Love Site (also known as LOVE BONE BED) University of Florida Vertebrate Fossil Locality
P. cromis Labridae, genus and species indeterminate Lagodon sp., cf.
Sharks are sometimes referred to as „living fossils“. Ancient sharks lived in the oceans long before animals colonized the land. Their history goes back to at least 400 million years ago, making the 2 million year history of humans seem quite insignificant by comparison. Most fossil evidence of ear
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Carcharodon hastalis Quick Facts Common Name: none Teeth of the extinct shark Carcharodon hastalis have been found in most Miocene and Pliocene marine deposits in Florida that produce shark teeth. It is also found in similar age deposits around the world. Long regarded as a member of the m
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Didelphis virginiana Quick Facts Common Name: Virginia opossum, North American opossum The family Didelphidae originated in the Cretaceous and today is most diverse in South America. Didelphis virginiana was the last South American mammal to disperse into temperate North America during t
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In Yat Kitischee: A Prehistoric Coastal Hamlet 100 B.C. – A.
Read online Bullen, Ripley P. 1968 A Guide to the Identification of Florida Projectile
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
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University of Florida Vertebrate Fossil Localities PI018 and PI028 Location The site
†P. robustus Amphiuma means Rana sp.
Florida Pottery Bibliography Pottery Type Descriptions Ashley, Keith H. and Vicki L. Rolland 1997Â Â Â Grog-Tempered Pottery in the Mocama Province. The Florida Anthropologist 50(2):51-65. Online Austin, Robert J. 1996Â Â Â Ceramic Seriation, Radiocarbon Data, and Subsistence Data from the
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Teleoceras proterum Quick Facts Common Name: Archer short-legged rhino The mounted skeleton on display at the Florida Museum of Natural History (see image) was constructed as part of a „live“ public display during the late 1970s using fossils from both the McGehee Farm and Love Bone Bed loc
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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
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