Florida Lime Company (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Marion County, Florida (29.1° N, 82.2° W: paleocoordinates 29.2° N, 74.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: E. H. Sellards. 1916. Fossil vertebrates from Florida: A new Miocene fauna; new Pliocene species; the Pleistocene fauna. Florida State Geological Survey, Annual Report 8:79-119 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 57122: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.12.2005

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Basilosaurus cetoides Owen 1839 whale