Where: Polk County, Florida (27.8° N, 81.9° W: paleocoordinates 27.9° N, 80.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)

• "late Hemphillian"

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Rick Carter in 1984; reposited in the FLMNH

Primary reference: A. Berta and H. Galiano. 1983. Megantereon hesperus from the late Hemphillian of Florida with remarks on the phylogenetic relationships of machairodonts (Mammalia, Felidae, Machairodontinae). Journal of Paleontology 57(5):892-899 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 82621: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.07.2008

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