District Grade Mine (Neogene of the United States)

Where: Hardee/Polk County, Florida (27.7° N, 81.9° W: paleocoordinates 27.9° N, 80.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 18527: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000, edited by Richard Hulbert

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus polkensis Olsen 1960 tapir
 Carnivora - Canidae
Epicyon haydeni Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog
Borophagus hilli Johnston 1939 bone-crushing dog