Triakis semifasciata This long, slim shark likes the sandy bottoms of bays or estuaries in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It has a broad, short snout, triangular fins, and a notched, asymmetrical caudal (tail) fin. On the dorsal side, it exhibits a silver or bronzed-gray coloration, fading to white u
Davis, J., May, M., Greenfield, B., Fairey, R., Roberts, C., Ichikawa, G., Stoelting
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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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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Mesoreodon floridensis Quick Facts Common Name: Florida oreodont With six partial skeletons, five with skulls, this is the only well known oreodont from Florida. From the late Eocene to the very early Miocene, oreodonts are extremely common in the western United States, but are relatively r
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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
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Research Freshwater Snails of Florida – A project seeking to identify, illustrate and map all freshwater snails in Florida. PEET: Sea cucumbers on coral reefs, systematics of aspidochirotid holothurians – A project aimed to greatly improve our understanding of aspidochirotid systematics through
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Hansen, B. and A.W. Kratter. 2019.
Santa Fe River 1 [Blancan] University of Florida Fossil Vertebrate Localities CO003B, – CO037B, and CO038B Location Santa Fe 1 is a 1000-yard-long (0.9 km) stretch of the
MacFadden, B. J. and J. S. Waldrop. 1980.
Amphibians are exceptionally good at being small. There are salamanders the size of your thumb nail, pygmy newts that live in moss patches and feast on microscopic insects, and inch-long African frogs that spend their entire lives in and around the banks of small puddles. In fact, the title for the
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