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Suwannee County, Florida paleontological sites

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Suwannee County, Florida paleontological sites

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

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Age

Era: Neogene
Period: Early Miocene
Faunal stage: Arikareean (30.8—20.6 Ma.), calculates to a period of approximately 1.2 million years.

Sites

S1BA site aka Live Oak site. AEO: ~21.8—21.7 Mya., approximately 0.1 million years
Coordinates: 30.3°N 83.0°W / 30.3; -83.0

Mammals

  • Anchitheriinae (horse)
  • Arikarictis chapini (mustelid)
  • Daphoenodon (bear-dog)
  • Leptocyon (canine)
  • Eomyidae (gopher)
  • Geomyoidea (pocket gopher)
  • Herpetotherium (pygmy opossum)
  • Harrymys magnus
  • Mammacyon obtusidens (bear-dog)
  • Megalictis frazieri (mustelid)
  • Nothokemas waldropi (camel)
  • Palaeogale minuta (cat-like carnivore)
  • Phlaocyon leucosteus
  • Protosciurus (tree squirrel)
  • Vespertilionidae (bat)
  • References

    Suwannee County, Florida paleontological sites Wikipedia


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