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.
Sites
Leon County paleontological sites are represented by the following:- Griscom Plantation Site. Located in Killearn Lakes Plantation, south-southeast of Lake Iamonia on the southeast most section of Luna Plantation during a well drilling operation. Time period: ~23.6–18.8 Ma..
- Seaboard Air Line Railroad Site. Location was south of the center of Tallahassee during a dredging operation for a roadway. Time period: ~21.7 Ma..
- St. Marks River site. Located along the St. Marks River in southern Leon County. Time period: ~23.1–21.9 Ma..
- Tallahassee Waterworks Sites. Locations were just south of the center of Tallahassee. Time period: ~23.03–15.99 Ma.
- *USGS 2302
- *USGS 3423 aka J.C. Henderson's well
- *USGS 395
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