Also known as Sanibel Island
Where: Lee County, Florida (26.4° N, 82.1° W: paleocoordinates 26.4° N, 82.1° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• 1900-2300 y.a.
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: P. J. Adam and G. G. Garcia. 2003. New information on the natural history, distribution, and skull size of the extinct (?) West Indian monk seal, Monachus tropicalis. Marine Mammal Science 19(2):297-317 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 100344: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.12.2010, edited by Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Monachus tropicalis" = Neomonachus tropicalis
"Monachus tropicalis" = Neomonachus tropicalis Gray 1850 Hawaiian monk seal | |
Reptilia | |
Gopherus polyphemus Daudin 1802 Florida gopher tortoise |