Melbourne University of Florida Vertebrate Fossil Locality – BR002 Location Western part of the city of Melbourne
Excavation History and Methods Fossils in the Melbourne
Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants (Melbourne
Indian River Lagoon, on Florida’s east coast, has historically served as habitat for an abundance of marine life. But human pressures have changed all that, and Florida Museum researchers now…
find at the next survey spot, 10 miles north near Melbourne
Tremarctos floridanus Quick Facts Common Name: Florida spectacled bear Much more common as a fossil in Florida than the living black bear. Thought to be primarily a herbivore like the living South …
The type locality is the Golf Course locality in Melbourne
Ciconia maltha Quick Facts Common Names: Asphalt stork or La Brea stork A relatively large species of Ciconia, with a height of over 4 feet (1.5 m) and a wingspan up to 9 feet (3 m) across. While m…
maltha: Full list of fossil sites Brevard County—Melbourne
Florida has one of the richest fossil records, both invertebrate and vertebrate (and to a much lesser degree botanical), of any place in the World. With such a wealth of paleontological resources a…
Florida Shell Clubs Astronaut Trail Shell Club, Melbourne
Over 750 different locations in Florida have produced fossils of vertebrate animals. Florida has the richest fossil record of vertebrate animals of the eastern United States. These webpages are des…
Miocene Epoch McGehee Farm Alachua Late Miocene Epoch Melbourne
Alligator mississippiensis Quick Facts Common Name: American alligator The American alligator is an incredibly adaptable crocodylian, has lived for millions of years with little morphologic change,…
Pareners Branch; Wall Company Pit Brevard County—Melbourne
Over the past few years, the Florida Museum of Natural History research on local birds has taken a giant leap forward through cooperative relationships with some of Florida’s more than 200 wi…
Lauderdale, Gainesville, Key West, Melbourne, Naples
Monkey Jungle Hammock 1 University of Florida Vertebrate Fossil Locality DA002 Location The site is located within the boundaries of the Monkey Jungle zoological park in the southern Miami metropol…
bat, is a species described as a fossil from the Melbourne
