Leon County, Florida paleontological sites
The Leon County paleontological sites are assemblages of Early Miocene invertebrates and vertebrates of Leon County, Florida, United States.Age
Era: Neogene.
Period: Early Miocene.
Faunal stage: Arikareean, ~23.1–21.9 Ma, calculates to a period of approximately.
Geological Formation: Torreya Formation.Leon County paleontological sites are represented by the following:
Coordinates:
Coordinates:
- St. Marks River site. Located along the St. Marks River in southern Leon County. Time period: ~23.1–21.9 Ma..
Coordinates:
- Tallahassee Waterworks Sites. Locations were just south of the center of Tallahassee. Time period: ~23.03–15.99 Ma.
Coordinates:
- *USGS 2302
- *USGS 3423 aka J.C. Henderson's well
- *USGS 395
Griscom Plantation Site = GPS. Seaboard Air Line Railroad = SALR. St. Marks River site = SMRS. Tallahassee Waterworks Site = TWWS.Specimens
Invertebrates
- Anomia suwaneensis TWWS 3424
- Chlamys TWWS 2302
- Ostrea normalis SALR
- Lucina janus TWWS 2302
- Mercenaria langdoni TWWS 395
- Metis chipolana TWWS 2302
- Turritella alcida TWWS 2302
Fish
- Carcharhinidae SALR
- Myliobatidae SALR
- Pristis SALR
- Sciaenidae SALR
Reptiles
- Alligatoridae SALR
- Boidae SALR
- Crocodylidae SALR
- Emydidae SALR
- Testudinidae SALR
Birds
- Gruidae SALR
- Ciconiidae SALR
Mammals
- Anchitherium clarencei SALR
- Aphelops SALR
- Archaeohippus blackbergi SALR
- Camelidae GPS
- Floridatragulus SALR
- Menoceras SALR
- Moropus SMRS
- Osbornodon iamonensis GPS
- Oxydactylus
- Parahippus SALR
- Parahippus leonensis GPS, SALR
- Prosynthetoceras texanus SALR
- Nothokemas floridanus SALR
- Proheteromys floridanus SALR
- Ruminantia GPS
