Miocene geologic formation in Florida
The Alachua Formation is a Miocene geologic formation in Florida . The claystones , sandstones and phosphorites of the formation preserve many fossils of mammals , birds , reptiles and fish , among others megalodon .
Fossil content
The formation has provided the following fossils.[ 1]
Mammals
Rodents
Carnivora
Ground sloths
Gomphotheres
Artiodactyls
Soricomorpha
Perissodactyls
Sirenians
Lipotyphla
Theriiformes
Birds
Reptiles
Turtles
Crocodiles
Snakes
Lizards
Amphibians
Anurans
Salamanders
Fish
Sharks
Rays
Others
See also
References
Bibliography
C. Pimiento. 2014. Carcharocles megalodon unpublished collections from Natural History Museums around the world
Hulbert, Richard C., Jr. (1988). "Calippus and Protohippus (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Equidae) from the Miocene (Barstovian-early Hemphillian) of the Gulf Coastal Plain" (PDF) . Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences . 32 (3): 221–340. {{cite journal }}
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Webb, S. David; MacFadden, Bruce J.; Baskin, Jon A. (May 1981). "Geology and paleontology of the Love Bone Bed from the Late Miocene of Florida" . American Journal of Science . 281 (5): 513–544. Bibcode :1981AmJS..281..513W . doi :10.2475/ajs.281.5.513 .
Hirschfeld, Sue E.; Webb, S. David (1968). "Plio-Pleistocene Megalonychid Sloths of North America" (PDF) . Bulletin of the Florida State Museum . 12 (5): 213–296.
Webb, S. David (August 1966). "A Relict Species of the Burrowing Rodent, Mylagaulus , from the Pliocene of Florida". Journal of Mammalogy . 47 (3): 401–412. doi :10.2307/1377681 . JSTOR 1377681 .
Auffenberg, Walter (1963). "Fossil testudinine turtles of Florida: genera Geochelone and Floridemys " (PDF) . Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences . 7 (2): 53–97.
Pirkle, E. C. (December 1956). "The Hawthorne and Alachua Formations of Alachua County, Florida". Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences . 19 (4): 197–240. JSTOR 24315224 .
White, T. E. (1942). "The Lower Miocene mammal fauna of Florida" . Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology . 92 (1): 1–49.
Simpson, George Gaylord (1930). "Tertiary Land Mammals of Florida" . Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History . 59 (3): 1–64.