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Gadsden County, Florida paleontological sites

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Gadsden County, Florida paleontological sites

The Gadsden County paleontological sites are assemblages of Early Miocene invertebrates and vertebrates occurring in Gadsden County, Florida, United States.

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Age

Era: Neogene
Period: Early Miocene
Faunal stage: Hemingfordian ~20.6—16.3 Mya, calculates to a period of approximately 4.3 million years
Geologic formation: Torreya Formation

Sites

Gadsden County paleontological sites are represented by the following:
La Camelia Site. Time period: 17.7 Mya. (AEO)
Midway Site. Time period: ~18.9—18.8 Mya.
Milwhite Gunn Farm Site. Time period: ~17.0 Mya. (AEO)
Quincy Site. Time period: ~17.0 Mya. (AEO)
Coordinates: 30.5°N 84.5°W / 30.5; -84.5

Genus and species identified

La Camelia site = LCS. Midway site. = MIS. Milwhite Gunn Farfm Site. Marks River site = MGFD. Quincy site = QUI.

Reptiles and amphibians

  • Batrachosauroides B. dissimulans (amphibian) MGFD
  • Colubrinae (snake) MGFD
  • Natricinae (snake) MGFD
  • Scincidae (skink) MGFD
  • Cnemidophorus (racerunner lizard).MGFD.
  • Heloderma (Gila monster type poisonous lizard) LCS
  • Leiocephalus (lizard) MGFD

    • Carnivores

  • Amphicyon pontoni (bear-dog) MIS
  • Borophaginae (proto-dog) MIS
  • Procyon (raccoon) MIS

    • Herbivores

  • Acritohippus isonesus (horse) LCS
  • Anchitherium clarencei MIS
  • Aphelops (rhinoceros) LCS, MIS, MGFD
  • Archaeohippus blackbergi
  • Blastomeryx (musk deer) MIS
  • Bouromeryx americanus (deer-like) LCS
  • Harrymys magnus (kangaroo rat) MIS
  • Lantanotherium (gymnure) MGFD
  • Copemys (hamster-like rodents) MGFD
  • Metaxytherium crataegense (sea cow) LCS, MGFD
  • Merychippus gunteri (horse) LCS, MGFD, QUI
  • Merychippus primus (horse) LCS, MGFD
  • Mylagaulus (horned rodent) MIS, MGFD
  • Nanosiren (sea cow) MIS
  • Merycoidodontidae (oreodont) MIS
  • Perognathus minutus (mouse) MGFD
  • Proheteromys floridanus (kangaroo rat) MIS, MGFD
  • Prosynthetoceras texanus (deer-like) MIS
  • Prosthennops xiphodonticus (deer-like). LCS
  • Rakomeryx (deer-like) LCS

    • References

    Gadsden County, Florida paleontological sites Wikipedia
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