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Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake – Florida Snake ID Guide

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VENOMOUS Other common names Pigmy Rattlesnake, Pygmy Rattlesnake Basic description Most adult Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnakes are about 12-24 inches (30-61 cm) in total length. This is a very small snake, but it is thick for its size. The body color varies from light to dark gray, and a lengthwise row
Lucie, Sumter, Taylor, Volusia, Wakulla, Walton, Washington If you have a new or

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Mixson’s Bone Bed – Florida Vertebrate Fossils

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Mixson’s Bone Bed University of Florida Vertebrate Fossil Locality LV009 Location About 1.8 miles (2.9 km) northeast of Williston, Levy County, Florida; 29.41° N, 82.43° W. Age Late Miocene Epoch; early Hemphillian (Hemphillian 1) land mammal age About 8 to 9 million years old (estim
are housed at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington

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Pandion lovensis – Florida Vertebrate Fossils

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Pandion lovensis Quick Facts Common Name: Love Site osprey Although ospreys are commonly seen today around bodies of fresh water, their fossils are very rare. This extinct species is only known from a total of eight specimens. Its talons and hind limbs are not as well adapted for catching
Proceedings of the  Biological Society of  Washington 98(2):314-320.

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Solomon Island Frogmouth – Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating: 100 Years @FloridaMuseum

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The rare Solomon Island Frogmouth was once considered a subspecies of the widespread Marbled Frogmouth. Comparing this specimen’s skin, skeleton and genetics with other frogmouths proved it was a new genus, Rigidipenna – a rare scientific achievement. Summary Solomon Island Frogmouth (Rigidipenn
1998 the Florida Museum of Natural History and colleagues at the University of Washington

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Shark Books For Kids – Discover Fishes

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These are some good children’s books about sharks. Unfortunately, many children’s books are not scientifically accurate, often unfairly portraying sharks as maniacal killers of humans rather than in the balanced way done in these books. Grade level: K-4 Albee, S. 2007. Sesame Street: Liste
National Geographic Society, Washington DC, 64 p. Peachin, M.L. 2003.

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Pamela Soltis joins National Academies committee on future of biological collections – Research News

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University of Florida plant biologist Pamela Soltis has been appointed to a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine committee investigating the value and future of biological collections. Soltis, a distinguished professor and curator at the Florida Museum of Natural History, will
The committee, which holds its first meeting today in Washington, D.C., will identify

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Study shows largest North America climate change in 65 million years – Research News

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The largest climate change in central North America since the age of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, a temperature drop of nearly 15 degrees Fahrenheit, is documented within the fossilized teeth of horses and other plant-eating mammals, a new study reveals. The overwhelming majority of pr
change of this magnitude occurred today, Florida would have weather similar to Washington

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Ciconia maltha – Florida Vertebrate Fossils

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Ciconia maltha Quick Facts Common Names: Asphalt stork or La Brea stork A relatively large species of Ciconia, with a height of over 4 feet (1.5 m) and a wingspan up to 9 feet (3 m) across. While many large mammals became extinct at the end of the Pleistocene in North America, Ciconia ma
Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. Bickart, K. J. 1990.

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Primary Type Specimens – Vertebrate Paleontology Collection

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Primary Type Specimens in the Vertebrate Paleontology Collection Chondrichthyes Osteichthyes Amphibia Reptilia Aves Mammalia Complete reference citations can be found here. Chondrichthyes Eoplinthicus yazooensis Cappetta, H., and G. Stringer. 2002. Tertiary Research 21
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 98(2):315-319, figs. 1-2.

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