Gainesville Quarry (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as Arredondo

Where: Alachua County, Florida (29.6° N, 82.4° W: paleocoordinates 29.7° N, 74.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ocala Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

Primary reference: G. S. Morgan. 1978. The fossil whales of Florida. The Plaster Jacket 29:1-20 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 32919: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.07.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Schizaster beckeri n. sp. Cooke 1942 heart urchin
Mammalia
 Archaeoceti -