THE FOSSIL VERTEBRATES OF FLORIDA, edited by Richard C. Hulbert, Jr. University Press of Florida, February, 2001. Hardbound; 384 pages; 341 drawings and black and white photographs; glossary; index; and references. ISBN 0-8130-1822-6, $39.95.

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• Purpose and Scope
• Authorship
• Additions and Corrections to the Checklist
• Other Additions and Corrections

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

Between the late 1960s and early 1980s, first the Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH) and later the Florida Paleontological Society (FPS) published a series of pamphlets called The Plaster Jacket. Altogether more than 45 were published. Most were short reviews of the fossil record from Florida of a particular group of vertebrates, such as snakes or birds, written at a semi-technical level. They were primarily authored by FLMNH curators, staff, and students. By the late 1980s, most issues of The Plaster Jacket were out of print and had been out-dated by subsequent discoveries. The FPS hired Hulbert to compile all the original Plaster Jackets dealing with vertebrate paleontology in Florida into a single, cohesive work, to rewrite out-dated sections, to fill in the gaps of systematic coverage, and to add improved illustrations of fossils. Originally the FPS intended to publish the book themselves. In the late 1990s, following the success of Randazzo and Jones’ The Geology of Florida, the University Press of Florida agreed to publish the work.

The primary purpose of the book is to serve as a general, comprehensive reference on the subject of vertebrate paleontology in Florida, one that is written at a level for a general audience but which is at the same time scientifically accurate and contains references to the primary scientific literature. Among the intended audiences of the book are students, avocational and professional paleontologists, educators, geologists, biologists, and scientific journalists.

AUTHORSHIP

Although all chapters in the book were at the very least substantially revised by Hulbert, many were based on the original Plaster Jackets by other authors who deserve partial credit for their work. An editorial decision was made not to list the authorship of individual chapters in the book; instead authorship of the original Plaster Jackets is listed in the front matter. Below are the authors for each chapter. For those with more than two authors, I have listed them by their relative contribution.

Chapter 1. R. C. Hulbert

Chapter 2. R. C. Hulbert

Chapter 3. R. C. Hulbert

Chapter 4. R. C. Hulbert, N. Tessman, E. S. Wing, and C. Swift

Chapter 5. P. A. Meylan, W. A. Auffenberg, and R. C. Hulbert

Chapter 6. P. A. Meylan, W. A. Auffenberg, and R. C. Hulbert

Chapter 7. P. A. Meylan, W. A. Auffenberg, and R. C. Hulbert

Chapter 8. R. C. Hulbert and J. J. Becker

Chapter 9. R. C. Hulbert

Chapter 10. R. C. Hulbert and S. D. Webb

Chapter 11. R. C. Hulbert, A. Berta, J. A. Baskin, C. E. Ray, and N. Tessman

Chapter 12. R. C. Hulbert and R. A. Martin

Chapter 13. R. C. Hulbert and S. D. Webb

Chapter 14. R. C. Hulbert, B. J. MacFadden, and J. Waldrop

Chapter 15. R. C. Hulbert and S. D. Webb

Chapter 16. R. C. Hulbert, R. H. Reinhart, G. S. Morgan, and A. E. Pratt

Chapter 17. R. C. Hulbert, G. S. Morgan, and A. E. Pratt

ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO THE CHECKLIST

Chapter 3 of the book contains a checklist with all recognized valid fossil species of vertebrates known from Florida. It is an up-dated version of one compiled by Hulbert and published in 1992 by the FPS. The new checklist is current through works that were published and seen by Hulbert before July, 2000. As new studies are published and changes or additions to the list are required, they will be shown here. Each new or modified listing is footnoted to a reference or explanation which will follow the corrections and additions. Eventually a revised checklist will be available on-line.

Additions:

to p. 41, Family SIRENIDAE: new genus and sp. ………………..………………lOLIG³

to p. 43, Family TRIONYCHIDAE: genus and sp. indet. ……….......…………….EOC⁹

to p. 43, Family EMYDIDAE: genus and sp. indet. ……………................……….EOC⁹

to p. 44, Family HELODERMATIDAE: genus and sp. indet. …………………….lOLIG³

to p. 45, Family PALAEOPHIDAE: Palaeophis sp. …………...................………….EOC⁹

to p. 45, Superfamily BOOIDEA, Family indet.: Conantophis alachuaensis ……eOLIG⁴

to p. 45, Family BOIDAE, Subfamily indet.: Totlandophis americanus ……...…eOLIG⁵

to p. 45, Subfamily ERYCINAE: Calamagras platyspondyla …………….….…eOLIG⁵

to p. 45, Subfamily ERYCINAE: Geringophis robustus …………………..….…eOLIG⁵

to p. 45, Subfamily ERYCINAE: Calamagras 2-3 spp. ……………………….…lOLIG³

to p. 45, Subfamily ERYCINAE: Ogmophis sp. ……………………………….…lOLIG³

to p. 45, Subfamily ERYCINAE: Geringophis sp. …………………………….…eOLIG-lOLIG^3,5

to p. 45, Superfamily COLUBROIDEA, Family indet.: genus and sp. indet. ……eOLIG⁵

to p. 46, Family GAVIIDAE: Gavia fortis ….………………………………….…vePLIO⁸

to p. 47, Family DIOMEDEIDAE: Phoebastria albatrus ….………………….…?vePLIO⁸

to p. 50, Order GALLIFORMES: Family indet., genus and sp. indet. ……..……..lOLIG³

to p. 52, Order CUCULIFORMES: Family CUCULIDAE: Thomasococcyx philohippus ….….…leMIO¹⁴

