Gadsden County, Florida paleontological sites explained
The Gadsden County paleontological sites are assemblages of Early Miocene invertebrates and vertebrates occurring in Gadsden County, Florida, United States.
Age
Era
Neogene
Period
Early Miocene
Faunal stage
Hemingfordian ~20.6—16.3 Mya, calculates to a period of approximately
Geologic formation
Torreya Formation
Sites
Gadsden County paleontological sites are represented by the following:
La Camelia Site. Time period: 17.7 Mya. (AEO)
Midway Site. Time period: ~18.9—18.8 Mya.
Milwhite Gunn Farm Site. Time period: ~17.0 Mya. (AEO)
Quincy Site. Time period: ~17.0 Mya. (AEO)
Coordinates: 30.5°N -84.5°W
Genus and species identified
La Camelia site = LCS. Midway site. = MIS. Milwhite Gunn Farfm Site. Marks River site = MGFD. Quincy site = QUI.
Reptiles and amphibians
Mammals
Carnivores
Herbivores
References
- Bryant, J. D., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11(4). 1991
- Simpson, G. G., 1932. Bulletin of the Florida State Geological Survey 10.
- New Early Barstovian (Middle Miocene) Vertebrates from the Upper Torreya Formation, Eastern Florida Panhandle, J. Daniel Bryant, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Vol. 11, No. 4 (Dec. 31, 1991), pp. 472–489.
- Paleobiology Database
Gunn Farm Collection
, John Alroy.
- Paleobiology Datatabase: Midway Collection, Alroy.
- Olson, Stanley J., Florida Geological Survey,Fossil Mammals of Florida, 1959 http://www.dep.state.fl.us/geology/geologictopics/floridas_fossil_mammals.pdf.