| Archer |
Alachua |
FL |
16 km S 2 km E of RR Station |
Pliocene |
Alachua Clay |
vertebrates; rhinoceros,mastodons,Hippotherium(horse),Auchenia(llama) |
FL0001 |
|
|
| Archer |
Alachua |
FL |
In area ditches,cuts,quarries,pits |
Pliocene |
Alachua Clay |
vertebrates; rhinoceros,mastodons,Hippotherium,Auchenia |
FL0002 |
|
|
| Gainesville |
Alachua |
FL |
10 km SW near Arredondo |
Eocene Upper |
Ocala Limestone |
Nummulites |
FL0003 |
|
|
| Gainesville |
Alachua |
FL |
NW In area exposures in Hogtown Creek basin |
Eocene |
|
ray teeth,shark teeth,fish teeth |
FL0004 |
|
|
| Gainesville |
Alachua |
FL |
NW at Devil’s Mills Hopper in walls of sinkhole |
Miocene |
Hawthorn |
echinoids (Cassidulus),mollusks |
FL0005 |
|
|
| Neals(?) |
Alachua |
FL |
In area phosphate mines |
|
|
vertebrate teeth Equus,Tapirus,Mastodon |
FL0006 |
|
|
| Newberry |
Alachua |
FL |
In area phosphate mines |
|
|
vertebrate teeth Equus,Tapirus,Mastodon |
FL0007 |
|
|
| Newberry |
Alachua |
FL |
NW in numerous exposures in phosphate pits exploiting fissure fill deposits |
Eocene |
Ocala Limestone |
Mollusks (poorly preserved),Echinoderms(well preserved),Shark Teeth |
FL0008 |
Many sites no longer accessible-Permission required for all sites |
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/pciesiel/gly3603c/haile.html |
| Newberry |
Alachua |
FL |
NW in numerous exposures in phosphate pits exploiting fissure fill deposits at depths to 20+ meters in area of extinct village of Haille. Therefore ‘Haille sites’ |
Miocene-Pleistocene |
|
Abundant,diverse,vertebrate remains |
FL0009 |
Many sites no longer accessible-Permission required for all sites |
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/pciesiel/gly3603c/haile.html |
| Santa Fe Springs |
Alachua? |
FL |
|
Pleistocene |
|
Equus,Tapirus,Peccaries |
FL0010 |
|
|
| Lake City |
Baker |
FL |
In area quarries |
|
|
many fossils. |
FL0011 |
|
|
| Econfina River |
Bay |
FL |
2 km below Hwy bridge s4t1sr13w |
|
|
Cancellaria |
FL0012 |
|
|
| Panama City |
Bay |
FL |
on Farley Creek and Tenmile Creek,along banks |
Miocene |
Chipola |
Well preserved mollusks |
FL0013 |
|
|
| Red Oak Church |
Calhoun |
FL |
300m N in bed Farley Creek under FL275 bridge in fossiliferous sand |
Miocene Upper |
Chipola |
? |
FL0014 |
|
|
| Casa de Meadows |
Charlotte |
FL |
Philman Pit |
Pleistocene Upper |
Fort Thompson |
mollusks |
|
|
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-08072002-110037/unrestricted/etd.pdf |
| Punta Gorda |
Charlotte |
FL |
E on Hwy 17 at W end of Bridge over shell creek http://www.treasuresites.com/members/fossil.htm |
|
|
abundant shark teeth,Shells |
FL0015 |
|
|
| Peace River |
Charlotte? |
FL |
on bed of river accessible to surface divers using snorkels and masks |
|
|
vertebrates |
FL0016 |
|
|
| Peace River above Wachulla Springs |
Charlotte? |
FL |
|
Pleistocene |
|
Mammoth,Tapirus |
FL0017 |
|
|
| Citrus County |
Citrus |
FL |
In area phosphate mines |
|
|
Mastodon,Hipparion |
FL0018 |
|
|
| Hernando |
Citrus |
FL |
In area phosphate pits |
|
|
Nummulites |
FL0019 |
|
|
| Owensboro |
Citrus |
FL |
