Alachua Formation
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| Alachua Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Early-Late Miocene (Hemingfordian-Hemphillian) ~ | |
| Type | Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Claystone, sandstone |
| Other | Phosphorite |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Region | Florida |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Alachua, Florida |
  Alachua Formation (the United States)  Alachua Formation (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
[edit | edit source]The formation has provided the following fossils.[1]
Mammals
[edit | edit source]- Rodents
- Carnivora
- Amphicyon longiramus
- Borophagus orc
- B. pugnator
- Cynelos caroniavorus
- Enhydritherium terraenovae
- Epicyon haydeni
- E. saevus
- Eucyon davisi
- Euoplocyon spissidens
- Leptarctus ancipidens
- Metatomarctus canavus
- Oligobunis floridanus
- Osbornodon iamonensis
- Phoberocyon johnhenryi
- Zodiolestes freundi
- Borophagus sp.
- Phlaocyon sp.
- Sthenictis sp.
- Felidae indet.
- Mustelinae indet.
- Ground sloths
- Gomphotheres
- Artiodactyls
- Aepycamelus major
- Diabolocornis simonsi
- Floridachoerus olseni
- Floridameryx floridanus
- Floridatragulus dolichanthereus
- Hemiauchenia minima
- Machaeromeryx gilchristensis
- Nothokemas floridanus
- Parablastomeryx floridanus
- Pediomeryx hemphillensis
- Prosynthetoceras texanus
- Synthetoceras australis
- S. cf. tricornatus
- Yumaceras hamiltoni
- Aepycamelus sp.
- Hemiauchenia sp.
- Merycoidodon sp.
- Antilocapridae indet.
- Camelidae indet.
- Ruminantia indet.
- Tayassuidae indet.
- Tayassuinae indet.
- Soricomorpha
- Perissodactyls
- Anchitherium clarencei
- Aphelops malacorhinus
- A. mutilus
- Archaeohippus blackbergi
- Calippus elachistus
- Calippus hondurensis
- Calippus maccartyi
- Cormohipparion emsliei
- C. ingenuum
- C. plicatile
- Floridaceras whitei
- Menoceras barbouri
- Nannippus aztecus
- N. morgani
- N. westoni
- Neohipparion trampasense
- Parahippus leonensis
- Protohippus gidleyi
- Pseudhipparion skinneri
- Tapirus webbi
- Teleoceras proterum
- Hipparion cf. tehonense
- cf. Astrohippus sp.
- Dinohippus sp.
- Sirenians
- Lipotyphla
- Theriiformes
Birds
[edit | edit source]Reptiles
[edit | edit source]- Turtles
- Crocodiles
- Snakes
- Anilioides minuatus
- Boa constrictor
- Calamagras floridanus
- Ogmophis pauperrimus
- Paraoxybelis floridanus
- Pseudocemophora antiqua
- Pterygoboa sp.
- Lizards
Amphibians
[edit | edit source]- Anurans
- Salamanders
Fish
[edit | edit source]- Sharks
- Rays
- Others
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Alachua Formation at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- C. Pimiento. 2014. Carcharocles megalodon unpublished collections from Natural History Museums around the world
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