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Parachucla, Florida, USA

FormationParachucla
Member(s)Porters Landing
Age:30.8 - 24.8 Ma
Oligocene
IntervalGeringian - Monroecreekian
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences16

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Suwannee RiverHamilton County, Florida, USAParachucla - Porters Landing
White SpringsSuwannee County, Florida, USAParachucla
White Springs 1AColumbia County, Florida, USAParachucla - Porters Landing
UF Loc. HA-001 - White Springs [Porters Landing MbrHamilton County, Florida, USAParachucla - Porters Landing

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Parachucla - Porters Landing23.0 - 20.4 Ma
Miocene
sandstone44

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Concavus crassostricola
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Maxillopoda : Sessilia : Balanidae : Concavus : Concavus crassostricola23.03 - 20.44 Ma
Miocene
Camelidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae30.8 - 24.8 Ma
Oligocene
Gentilicamelus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae : Gentilicamelus28.1 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Nothokemas sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae : Nothokemas30.8 - 20.43 Ma
Cenozoic
Nothokemas waldropi
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae : Nothokemas : Nothokemas waldropi28.1 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Oxydactylus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae : Oxydactylus28.1 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Merycoidodontidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Merycoidodontidae30.8 - 24.8 Ma
Oligocene
Mesoreodon floridensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Merycoidodontidae : Mesoreodon : Mesoreodon floridensis28.1 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Carnivora
order
4Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora28.1 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Canidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae30.8 - 24.8 Ma
Oligocene
Chiroptera
order
4Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera28.1 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Vespertilionidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Vespertilionidae30.8 - 24.8 Ma
Oligocene
Insectivora
order
4Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Insectivora28.1 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Archaeolagus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Leporidae : Archaeolagus30.8 - 24.8 Ma
Oligocene
Megalagus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Leporidae : Megalagus28.1 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Herpetotherium sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Didelphimorphia : Didelphidae : Herpetotherium30.8 - 24.8 Ma
Oligocene
Soricidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Soricidae30.8 - 24.8 Ma
Oligocene
Anchippus texanus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Desmatippus : Anchippus texanus30.8 - 24.8 Ma
Oligocene
Diceratherium sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Rhinocerotidae : Diceratherium28.1 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Geomyoidea
superfamily
4.7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Geomyoidea30.8 - 24.8 Ma
Oligocene
Neatocastor sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Castoridae : Neatocastor30.8 - 24.8 Ma
Oligocene
Cricetidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae28.1 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Leidymys sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Leidymys30.8 - 24.8 Ma
Oligocene
Arikareeomys sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Eomyidae : Arikareeomys28.1 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Eomyidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Eomyidae30.8 - 24.8 Ma
Oligocene
Heliscomys sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Geomyidae : Heliscomys28.1 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Harrymys magnus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Heteromyidae : Harrymys : Harrymys magnus30.8 - 24.8 Ma
Oligocene
Heteromyidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Heteromyidae30.8 - 24.8 Ma
Oligocene
Proheteromys floridanus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Geomyidae : Proheteromys : Proheteromys floridanus30.8 - 24.8 Ma
Oligocene
Nototamias sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Sciuridae : Nototamias28.1 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Protosciurus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Sciuridae : Protosciurus28.1 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Sciuridae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Sciuridae30.8 - 24.8 Ma
Oligocene
Halitherium olseni
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Sirenia : Dugongidae : Halitherium : Halitherium olseni28.1 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Scolecophidia
infraorder
4.5Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Scolecophidia28.1 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Boidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Boidae28.1 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Pterygoboa sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Erycidae : Pterygoboa28.1 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Typhlopidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Typhlopidae28.1 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Kinosternoidea
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Kinosternoidea30.8 - 20.43 Ma
Cenozoic
Podocnemidae
unranked clade
99Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Podocnemidae30.8 - 20.43 Ma
Cenozoic

References

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Zullo V. A. (1992) Revision of the balanid barnacle genus Concavus Newman, 1982, with the description of a new subfamily, two new genera, and eight new species, The Paleontological Society Memoir 27, 1-46
Morgan G. S. (1993) Mammalian biochronology and marine-nonmarine correlations in the Neogene of Florida, Neogene of Florida and adjacent regions; proceedings of the Third Bald Head Island conference on Coastal plains geology. Special Publication, Florida Geological Survey 37, 55-66
Domning D. P. (1997) Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean Region. VI. Crenatosiren olseni (Reinhart, 1976), Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17 2, 397-412
Albright L. B. (1998) The Arikareean Land Mammal Age in Texas and Florida: Southern extension of Great Plains faunas and Gulf Coastal Plain, Geological Society of America Special Paper 325, 167-183
Hayes F. G. (2000) The Brooksville 2 local fauna (Arikareean, latest Oligocene) Hernando County, Florida, Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 43 1, 1-47
Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals
MacFadden B. J., Morgan G. S. (2003) New oreodont (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the late Oligocene (early Arikareean) of Florida, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 279, 368-396
Mead J. I., Schubert B. W. (2013) Extinct Pterygoboa (Boidae, Erycinae) from the latest Oligocene and early Miocene of Florida, Southeastern Naturalist 12 2, 427-438
Mead J. I. (2013) Scolecophidia (Serpentes) of the late Oligocene and early Miocene, North America, and a fossil history overview, Geobios 46, 225-231
Bourque J. R. (2016) Side-Necked Turtles (Testudines, Pleurodira) from the Ancient Gulf Coastal Plain of Florida During Middle Cenozoic Megathermals, Chelonian Conservation and Biology 15 1, 23-35
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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