In Limestone quarry |
Eocene Upper |
Ocala |
Nummulites |
FL0020 |
|
|
| Black Creek |
Clay |
FL |
In area phosphate pits in phosphatic marls |
|
|
invertebrates |
FL0021 |
|
|
| Longan Lakes |
Collier |
FL |
|
Pleistocene,Lower |
Bermont |
mollusks |
|
|
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-08072002-110037/unrestricted/etd.pdf |
| Ochopee |
Collier |
FL |
|
Miocene |
Tamiami |
echinoderms |
FL0022 |
|
|
| White Springs |
Columbia |
FL |
1400 meters N on small island in Suwannee River |
|
|
mollusks – Scaphander,Orthaulax,Ampullina,Calliostoma,Dentalium,Glycymeris,Modiolus,Chione,etc{4} |
FL0023 |
|
|
| – |
DeSoto |
FL |
Area pebble Phosphate deposits |
Miocene |
Bone Valley |
shark teeth,ray teeth,marine mammal bones,invertebrate casts,silicified corals – mastodon,rhinoceros,horse,turtles camels,alligator{4} |
FL0029 |
|
|
| – |
DeSoto |
FL |
Brantley’s Pit |
Pliocene Upper |
Caloosahatchee |
mollusks |
|
|
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-08072002-110037/unrestricted/etd.pdf |
| Arcadia |
DeSoto |
FL |
|
Pliocene |
Peace creek |
Vertebrates -Elephas,Tapirus,Mammut,Odocoileus,Bison,Equus,Chlamytherium. |
FL0024 |
|
|
| Arcadia |
DeSoto |
FL |
|
Pliocene |
Peace creek |
vertebrates -Elephas,Tapirus,Mammut,Odocoileus,Bison,Equus,Chlamytherium. |
FL0025 |
|
|
| Arcadia |
DeSoto |
FL |
at FL760 bridge over Peace River http://www.treasuresites.com/members/fossil.htm |
|
|
shark teeth |
FL0026 |
|
|
| Peace Creek |
DeSoto |
FL |
all along length of creek |
Pliocene |
Peace Creek |
Elephas,Tapirus,Mammut,Odocoileus,Bison,Equus,Hippotherium,Cervus,Megalonyx,Glyptodon,Hoplophorus,Manatus,Alligator,Fish — Carcharodon,Galeocerdo,Myliobatis. |
FL0027 |
|
|
| Shell Creek |
DeSoto |
FL |
|
|
|
pelecypod Tellina |
FL0028 |
|
|
| Jacksonville |
Duval |
FL |
at Fernandina Beach |
|
|
shark teeth and land vertebrate bones |
FL0030 |
|
|
| Jacksonville |
Duval |
FL |
at city waterworks |
|
|
casts and molds of Pecten and Carditamera |
FL0031 |
|
|
| Jacksonville |
Duval |
FL |
on A1A at Ponte Verde Beach |
|
|
fish–shark bones and teeth |
FL0032 |
|
|
| Jacksonville |
Duval |
FL |
spoil banks along St Johns River. |
|
|
? |
FL0033 |
|
|
| Quincy |
Gadsden |
FL |
In fuller’s earth mines |
|
|
Cypraea,Murex,Fulgur,Modulus,Crucibulum,Arca,Pecten,Cardita,Chione,Carolia |
FL0034 |
|
|
| Ichetucknee River |
Gilchrist |
FL |
|
Pleistocene |
|
Megalonyx (sloth) teeth |
FL0035 |
|
|
| Thomas Farm |
Gilchrist |
FL |
|
Miocene |
Hawthorn (Hemingford) |
vertebrates-reptiles-Alligator;turtles-Geochelone |
FL0036 |
|
|
| Thomas Farm |
Gilchrist |
FL |
in sinkhole exposure http://www.treasuresites.com/members/fossil.htm |
Miocene |
|
fossils |
FL0037 |
|
|
| – |
Gilchrist,Columbia |
FL |
|
Pleistocene |
|
mammals-Mammut |
FL0038 |
|
|
| Banana Creek |
Glades |
FL |
In tributary of Caloosahatchee River in fresh water Marl |
|
|
Chlamys,Helisoma,Cerithium,Anomalocardia,Laevicardium |
FL0039 |
|
|
| Harnby Canal(?) |
Glades |
FL |
Lake Okeechobee |
|
|
Gastropods,Typhis,Olivella |
FL0040 |
Probably ‘Harney Pond canal’ |
|
| Moore Haven |
Glades |
FL |
|
Pliocene |
