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Panthera onca Quick Facts Common Name: jaguar Fossils of jaguars in Florida are much more common than those of other contemporaneous large felids, such as the American lion and the sabertooths Smilodon fatalis and Dinobastis serus. The Pleistocene jaguars of North America were much large
Vertebrate Fossils Panthera onca Fossil Species of Florida Vertebrate Fossil Sites

Love Site (also known as LOVE BONE BED) University of Florida Vertebrate Fossil Locality
P. cromis Labridae, genus and species indeterminate Lagodon sp., cf.

Dasypus bellus Quick Facts Common Name: beautiful armadillo Dasypus bellus was about two to two and a half times the size of the living nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus). Their diet was probably similar to the modern species, largely invertebrate animals, but the larger size of
Vertebrate Fossils Dasypus bellus Fossil Species of Florida Vertebrate Fossil Sites

Alligator olseni Quick Facts Common Name: Olsen’s Alligator Adult Alligator olseni specimens are generally smaller than adult Alligator mississippiensis specimens, with few individuals exceeding more than seven to eight feet in length, while fossils of Alligator mississippiensis from Florid
B, UF/FGS 10991, Alligator olseni tooth from the Seaboard locality in Florida.

Archaeohippus blackbergi Quick Facts Common Name: Blackberg’s dwarf horse Archaeohippus is a genus of three-toed horses that lived 19 to 13 million years ago in North America. Two of the five known species lived in Florida. Archaeohippus blackbergi was small, weighing approximately between 5
Fossils Archaeohippus blackbergi Fossil Species of Florida Vertebrate Fossil Sites

Pseudemys williamsi Quick Facts Common Name: Williams’ cooter Pseudemys williamsi is a member of the family Emydidae, which includes the pond and box turtles. This species has been only been positively identified from two Florida localities. Pseudemys williamsi has a smooth shell and sh
Vertebrate Fossils Pseudemys williamsi Fossil Species of Florida Vertebrate Fossil Sites

Bufo defensor Quick Facts Common Name: Inglis toad Bufo defensor has only been recovered from two fossil localities, both from the early Pleistocene of the Florida peninsula. But one of those, Inglis 1A, produced almost 700 fossil specimens of this species. Bufo defensor looked similar to th
Vertebrate Fossils Bufo defensor Fossil Species of Florida Vertebrate Fossil Sites

Defining taxon: first appearance of 17 mammalian genera dispersing more or less simultaneously from Eurasia (Tedford et al., 2004); among those found in Florida are the bear-dog Amphicyon, the hemicyonine bear Phoberocyon, the mustelid Leptarctus, the rhino Floridaceras, and the dromomerycid Aletome
MacFadden, B. J., J. I. Bloch, H. Evans, D. A. Foster, G. S. Morgan, A. F.

Metaxytherium floridanum Quick Facts Common Name: Florida sea cow Fossil dugongs are the most common mammal fossils found in Florida, and of the several known species, Metaxytherium floridanum is probably the most abundant. Most individuals of Metaxytherium floridanum lived entirely in the
Fossils Metaxytherium floridanum Fossil Species of Florida Vertebrate Fossil Sites

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 American spectacled bear. Sometimes called the „Florida cave bear“ but they are not clos
Vertebrate Fossils Tremarctos floridanus Fossil Species of Florida Vertebrate Fossil Sites