The goal of South Florida Aquatic Environments is to increase public awareness and understanding of three imperiled south Florida ecosystems – the Everglades, Florida Bay, and Florida Keys. Human impacts and conservation issues, as well as the role of museum collections in providing a historical ta
UF collection of fishes is a large and comprehensive assemblage of more than 2 million
The Tapir Challenge pitted fossil collecting teams from the Florida Museum of Natural History and East Tennessee State University to determine whose site would produce the most tapir skeletons. By the spring of 2008, the challenge was about an even draw, although the Tennesse group has many years
The fossils found at Haile 7G are about 2 million years old, from the late Pliocene
Introduction and Definitions Land mammal ages (abbreviated LMAs) are intervals of geologic time characterized by a distinctive set of mammals (usually genera) for a particular geographic region (Lindsay, 2003). The geographic regions for the most commonly used LMAs are entire continents, so there a
Pliocene and Pleistocene Epochs (4.75 million years ago to 12 thousand years ago)
Alligator olseni Quick Facts Common Name: Olsen’s Alligator Adult Alligator olseni specimens are generally smaller than adult Alligator mississippiensis specimens, with few individuals exceeding more than seven to eight feet in length, while fossils of Alligator mississippiensis from Florid
Age Range Early Miocene; Hemingfordian land mammal age About 19 to 16 million
Cormohipparion ingenuum Quick Facts Common Name: Noble Hipparion Cormohipparion ingenuum was the first species of horse to be named from Florida. Given its long, narrow muzzle and relatively short-crowned teeth, Cormohipparion ingenuum most likely fed on a mix of browse and green, fresh gr
early Clarendonian (Cl2) to early Hemphillian (Hh2) land mammal ages About 11 to 6 million
Eremotherium eomigrans Quick Facts Common Name: Wandering giant ground sloth About two dozen skeletons of Eremotherium eomigrans were recovered from ancient lake sediments represented by the Haile 7C and 7G fossil sites. The mounted skeleton on display at the Florida Museum of Natural Hi
Epochs; late Blancan to middle Irvingtonian land mammal ages About 2.6 to 0.6 million
Blue Corals have changed little over millions of years.
skeletons — and also in that they haven’t changed in their form for over 60-70 million
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Florida Museum of Natural History doctoral student Rachel Narducci was recently awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Narducci, a Montbrook fossil dig coordinator for the museum, received the NSF GRF to help her continue her work with fossils. The program recogni
inclusion Awards & Honors Florida Museum curator helps team score 1st-place and $5 million
Sharks have skeletons made of cartilage, which rarely preserves in the fossil record. Gordon Hubbell has perhaps the world’s largest and best-preserved collection of rare shark jaws and teeth, including the only complete fossilized skull of a Great White Shark. Summary Ancient Great White Shark
Summary Ancient Great White Shark (Carcharodon hubbelli) from Peru Lived ~5 million
