List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Hemigaleidae
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Hemipristis sp.
Agassiz 1835
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Teeth | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Sirenia
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Sirenia indet.
(Illiger 1811)
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Rib fragments | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Felsinotherium sp.
Capellini 1872
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synonym of Metaxytherium | ||||||||||
Last molar | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Gavialosuchus americanus
(Sellards 1915)
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synonym of Thecachampsa sericodon | ||||||||||
UF 3395 (plate) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Florida | County: | Alachua |
Coordinates: | 29.7° North, 82.4° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 29.9° North, 80.7° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Hawthorn | Formation: | Peace River | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: See Bryant et al. 1992 for revised ages of Hawthorn Group formations.
Peace River Formation in Florida was likely deposited between 11-4.3Ma. The lower sequence is Tortonian, deposited between 11-8.5Ma, and the upper sequence is Zanclean and deposited between 5.2-4.3Ma (Missimer, 1999) |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 144202 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2013-05-02 01:56:49 | Last modified: | 2022-04-28 04:44:18 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-05-02 01:56:49 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
46627. | W. Auffenberg. 1957. Notes on fossil crocodilians from Southeastern United States. Quarterly Journal of The Florida Academy of Sciences 20:107-113 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |