I-75 Site University of Florida Vertebrate Fossil Locality AL018 Location Southwestern Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, at the intersection of Interstate Highway 75 (I-75) and SR 121 (Williston Road); 29.6° N, 82.4° W. Age Early Oligocene Epoch; later half of Whitneyan land mammal
(P. floridanus?) †Paleoxantusia sp. Iguania †Floridemys sp.
Collections Coordinator McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity Florida Museum of Natural History 3215 Hull Road, Gainesville, FL 32611-2710 352-273-2013, Email:Â asourakov@flmnh.ufl.edu Additional appointments: Affiliate Associate Professor, Dept. of Entomology and Nematology Edu
multispectral imaging system for museum specimens. Communications Biology, 5(1), p.1318
Defining taxon: first appearance of the ground sloth Pliometanastes (Tedford et al., 2004) Basis of name: Wood et al. (1941) based the name on what they termed the “Hemphill member of the Ogallala [Formation].� This stratigraphic unit was originally named the “Hemphill Beds� by Reed and Longnecke
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Carcharhinus melanopterus A small-medium sized shark with recognizable black fin tips with white highlights. Blacktip reef sharks are abundant on coral reefs, making them a popular species in reef and dive tourism. They are also frequently displayed in aquaria. Order – Carcharhiniformes Famil
Other common names include cá mâp vây den, (Vietnamese), chalarm hoo-dum (Thai
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
A left dentary of Didelphis virginiana (UF 56221) in A) medial, B) left lateral,
Floridatragulus dolichanthereus Quick Facts Common Name: none The fossils now recognized as one species of the camelid Floridatragulus dolichanthereus were initially assigned to two different families and four species. After better specimens were found and new research was done, it was discover
A) MCZ 646575, right lateral view of the holotype skull; B) MCZ 4086, labial view
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
Beatty, B. L. 2010.
The Journal of Caribbean Archaeology (JCA) was created to provide a refereed publication outlet for archaeological research in the Caribbean and surrounding areas to promote and facilitate communication between investigators working across the broad circum-Caribbean region. JCA was founded in 1999
Encomienda in Jamaica: Evidence for Forces Indian Labor in Jamaica 1509-1534Â (Robyn P.
Carcharhinus obscurus Dusky sharks are wide-ranging coastal and pelagic species that prefer temperate to tropical waters. They are large-bodied, typically grey with dusky margins on the fins. They are an important fisheries resource, targeted and taken as bycatch around the world. Their fins are
A) Top view (magnified) of dermal denticles of the silky shark and B) rear view of
Southeastern Florida Archaeopedology From 1993 to 2007 Florida archaeopedology research was conducted by Sylvia Scudder, now retired. Scudder’s studies employ analyses of chemical and grain-size characteristics to answer questions about site configuration and settlement patterns, environm
Smith Mound showing stacked soils and soil morphology from each of the three units, B–
