PBDB Collection

Williston IIIA (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Levy County, Florida (29.4° N, 82.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: S. D. Webb. 1974. Chronology of Florida Pleistocene mammals. In S. D. Webb (ed.), Pleistocene Mammals of Florida 5-31 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 20650: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995, edited by Jason Head

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Taxonomic list

• Sangamonian

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Amphibia
Caudata - Urodela	Plethodon glutinosus², "Ambystoma sp." = Amblystoma² Plethodon glutinosus² Green 1818 northern slimy salamander "Ambystoma sp." = Amblystoma² Tschudi 1838 mole salamander
Salientia - Pelobatidae	"Scaphiopus holbrooki" = Scaphiopus (Scaphiopus) holbrooki² "Scaphiopus holbrooki" = Scaphiopus (Scaphiopus) holbrooki² Harlan 1835 Eastern spadefoot toad
Salientia - Hylidae	Hyla femoralis², Hyla sp.² Hyla femoralis² tree frog Hyla sp.² Laurenti 1768 tree frog
Salientia - Ranidae	Rana sp.² Rana sp.² Linnaeus 1758 frog
Salientia - Microhylidae	"Microhyla carolinensis" = Gastrophryne carolinensis² "Microhyla carolinensis" = Gastrophryne carolinensis² Holbrook 1835 Eastern narrowmouth toad
Mammalia
Cingulata - Dasypodidae	Dasypus bellus Dasypus bellus Simpson 1929 beautiful armadillo
Soricomorpha - Talpidae	Scalopus aquaticus Scalopus aquaticus Linnaeus 1758 eastern mole
Soricomorpha - Soricidae	Cryptotis parva, Blarina carolinensis³ Cryptotis parva Say 1823 North American least shrew Blarina carolinensis³ Bachman 1837 southern short-tailed shrew
Carnivora - Mephitidae	Conepatus leuconotus Conepatus leuconotus Lichtenstein 1832 eastern hog-nosed skunk
Carnivora - Ursidae	Tremarctos floridanus Tremarctos floridanus Gidley 1928 Florida cave bear
Carnivora - Felidae	Lynx rufus¹ Lynx rufus¹ Schreber 1777 bobcat
Perissodactyla - Tapiridae	"Tapirus veroensis" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis "Tapirus veroensis" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis Sellards 1918 tapir
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Equus sp. Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae	Mylohyus sp. Mylohyus sp. Cope 1869 peccary
Artiodactyla - Cervidae	Odocoileus virginianus Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Neotoma floridana, Sigmodon bakeri, "Pitymys hibbardi" = Microtus hibbardi, Oryzomys palustris, Peromyscus sp. Neotoma floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat Sigmodon bakeri Martin 1974 cotton rat "Pitymys hibbardi" = Microtus hibbardi Holman 1959 vole Oryzomys palustris Harlan 1837 marsh rice rat Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse
Rodentia - Geomyidae	Geomys pinetis Geomys pinetis Rafinesque 1817 southeastern pocket gopher described by Wilkins 1984
Rodentia - Sciuridae	Sciurus carolinensis Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin 1788 eastern gray squirrel
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Sylvilagus palustris, Sylvilagus floridanus Sylvilagus palustris Bachman 1837 marsh rabbit Sylvilagus floridanus Allen 1890 eastern cottontail
Reptilia
Squamata - Elapidae	Micrurus fulvius² Micrurus fulvius² coral snake
Squamata - Crotalidae	Sistrurus miliarius², Agkistrodon piscivorus², Crotalus adamanteus² Sistrurus miliarius² pigmy rattlesnake Agkistrodon piscivorus² cottonmouth Crotalus adamanteus² Palisot de Beauvois 1799 eastern diamondback rattlesnake
Squamata - Colubridae	Rhadinaea flavilata², Thamnophis sp.², Thamnophis (cf. Thamnophis) sirtalis², Elaphe sp.², Coluber constrictor², Masticophis flagellum², Pituophis melanoleucus², Diadophis punctatus², Heterodon platyrhinos², Heterodon simus², Drymarchon corias² Rhadinaea flavilata² colubrid snake Thamnophis sp.² Fitzinger 1843 garter snake Thamnophis (cf. Thamnophis) sirtalis² Linnaeus garter snake Elaphe sp.² Wagler 1833 colubrid snake Coluber constrictor² Linnaeus 1758 black racer Masticophis flagellum² whip snake Pituophis melanoleucus² Daudin 1803 pine snake Diadophis punctatus² Linnaeus ringneck snake Heterodon platyrhinos² Latreille 1801 eastern hognosed snake Heterodon simus² Linnaeus 1766 southern hognose snake Drymarchon corias² colubrid snake
Squamata - Rhineuridae	Rhineura floridana² Rhineura floridana² Baird 1858 North American worm lizard
Squamata - Polychrotidae	Anolis carolinensis² Anolis carolinensis² Voight 1832 green anole
Squamata - Scincidae	Eumeces (cf. Eumeces) inexpectatus² Eumeces (cf. Eumeces) inexpectatus² skink
Squamata - Anguidae	Ophisaurus ventralis² Ophisaurus ventralis² Linnaeus 1766 eastern glass lizard
Testudines - Trionychidae	Apalone ferox² Apalone ferox² Schneider 1783 Florida softshell turtle
Testudines - Emydidae	Pseudemys floridana², Terrapene carolina² Pseudemys floridana² Le Conte 1830 peninsula cooter Terrapene carolina² Linnaeus 1758 common box turtle
Testudines - Testudinidae	Testudo sp.², Gopherus polyphemus² Testudo sp.² Linnaeus 1758 turtle Gopherus polyphemus² Daudin 1802 Florida gopher tortoise
Crocodylia - Alligatoridae	Alligator mississipiensis² Alligator mississipiensis² alligator

¹Alroy 2002; ²Holman 1959; ³Jones et al. 1984