Also known as Miami
Where: Dade County, Florida (25.8° N, 80.2° W: paleocoordinates 25.8° N, 80.2° W)
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• Glades I-II Periods, 1250-2500 y.a.
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate, anthropogenic
Primary reference: P. J. Adam and G. G. Garcia. 2003. New information on the natural history, distribution, and skull size of the extinct (?) West Indian monk seal, Monachus tropicalis. Marine Mammal Science 19(2):297-317 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 100347: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.12.2010, edited by Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Gopherus polyphemus Daudin 1802 Florida gopher tortoise | |
Mammalia | |
"Monachus tropicalis" = Neomonachus tropicalis
"Monachus tropicalis" = Neomonachus tropicalis Gray 1850 Hawaiian monk seal |