Haile III (Neogene to of the United States)

Also known as Haile 3

Where: Alachua County, Florida (29.7° N, 82.6° W: paleocoordinates 29.9° N, 80.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: early Early Hemphillian to early Early Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)

• said to be Hemphillian by MacFadden 1982 and early Hemphillian by Becker 1986

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; green claystone and concretionary sandstone

• Green to olive coloured clay

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the FLMNH

Primary reference: W. Auffenberg. 1954. Additional specimens of Gavialosuchus americanus (Sellards) from a new locality in Florida. The Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 17(4):185-209 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 154221: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 03.02.2014

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Taxonomic list

Gnathostomata
  -
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish
Teeth
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes -
Myliobatiformes indet. Compagno 1973 stingray
Caudal spines
Gnathostomata
  -
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish
Vertebrae
Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
"Gavialosuchus americanus" = Thecachampsa sericodon
"Gavialosuchus americanus" = Thecachampsa sericodon Cope 1867 crocodilian
UF 6225-6238