to p. 52, Order CUCULIFORMES: Family CUCULIDAE: genus and sp. indet. ….………………leMIO¹⁴

to p. 55, Family DIDELPHIDAE: Herpetotherium fugax ….…………………….…lOLIG¹⁹

to p. 55, Family DIDELPHIDAE: Herpetotherium sp. ….…………………….…lOLIG¹⁹

to p. 56, Subfamily PALAEOLAGINAE: Megalagus abaconis ……………….…lOLIG³

to p. 57, Tribe TAMINI: Nototamius sp. …………………………….……………vlOLIG¹³

to p. 57, Family CASTORIDAE: Subfamily AGNOTOCASTORINAE, Agnotocastor sp. …lOLIG³

to p. 57, Tribe PEROMYSCINI: Reithrodontomys wetmorei ……….……………vlPLIO⁶

to p. 58, Tribe PEROMYSCINI: Baiomys sp. ……………………….……………vlPLIO⁶

to p. 58, Tribe PEROMYSCINI: Peromyscus sarmocophinus ……………………vlPLIO⁶

to p. 58, Family GEOMYIDAE: Subfamily HELISCOMYINAE, Heliscomys sp. …vlOLIG¹³

to p. 59, Subfamily HESPEROCYONINAE: Enhydrocyon pahinsintewakpa ……?lOLIG³

to p. 59, Subfamily HESPEROCYONINAE: Osbornodon wangi ………………..lOLIG³

to p. 59, Subfamily BOROPHAGINAE: Phlaocyon taylori ………………………lOLIG³

to p. 59, Subfamily BOROPHAGINAE: Phlaocyon sp. …………………………?leMIO³

to p. 59, Tribe VULPINI: Vulpes stenognathus ……………………….……………vePLIO²³

to p. 60, Family HEMICYONIDAE: Plithocyon sp. …………………………?elMIO²⁰

to p. 61, Suborder OLIGOBUNINAE: Zodiolestes freundi……..……..veMIO¹⁶

to p. 61, Family PROCYONIDAE: Procyon sp. …………………………?vePLIO²³

to p. 61, Subfamily FELIFORMIA, Family indet.: Palaeogale minuta ……..……..lOLIG-veMIO³

to p. 62, Family ERINACEIDAE: Parvericius montanus …………………………lOLIG-veMIO³

to p. 62, Superfamily SORICOIDEA: Family GEOLABIDIDAE, Centetodon magnus …lOLIG-veMIO³

to p. 63, Family VESPERTILIONIDAE: Karstala silva ..………………….…….leMIO¹

to p. 64, Subfamily PHENACOCOELINAE: genus and sp. indet. …………………lOLIG³

to p. 64, Tribe LAMINI: Pleiolama vera.........................................………………vlMIO-vePLIO²³

to p. 67, Subfamily EQUINAE: Anchippus texanus ………………………………vlOLIG¹³

to p. 70, Subfamily DUGONGINAE: Nanosiren garciae ………………………………vePLIO²²

on p. 36, Family HEXANCHIDAE, replace Notorynchus primigenius with Notorynchus cepedianus⁷

on p. 36, Family CARCHARHINIDAE, replace Galeocerdo aduncus with Galeocerdo sp.⁷

on p. 41, Family SALAMANDRIDAE, change range of Notophthalmus sp. to lOLIG-lPLEIST³

on p. 41, Family PELIOBATIDAE, change range of Scaphiopus holbrooki to ?eMIO,vlPLIO-lPLEIST¹⁷

on p. 42, Family BUFONIDAE, replace Bufo n. sp. with Bufo defensor¹⁷

on p. 42, Family HYLIDAE, change range of Hyla cinerea to vlPLIO-lPLEIST¹⁷

on p. 42, Family MICROHYLIDAE, change range of Gastrophryne carolinensis to ?leMIO,vlPLIO-lPLEIST¹⁷

to p. 42, Family RANIDAE: replace Rana areolata with Rana capito and change its range to vlPLIO-lPLEIST^{17, 18}

on p. 42, Family RANIDAE, change range of Rana catesbeiana to ?lMIO,vlPLIO-lPLEIST¹⁷

