Where: Marion County, Florida (29.0° N, 82.3° W: paleocoordinates 29.4° N, 72.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Inglis Formation, Middle Eocene (48.6 - 37.2 Ma)
• Miocene fossils from the same site are in a sinkhole developed in the Inglis Fm.
Environment/lithology: limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: D. P. Domning, G. S. Morgan, and C. E. Ray. 1982. North American Eocene sea cows (Mammalia: Sirenia). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 52:1-69 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 49884: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.04.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Protosiren sp. Abel 1904 sirenian | |
Prorastomidae indet. Cope 1889 sirenian |