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