Peace River (Neogene of the United States)

Where: Hardee County, Florida (27.5° N, 81.9° W: paleocoordinates 27.7° N, 80.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1988. Cormohipparion and Hipparion (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Equidae) from the Late Neogene of Florida. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 33(5):229-338 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 18578: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993, edited by Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

• the Peace River continues into Polk Co. near several fossiliferous mines: see Morgan 1994
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Caviidae
Hydrochoerus sp.1 Brisson 1762 capybara
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Cormohipparion plicatile Leidy 1887 hipparionine horse
Cormohipparion ingenuum Leidy 1885 hipparionine horse
Nannippus cf. morgani2 Hulbert 1993 hipparionine horse