on p. 44, Family ANGUIDAE, change range of genus and sp. indet. to lOLIG-eMIO³

on p. 45, Subfamily ERYCINAE, delete line with genera and spp. indet. (3-4 spp)⁵

on p. 46, Family GAVIIDAE, delete line with Gavia palaeodytes⁸

on p. 47, Family DIOMEDEIDAE, replace Diomedea anglica with Phoebastria anglica⁸

on p. 47, Family PELICANIDAE, replace Pelicanus sp. with Pelicanus schreiberi⁸

on p. 49, Family ACCIPITRIDAE, delete line with Aquila n. sp. and replace with two lines:
Aquila sp. ……..…vePLIO,ePLIO and Aquila bivia …..…….vlPLIO²

on p. 49, Family ACCIPITRIDAE, replace Amplibuteo n. sp.A with Amplibuteo concordatus²

on p. 52, Family ALCIDAE, replace Australca grandis with Alca antiqua⁸

on p. 52, Family COLUMBIDAE, replace Columbina prattae with Arenicolumba prattae¹⁴

on p. 55, Family DIDELPHIDAE, replace genus and sp. indet. with Herpetotherium cf. merriami¹⁹

on p. 56, Subfamily PALAEOLAGINAE, replace Palaeolagus sp. with Megalagus sp. and change its range to vlOLIG¹³

on p. 57, Tribe SCIURINI, change range of Protosciurus sp. to vlOLIG¹³

on p. 57, Tribe SCIURINI, change range of Sciurus sp. to vlPLIO-ePLEIST⁶

on p. 57, Subfamily CASTOROIDINAE, replace genus and sp. indet. with Neatocastor sp. and change its range to ?vlOLIG¹³

on p. 57, Subfamily PARACRICETODONTINAE, change range of Leidymys sp. to vlOLIG¹³

on p. 58, Family EOMYIDAE, replace new genus and sp.A with Arikareeomys sp.¹³

on p. 58, Tribe PEROMYSCINI, change range of Peromyscus polionotus to vlPLIO, lPLEIST⁶

on p. 57, Tribe LEMMINI, replace Synaptomys n. sp. with Synaptomys morgani¹¹

on p. 59, Tribe VULPINI, change range of Vulpes sp. to lPLEIST²³

on p. 59, Tribe VULPINI, change range of Urocyon sp. to vlPLIO-ePLEIST⁶

on p. 60, Tribe CANINI, delete question mark indicating provision identification of Eucyon davisi²³

on p. 60, Subfamily AMPHICYONINAE, delete line with Ischyrocyon gidleyi; this record is now regarding as being the hemicyonid Plithocyon²⁰

on p. 61, Tribe LUTRINI, change range of Lutra canadensis to vlPLIO-lPLEIST⁶

on p. 61, Subfamily MEPHITINAE, change range of Spilogale putorius to vlPLIO-lPLEIST⁶

on p. 61, Subfamily LEPTARCTINAE, replace Leptarctus n. sp. with Leptarctus webbi²⁰

on p. 62, Tribe SMILODONTINI, replace Megantereon hesperus with gen. and sp. indet.²³

on p. 62, Family ERINACEIDAE, delete line with Amphechinus sp.³

on p. 62, Subfamily SORICINAE, change range of Blarina brevicauda to vlPLIO -lPLEIST⁶

on p. 63, Tribe MYOTINI, change range of Myotis austroriparius to ?vlPLIO,ePLEIST-lPLEIST⁶

on p. 64, Subfamily AEPYCAMELINAE, change range of Nothokemas waldropi to lOLIG-veMIO³

on p. 64, Tribe LAMINI, replace Hemiauchenia n. sp. with Hemiauchenia edensis²³

on p. 65, Tribe LAMINI, replace Hemiauchenia n. sp. (dwarf form) with Hemiauchenia gracilis²¹

on p. 65, Tribe LAMINI, replace Megatylopus sp. with Megatylopus gigas²³

on p. 65, Family PROTOCERATIDAE, change range of Prosynthetoceras texanus to leMIO-emMIO¹²

on p. 65, Family HYPERTRAGULIDAE, change range of Nanotragulus loomisi to lOLIG-veMIO³

on p. 65, Family GELOCIDAE, change Pseudoceras sp. to Pseudoceras skinneri²⁴

on p. 65, Family GELOCIDAE, change new genus and sp. to Floridameryx floridanus and change its range to vlMIO-vePLIO²⁴

on p. 67, Subfamily EQUINAE, replace Archaeohippus n. sp. with Archaeohippus mannulus¹⁰

on p. 69, Family TAPIRIDAE, replace Tapirus simpsoni with Tapirus webbi¹⁵

on p. 69, Family MAMMUTIDAE, replace Mammut sellardsi with Mammut matthewi²³

on p. 69, Subfamily RHYNCHOTHERIIDAE, replace Rhynchotherium simpsoni with Rhynchotherium edense²³

on p. 70, Subfamily DUGONGINAE, replace Undescribed small dugongid with Nanosiren sp.²²