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Ontocetus emmonsi Quick Facts Common Name: Emmon’s walrus Ontocetus emmonsi is an extinct species of walrus which inhabited the North Atlantic during the Pliocene. Fossils of Emmon’s walrus can be found in Florida, up the Eastern Atlantic coast, in Europe, and North Africa. This pattern is a
Map of Florida, with highlights indicating counties where fossils of this species have
Rachycentron canadum This torpedo-shaped fish has a long, pointed face and slightly depressed head that swoops back to a row of spines spaced out in front of its dorsal fin. With triangular, curved fins and crescent tail, as well as dark olive-brown on top and silver grey below coloring, it resem
Young cobia have pronounced dark lateral bands, which tend to become obscured in
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Quitmyer Late in the Pleistocene epoch (ca. 14,000 B.P. – Before Present), Paleoindians
Although rare, their use would have added range to the animal portion of the diet
Sphyrna lewini Named for their scallop like cephalophoil (‚hammer head‘) these large sharks are open-water hunters. Using their impressive cranium to detect even the most hidden of prey. Order – Carcharhiniformes Family – Sphyrnidae Genus – Sphyrna Species – lewini Common Names Englis
Scalloped hammerheads have been reported to display threat postures when closely
Montbrook Site University of Florida Vertebrate Fossil Locality LV070 Location South of Williston, Levy County, Florida Age Latest Miocene or earliest Pliocene epochs; late Hemphillian (Hemphillian 4 interval) land mammal age About 5.5 to 5 million years old (estimated) Basis of
Fossils have been recovered over an area exceeding 400 square meters, and the entire
Carcharhinus longimanus This large shark is readily recognized by its long white-tipped paddle-like pectoral fins and rounded first dorsal fin (Compagno et al. 2005). Solitary and slow moving, it prefers the upper layers of deep-water areas, where it is an opportunistic hunter (Baum et al. 2015).
They are known to have attacked survivors of ship and plane wrecks at sea, and are
Aepycamelus major Quick Facts Common Name: Leidy’s giraffe camel The giraffe camels of the Miocene of North America and the true giraffes of Africa represent a great example of convergent evolution. It had an estimated shoulder height of at least 13 feet, plus an additional 5 to 6 feet for t
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