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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
Natali Valdes Last Updated On: June 23, 2021 Scientific References Brodkorb, P.

While digging in our west pit on March 9th, volunteer, Bri Blaga found a heavily eroded horse tooth. The layers in her square were dipping almost completely vertically and the sand was yellow/orange instead of our typical white beach sand. There were other fragments nearby so she continu
The specimen was poorly mineralized and delicate but was well consolidated with B–

Anoxypristis cuspidata Although sawfish look similar to sharks, they are actually highly modified rays. The ‚teeth‘ on the rostrum, snout, are actually enlarged specialize denticles. The narrow sawfish differs from other sawfish species as it lacks rostral teeth at the base of the rostrum. Ord
Last, P., Naylor, G., Séret, B., White, W., de Carvalho, M. and Stehmann, M. eds

Coleman 2A University of Florida Vertebrate Fossil Locality SM001 Location Coleman 2A is located about 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Sumterville, between US Highway 301 and the Federal Correctional Complex Of Coleman in a former limestone quarry operated by Dixie Lime and Stone Corporation, Sumte
Ornithological Monographs, No. 50, 113 p. Frazier, M. K. 1982.

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
Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., 171 p. Dobie, J. L. 1968.

Isistius brasiliensis This small, cigar-shaped shark is dark brown on top and light on the underside, with a darker band around its neck. The light underside glows, attracting fish, whales, and sharks. It attaches itself to the prey and uses its serrated bottom teeth to cut out a perfectly circul
Biology Large tooth Cookiecutter shark (Isistius plutodus), A) Side view, B) frontal

Somniosus microcephalus This large, heavy-set shark grows to an average 8-14 feet long but can get to be 24 feet. It has a short, rounded snout, small eyes, and relatively small dorsal fins. Although it is an apex predator, it is a slow swimmer, and likely ambushes its prey and scavenges for
MacNeil, M., McMeans, B., Hussey, N., Vecsei, P., Svavarsson, J., Kovacs, K., Lydersen

Siren lacertina Quick Facts Common Name: greater siren Siren lacertina is a large, extant salamander in the family Sirenidae that has been living relatively unchanged for 2.5 million years. Alive, they are olive to light gray with elongate, snake-like bodies, short external gills, no hind li
Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 592 p. Cope, E. D. 1889.

Confirmed Megamouth Shark Sightings There have been 273 confirmed occurrences of megamouth sharks around the world and we are investigating reports of additional individuals. There is a small area in Taiwan where this species is frequently caught as bycatch in commercial drift nets. These localize
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Kyptoceras amatorum Quick Facts Common Name: none The youngest member of its family, which became extinct at the end of the Hemphillian. The Florida Museum of Natural History has 44 specimens of the species in its collection. The species name honors the many contributions of amateur fos
H., and B. E. Taylor. 1971.