Breitensteinia hypselurus Ng & Seibert 1998 Identification: Breitensteinia hypselurus is long and slender with a long low adipose ridge but no adipose fin, tall neural spines in the caudal vertebrae, a slender caudal peduncle (26% SL), a relatively large eye (5% head length), the gill opening
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STONECAT Noturus flavus Rafinesque 1818 Identification: The Stonecat is yellow to slate above, with a light blotch on the nape, a cream-white spot at the rear of the dorsal fin base, and a cream-white blotch on the upper edge of the caudal fin. Unlike other madtoms, the premaxillary tooth patch
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Cetopsis umbrosa Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005 Identification: Cetopsis umbrosa can be distinguished from all of its congeners by the combination of the presence of an eye, the conical teeth on the vomer and dentary, the rounded posterior nares which is distinctly separated from the contral
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BLACK MADTOM Noturus funebris Gilbert & Swain 1891 Identification: The Black Madtom has a stout body that is black or blue-black above, lighter below, with a pattern of tiny black dots over the body. Dots are most conspicuous on the light underside of the head and belly. The anal fin is long
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BLUE CATFISH Ictalurus furcatus (Valenciennes 1840) Identification: The Blue Catfish has a long, straight-edged anal fin that is tapered like a barber’s comb and has 30-35 rays. Blue Cats are pale blue to olive on the back and sides, white below and lack dark spots on the body (except in the Ri
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Many Florida pottery types are pictured in the following image galleries, demonstrating the long history and variety of pottery-making in Florida. The galleries do not provide an exhaustive inventory, as we do not have examples of every type that has been described in Florida’s archaeological liter
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Landeenia aralioides (MacGinitie) Manchester & Hermsen. Flower showing five sepals, rounded gynoecium, and several anthers. UF22592. Figure 15 in Manchester, S. R. and E. J. Hermsen. 2000. Flowers, fruits, seeds, and pollen of Landeenia gen. nov., an extinct sapindalean genus from the Eocene of
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Davidia antiqua (Newb.) Manchester. Leaf impression, showing nearly orbicular shape, cordate base, regularly spaced teeth, successive marginal branches of the lower pairs of secondary veins, and percurrent tertiary veins. Little Bitter Creek Road, Wyoming (locality UF 18811), UF 33588. Figure 4A in
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Davidia antiqua (Newb.) Manchester. A transversely sectioned fruit from Almont, North Dakota (UF15722-22285) showing 7 single-seeded locules, the uppermost with its germination valve opened and filled with sediment. Figure 6B in Manchester, S . R. 2002. Leaves and fruits of Davidia (Cornales) from t
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The Florida Museum’s Paleobotanical Collection includes approximately 250,000 specimens. In addition, the facility houses the John W. Hall paleobotanical collection (approximately 20,000 specimens) transferred from the University of Minnesota. The collection is international in scope, ranging from
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