La Belle (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as La Belle Highway Pit

Where: Hendry County, Florida (26.8° N, 81.4° W: paleocoordinates 26.8° N, 81.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)

• said to be Irvingtonian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

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 20394: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoroides dilophidus Martin 1969 giant beaver
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Eremotherium sp. Spillmann 1948 edentate