Sommer's Pit ( of the United States)
Where: Collier County, Florida (26.1° N, 81.5° W: paleocoordinates 26.2° N, 80.9° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)
• said to be late Blancan
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: M. E. Ahearn and J. F. Lance. 1980. A new species of Neochoerus (Rodentia: Hydrochoeridae) from the Blancan (Late Pliocene) of North America. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 93(2):435-442 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
PaleoDB collection 19763: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002
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"Neochoerus dichroplax" = Phugatherium dichroplax
"Neochoerus dichroplax" = Phugatherium dichroplax Ahearn and Lance 1980 caviomorph said by Mones 1991 to be from Sarasota Co.
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