Tucker Borrow Pit: Irvingtonian, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax auritus (Lesson 1831)
Reptilia - Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
cf. Ardea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anas sp. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Falconiformes
Falconiformes indet. Sharpe 1874
Reptilia
Alligator mississippiensis (Daudin 1801)
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Hesperotestudo mlynarsii
Hesperotestudo crassiscutata (Leidy 1889)
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Terrapene carolina (Linnaeus 1758)
subspecies putnami
Trachemys scripta (Schoepff 1792)
Pseudemys sp. Gray 1856
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydridae indet. Swainson 1839
Reptilia - Testudines
Kinosternidae indet. (Hay 1892)
spelled with current rank as Kinosternoidea
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Apalone ferox (Schneider 1783)
recombined as Platypeltis ferox
Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Viperidae
Viperidae indet. Oppel 1811
Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Dasypus bellus (Simpson 1929)
Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Holmesina floridanus (Robertson 1976)
originally entered as "Holmesina floridana"
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Paramylodon harlani (Owen 1840)
Mammalia - Megatheriidae
Eremotherium sp. Spillmann 1948
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus cf. hayi (Barbour 1915)
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut americanum (Kerr 1792)
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Cuvieronius tropicus (Cope 1884)
Mammalia - Sirenia - Sirenia
Sirenia indet. Illiger 1811
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus haysii Leidy 1860
recombined as Tapirus (Helicotapirus) haysii
Mammalia - Camelidae
Palaeolama mirifica (Simpson 1929)
Hemiauchenia macrocephala (Cope 1893)
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenopteridae indet. Gray 1864
probably derived from underlying Nashua Formation
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann 1780)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoroides sp. Foster 1838
Castoroides dilophidus (Martin 1969)
Hulbert et al. 2014
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Siren sp. Linnaeus 1766
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Atractosteus spatula
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amia calva Linnaeus 1766
Actinopteri - Scorpaeniformes - Triglidae
Prionotus sp. Lacépède 1802
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Sparidae
Archosargus probatocephalus (Walbaum 1792)
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae
Diodontidae indet.
Actinopteri - Acanthuriformes - Sciaenidae
Pogonias cromis Cope 1869
Actinopteri - Centrarchiformes - Centrarchidae
Lepomis microlophus Lee 1980
Actinopteri - Mugiliformes - Mugilidae
Mugil sp. Linnaeus 1758
Actinopteri - Siluriformes
Siluriformes indet.
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Negaprion brevirostris Poey 1868
Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes 1839)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Odontaspis taurus (Rafinesque 1810)
original and current combination Carcharias taurus
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis sp. Linck 1790
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Brevard
Coordinates: 27.8° North, 80.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:27.9° North, 80.6° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Irvingtonian
Age range of interval:1.80000 - 0.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local bed:2A
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphy comments: undifferentiated later between the Nashua Formation and Fort Thompson Formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,green unlithified sandy claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: grayish-green clayey sand-bone layer
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,surface (in situ),sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:FLMNH BR011, BR004, BR005, BR006
Database number:58089
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-01-17 10:31:34 Last modified:2006-01-17 12:31:34
Access level:the public Released:2006-01-17 10:31:33
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

15601. G. S. Morgan and R. W. Portell. 1996. The Tucker Borrow Pit: Paleontology and Stratigraphy of a Plio-Pleistocene fossil site in Brevard County, Florida. Papers in Florida Paleontology 7:1-22 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

74663 R. C. Hulbert, A. Kerner, and G. S. Morgan. 2014. Taxonomy of the Pleistocene giant beaver Castoroides (Rodentia: Castoridae) from the southeastern United States. 53(2):26-43 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]