Caloosahatchee |
Mollusks – Turritella |
FL0041 |
|
|
| Ortona Locks |
Glades |
FL |
400 meters W of Atlantic Coast Line bridge near Coffee Mill Hammock |
|
|
Chione,Transennella,Bulla,Olivella |
FL0042 |
|
|
| Ortona Locks |
Glades |
FL |
near locks in marine marl |
|
|
Vermicularia,Arca,Bothrocorbula,Phacoides,Cerithium,Hanetia,Mitra |
FL0043 |
|
|
| Ellaville |
Hamilton |
FL |
6.5 km above on Suwannee River on Right bank |
|
|
Rhyncholampas |
FL0044 |
|
|
| White Springs |
Hamilton |
FL |
In area quarries |
|
|
echinoids |
FL0045 |
|
|
| White Springs |
Hamilton |
FL |
along banks of Suwannee River |
|
|
coral heads,Ostrea,shark teeth,bone fragments. |
FL0046 |
|
|
| White Springs |
Hamilton |
FL |
at RR trestle to W |
|
|
echinoids |
FL0047 |
|
|
| Withlacoochee River |
Hamilton? |
FL |
|
Pleistocene? |
|
mammals:Pseudoceras |
FL0048 |
|
|
| Fort Green Mine |
Hardee |
FL |
|
Miocene Upper |
Bone Valley Upper |
Birds;Crocodiles;Turtles-Chrysemys,Geochelone |
FL0049 |
|
|
| – |
Hendry |
FL |
Cochran Shell Pit |
Pliocene Upper |
Caloosahatchee |
mollusks |
|
|
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-08072002-110037/unrestricted/etd.pdf |
| Caloosahatchee River |
Hendry |
FL |
|
|
|
Gastropod Vasum,Ficus |
FL0050 |
|
|
| Caloosahatchee River |
Hendry |
FL |
|
Pliocene Upper |
Caloosahatchee |
mollusks |
|
|
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-08072002-110037/unrestricted/etd.pdf |
| Caloosahatchee River |
Hendry |
FL |
for 24km along river in vicinity of Ft Denaud |
|
|
pelecypods-Ostrea,Pecten,Lima,Placunanomia,Thracia,Chlamys,Bulinus |
FL0051 |
|
|
| Ft Denaud |
Hendry |
FL |
2 to 4 km N |
|
|
Abundant faunas |
FL0052 |
|
|
| Ft Denaud |
Hendry |
FL |
W in banks of Caloosahatchee River |
|
|
pelecypods – Ostrea,Pecten,Lima,Placunanomia,Thracia,Chlamys,Balanus |
FL0053 |
|
|
| Ft Denaud near La Belle |
Hendry |
FL |
|
|
|
Gastropods -Planorbis,Clathrodrillia |
FL0054 |
|
|
| Ft Denaud near La Belle |
Hendry |
FL |
In Lower bank of Caloosahatchee River at Ft Denaud bridge 3.2km E of La Belle |
Pleistocene |
Fort Thompson |
mollusks-Anadara Tertiary Gastropods Xenophora,Murex,Conus,Coral: Siderastrea,Meandrina |
FL0055 |
|
|
| Ft Thompson |
Hendry |
FL |
2.5 km N of La Belle along Caloosahatchee River |
Miocene-Pliocene |
|
Chione,Turritella |
FL0056 |
|
|
| La Belle |
Hendry |
FL |
3 km E near Ft Denaud Bridge |
|
|
mollusks,corals |
FL0057 |
|
|
| Tri-Britton Ranch |
Hendry |
FL |
Tri-Britton site http://utweb.ut.edu/faculty/mmeers/res/dig/ |
Pleistocene |
|
terrestrial mammals,marine vertebrates |
FL0058 |
|
|
| Lake Okeechobee |
Hendry? |
FL |
in Alligator Alley and US41 canal fills |
|
|
shark teeth |
FL0059 |
|
|
| Brookville |
Hernando |
FL |
11 km N |
|
|
many varieties of mollusks |
FL0060 |
|
|
| Brookville |
Hernando |
FL |
16 km NW |
|
|
many varieties of mollusks |
FL0061 |
|
|
| Brookville |
Hernando |
FL |
2 km SW |
|
|
many varieties of mollusks |
FL0062 |
|
|
| Brookville |
Hernando |
FL |
6 km W |
|
|
many varieties of mollusks |
FL0063 |
|
|
| Brookville |
Hernando |
FL |
8 km W |
|
|
many varieties of mollusks |
