Thomas Farm University of Florida Vertebrate Fossil Locality GI001 Location About 8 miles north-northeast of Bell, Gilchrist County, Florida; 29.86° N, 82.83° W. Age Early Miocene Epoch; early Hemingfordian land mammal age About 18 million years old Basis of Age Biochronology (an
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Hemiauchenia macrocephala Quick Facts Common Name: large-headed llama The most complete skeleton of this species was found near Lecanto in Citrus County, Florida. It is on permanent display at the Florida Museum of Natural History. One of three species of Hemiauchenia that lived in Florida
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Montbrook Site University of Florida Vertebrate Fossil Locality LV070 Location South
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Desmodus stocki Quick Facts Common Name: Stock’s vampire bat With a range extending to Virginia, this species lived further north than any other vampire bat, fossil or living. Desmodus stocki likely weighed about 50% more than the living vampire Desmodus rotundus. Its large, sharp canin
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sample of specimens of the species (>4,500 bones and teeth) comes from the Inglis 1C site
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McGehee Farm University of Florida Vertebrate Fossil Locality AL027 Location About 3 miles north of Newberry, western Alachua County, Florida; 29.7° N, 82.6° W. Age Late Miocene Epoch; early Hemphillian (Hemphillian 1) land mammal age About 8 to 9 million years old (estimated) Not
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Epicyon haydeni Quick Facts Common Name: none About the size of a grizzly bear, this species is the largest canid ever known. Its known range extended across the United States from Florida to California and Oregon. Age Range Middle to late Miocene epoch; Clarendonian to early Hem
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Titanis walleri Quick Facts Common Name: Waller’s terror bird Titanis walleri belongs to the family Phorusrhacidae, an extinct group of Tertiary birds otherwise known only from South America. Titanis is the only confirmed member from North America. They were large, predatory, flightless bi
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