Santa Fe River 1B: Pleistocene, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Pseudemys sp. Gray 1856
GCVP 13114, one costal
Pseudemys nelsoni Carr 1938
GCVP 9990, 12805, two nuchal bones
Pseudemys concinna (Le Conte 1830)
GCVP 5187, one complete nuchal; GCVP 12806-12808, three partial nuchals.
Terrapene carolina (Linnaeus 1758)
GCVP 13116, carapace fragment.
Trachemys cf. platymarginata
Trachemys scripta complex cf. T. platymarginata. GCVP 12776, one nuchal bone. This SF1B nuchal exhibits several features characteristic of the extinct T. scripta complex species T. platymarginata, at least enough to suggest a strong affiliation with this taxon.
Trachemys informal sp. A Agassiz 1857
GCVP 12797-12800, four costals; GCVP 12801-12804, four posterior peripherals; GCVP 12796, bridge area peripheral; GCVP 12784, one pygal; GCVP 2786- 12795, 10 neurals; GCVP 12785, one epiplastron
cf. Trachemys informal sp. B Agassiz 1857
cf. Trachemys complex undescribed durophagous species. GCVP 12783, one dentary; GCVP 12781, 12782, two nuchals.
Trachemys cf. scripta (Schoepff 1792)
Trachemys scripta complex cf. T. scripta. GCVP 12957, 12777-12780, five nuchals.
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Hesperotestudo sp. (Williams 1950)
GCVP 12814, 12956, two nuchals; GCVP 12809, one entoplastron; GCVP 12810, one peripheral; GCVP 9950, 9962, 9965, three carapacial fragments; GCVP 9947, 9963, 12811, 12812, four plastral fragments.
Gopherus aff. polyphemus (Daudin 1802)
GCVP 12855, 12856, two partial nuchal bones.
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Apalone sp. Rafinesque 1832
GCVP 9993, one partial right hypoplastron; GCVP 7380, 9991, 9997,10226, 12819-12823, nine costals; GCVP 9992, one neural; GCVP 12815-12818, four plastral fragments; 40 shell fragments; GCVP 5967, 7368-7379, 7381-7384, 9994-9996, 9998, 10217, 10225, 10227-10233, 12824-12833; GCVP 16011, one left scapula.
Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternoidea
Kinosternon sp. von Spix 1824
GCVP 8834, 9987, 10248, 12813, 12854, five nuchals.
Sternotherus sp. Gray 1825
GVCP 9985, 9986, 10101, 10102, 10247, 10249-10258, 11587, 12421, 12449, 12834-12853, forty-one nuchals.
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydridae indet. (Swainson 1839)
Macrochelys sp. indet. or Chelydra sp. indet. GCVP 12495, one right humerus; GCVP 13115, one right hyoplastron; GCVP 16010, one right scapula; GCVP 9966, 9968, 9969, 9981, 12494, five peripherals.
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoroides sp. Foster 1838
Martin 1969 1 specimen
UF 11871
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Gilchrist
Coordinates: 29.8° North, 82.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.9° North, 82.5° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: early Pleistocene
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:SF1B
Database number:206227
Authorizer:G. Benevento, M. Carrano Enterer:G. Benevento, M. Carrano
Modifier:G. Benevento
Created:2019-11-04 15:27:53 Last modified:2019-11-04 16:49:26
Access level:the public Released:2019-11-04 15:27:53
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
70774. D. Parmley, R. Chandler, and L. Chandler. 2019. Turtles of the early Pleistocene Santa Fe River 1B locality. Georgia Journal of Science 77(2):1-19 [G. Benevento/G. Benevento]

Secondary references:

71777 R. A. Martin. 1969. Taxonomy of the giant Pleistocene beaver Castoroides from Florida. Journal of Paleontology 43(4):1033-1041 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]