Oldsmar Pit 2 (Pleistocene): Rancholabrean, Florida
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus sp.
Brookes 1828
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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
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Taxonomic list comments:fauna is mostly "fish"; not clear if any other terrestrial vertebrates are present U-series date on shell of 78.3 +/- 7 ka |
Metadata
| Also known as: | FK-28 | ||
| Database number: | 20441 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-05-15 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] |