.6 +/- 9.1 ka; amino acid date on shell of 250 +/- 45 ka
text suggests that all terrestrial vertebrates are from this locality, but table is for "Oldsmar Local Fauna"
Metadata
Also known as:FK-9
Database number:20440
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:2000-05-19 00:00:00 Last modified:2009-09-28 20:27:57
Access level:the public Released:2000-05-19 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
2050. P. F. Karrow, G. S. Morgan, R. W. Portell, E. Simons, and K. Auffenberg. 1996. Middle Pleistocene (early Rancholabrean) vertebrates and associated marine and non-marine invertebrates from Oldsmar, Pinnellas County, Florida. In K. M. Stewart, K. L. Seymour (eds.), Palaeoecology and palaeoenvironments of late Cenozoic mammals: Tributes to the career of C.S. (Rufus) Churcher 97-133 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

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]