Bradenton, Piacenzian (Pliocene of the United States)

Where: Manatee County, Florida (27.5° N, 82.5° W: paleocoordinates 27.6° N, 81.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tamiami Formation, Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• Tamiami or Pinecrest Formation

Environment/lithology: coastal

Primary reference: N. Kohno and C. E. Ray. 2008. Pliocene walruses from the Yorktown Formation of Virginia and North Carolina, and a systematic revision of the North Atlantic Pliocene walruses. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication 14:39-80 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 77601: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 15.01.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• 1 mi S of business district, 100 yd E of Tamiami Trail
Sangamonian
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
Ontocetus emmonsi Leidy 1859 walrus