Sebastian Canal (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Brevard County, Florida (28.1° N, 80.5° W: paleocoordinates 28.1° N, 80.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: S. D. Emslie. 1995. The fossil record of Arctodus pristinus (Ursidae: Tremarctinae) in Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 37(15):501-514 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/R. Hulbert]more details

PaleoDB collection 20524: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Arctodus pristinus Leidy 1854 bear
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Gopherus polyphemus Daudin 1802 Florida gopher tortoise
is represented by one peripheral (UF 12989).