Withlacoochee River 1A ( of the United States)

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

• sandy gray clay

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

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Taxonomic list

• Site 4A is in Marion Co., site 4X in Citrus Co.: Webb 1989
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae