Cross Florida Barge Canal ( of the United States)

Where: Levy County, Florida (29.4° N, 82.6° W: paleocoordinates 29.5° N, 82.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)

• said to be Blancan

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: G. De Iuliis and C. Cartelle. 1999. A new giant megatheriine ground sloth (Mammalia: Xenarthra: Megatheriidae) from the late Blancan to early Irvingtonian of Florida. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 127:495-515 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 19748: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

• said to be Blancan based on faunas from nearby sites
Mammalia
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Eremotherium eomigrans De Iuliis and Cartelle 1999 edentate
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoroides dilophidus Martin 1969 giant beaver