Where: Orange County, Florida (28.7° N, 80.9° W: paleocoordinates 28.9° N, 79.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Bone Valley Member (Peace River Formation), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• unit 3; lower beds

•Previously Barstovian, but Missimer (1999) suggested that the Peace River Formation in Florida was likely deposited between 11-4.3Ma. The lower sequence is Tortonian, deposited between 11-8.5Ma, and the upper sequence is Zanclean and deposited between 5.2-4.3Ma

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. P. Domning. 1988. Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean region. I. Metaxytherium floridanum Hay, 1922. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8(4):395-426 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 90284: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 15.07.2009

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