Where: Columbia County, Florida (29.8° N, 82.7° W: paleocoordinates 30.0° N, 75.0° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Crystal River Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• late Eocene, probably Crystal River Formation
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. J. G. Savage, D. P. Domning, and J. G. M. Thewissen. 1994. Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean region. V. The most primitive known sirenian, Prorastomus sirenoides Owen, 1855. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14(3):427-449 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 84267: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.10.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Prorastomidae indet. Cope 1889 sirenian |