Mayfair: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Georgia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Scianops ocellata
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Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Anas americana
Gmelin 1789
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| recombined as Mareca americana | ||||||||||
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Cygnus columbianus
(Ord 1815)
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Reptilia
- Phasianidae
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Meleagris gallopavo
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
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Alligator mississippiensis
(Daudin 1801)
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Reptilia
- Serpentes
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Serpentes indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Kinosternidae indet.
(Hay 1892)
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Deirochelys reticularia
Latreille 1801
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Trachemys scripta
(Schoepff 1792)
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Terrapene carolina
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Hesperotestudo incisa
(Hay 1916)
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| synonym of Hesperotestudo turgida | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Apalone ferox
(Schneider 1783)
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| recombined as Platypeltis ferox | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Kinosternoidea
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Sternotherus sp.
Gray 1825
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Kinosternon sp.
von Spix 1824
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelydridae
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Chelydra serpentina
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Pampatheriidae
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Holmesina septentrionalis
(Leidy 1889)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Dasypodidae
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Dasypus bellus
(Simpson 1929)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus columbi
(Falconer 1857)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mammut americanum
(Kerr 1792)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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Procyon lotor
(Linnaeus 1758)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus veroensis
Sellards 1918
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Palaeolama mirifica
(Simpson 1929)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Odocoileus virginianus
(Zimmermann 1780)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Sylvilagus sp.
Gray 1867
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Caviidae
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Neochoerus cf. pinckneyi
(Hay 1926)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor canadensis
Kuhl 1820
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Scorpaeniformes
- Triglidae
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Prionotus sp.
Lacépède 1802
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Actinopteri
- Aulopiformes
- Synodontidae
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Synodus sp.
Scopoli 1777
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Actinopteri
- Acanthuriformes
- Sciaenidae
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Pogonias cromis
Cope 1869
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Actinopteri
- Scombriformes
- Scombridae
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cf. Scombridae indet.
(Rafinesque 1815)
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Aetobatidae
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Aetobatus narinari
(Euphrasen 1790)
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Myliobatidae indet.
Bonaparte 1838
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Galeocerdidae
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Galeocerdo cuvier
Peron and LeSueur 1822
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Negaprion brevirostris
Poey 1868
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Carcharhinus sp.
de Blainville 1816
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Carcharhinus obscurus
(Le Sueur 1818)
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| "or possibly Carcharhinus acronotus" | ||||||||||
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Carcharhinus leucas
(Valenciennes 1839)
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Rhizoprionodon terraenovae
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Carchariidae
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Carcharias taurus
Rafinesque 1810
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula fornicata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices duplicatus
(Say 1822)
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| recombined as Neverita duplicatus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Melongena corona
(Gmelin 1791)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebra dislocata
(Say 1822)
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| recombined as Strioterebrum dislocatum | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva sayana
Ravenel 1834
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| recombined as Oliva (Ispidula) sayana | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Donacidae
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Donax variabilis
Say 1822
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| recombined as Serrula variabilis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Mulinia lateralis
(Say 1822)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Georgia | County: | Chatham |
| Coordinates: | 32.0° North, 81.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.0° North, 81.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | *Epoch: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | *Local age/stage: | Sangamonian |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | Zone: | oxygen isotope stage 5 |
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: no details given |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
| Glacial or sequence phase: | interglacial |
| Geology comments: no details given | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Collection size: | 30 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Material was donated to the Georgia Southern Museum by an amateur collector, and site was not visited by the authors | |
| Taxonomic list comments:NISP 30 | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 20613 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate,vertebrate |
| Created: | 1998-09-21 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2007-09-18 13:14:55 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1998-09-21 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1962. | R. C. Hulbert, Jr. and A. E. Pratt. 1998. Pleistocene (Rancholabrean) vertebrate faunas from coastal Georgia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(2):412-429 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |