Also known as UF locality MR060
Where: Marion County, Florida (29.0° N, 82.3° W: paleocoordinates 29.1° N, 81.7° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)
• middle late Blancan, ca 1.9-2.2 Ma
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: sinkhole; gray, sandy claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the FLMNH
• Eocene, Hemphillian, and Rancholabrean fossils are all present but easily distinguished based on preservation and color
Primary reference: R. C. Hulbert. 2010. A new early Pleistocene tapir (Mammalia: Perissodactyla) from Florida, with a review of Blancan tapirs from around the state. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 49(3):67-126 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 98314: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.09.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Tapirus (Helicotapirus) lundeliusi Hulbert 2010 tapir |