FL0064 |
|
|
| Brookville |
Hernando |
FL |
area exposures |
|
|
many varieties of mollusks |
FL0065 |
|
|
| – |
Hillsborough |
FL |
Area pebble Phosphate deposits |
Miocene |
Bone Valley |
shark teeth,ray teeth,marine mammal bones,invertebrate casts,silicified corals – mastodon,rhinoceros,horse,turtles camels,alligator{4} |
FL0080 |
|
|
| Apollo Beach |
Hillsborough |
FL |
|
|
|
Well preserved shark teeth and land vertebrate bones |
FL0066 |
|
|
| Apollo Beach |
Hillsborough |
FL |
9 km N of Ruskin on FL41 |
Miocene |
|
shark teeth vertebrates |
FL0067 |
|
|
| Apollo Beach |
Hillsborough |
FL |
S of Tampa W of FL41 http://www.treasuresites.com/members/fossil.htm |
|
|
shark teeth. mammal bones |
FL0068 |
|
|
| Ballast Point-Tampa Bay |
Hillsborough |
FL |
|
|
|
Silicified coral and coral geodes |
FL0069 |
|
|
| Ballast Point-Tampa Bay |
Hillsborough |
FL |
Altered Silicified Corals |
Miocene |
|
? |
FL0070 |
|
|
| Blackwater Creek |
Hillsborough |
FL |
4 km S of Pasco County Line in stream bed at Seaboard Air Line RR crossing |
Miocene |
Tampa Limestone |
Many Species of Mollusks |
FL0071 |
|
|
| Davis Is-Tampa Bay |
Hillsborough |
FL |
|
|
|
Silicified coral and coral geodes |
FL0072 |
|
|
| Four Corners Mine |
Hillsborough |
FL |
|
Miocene Upper |
Bone Valley Upper |
Bird bones |
FL0073 |
|
|
| Hillsborough River N of Tampa Bay |
Hillsborough |
FL |
|
|
|
Silicified coral and coral geodes{4} |
FL0074 |
|
|
| Kingsford Mine |
Hillsborough |
FL |
|
Miocene Upper |
Bone Valley Upper |
Birds bones |
FL0075 |
Original says Kinsford Mine-may be in Polk County |
|
| Leisey |
Hillsborough |
FL |
in area excavation |
Pleistocene |
|
Mammals,Petrified wood |
FL0076 |
|
|
| Leisey Shell Pit 1A |
Hillsborough |
FL |
Late Irvingtonian mammal bones |
|
|
Mammal Bones |
FL0077 |
|
|
| Orient Park |
Hillsborough |
FL |
S between dam and FL60 |
|
|
mollusks and corals |
FL0078 |
|
|
| Sixmile Creek |
Hillsborough |
FL |
between the RR tracks and the dam S of Orient Park |
Miocene |
Tampa Limestone |
Corals and mollusks. |
FL0079 |
|
|
| Econfina Creek |
Holmes |
FL |
in exposures below water between FL20 and FL388 http://www.treasuresites.com/members/fossil.htm |
|
|
fossils |
FL0081 |
|
|
| Vero |
Indian River |
FL |
In banks of canal |
Pleistocene |
|
plants,birds,mammals,fish,Indian artifacts |
FL0082 |
|
|
| Vero Beach |
Indian River |
FL |
Fossils along beaches N to Georgia State Line |
|
|
? |
FL0083 |
|
|
| Mariana |
Jackson |
FL |
|
Eocene |
Ocala Limestone |
mammal bones – sirenians |
FL0084 |
|
|
| Flint Rock |
Jefferson |
FL |
2 km ESE in quarry |
|
|
mollusks{4} |
FL0085 |
|
|
| Lamont[?] |
Jefferson |
FL |
In small exposure of Jackson beds |
Eocene |
Jackson |
Venericardia,Turritella |
FL0086 |
Original listing is for Arkansas. It is doubtful that there is a Lamont in Arkansas although a Topozone search on Lamont does end up on a barren hilltop at 34.1N 92.275W in Grant County |
|
| Aucilla River |
Jefferson? |
FL |
9 km inland from mouth http://www.treasuresites.com/members/fossil.htm |
|
|
mammals,shark teeth |
FL0087 |
|
|
| – |
Lafayette |
FL |
1 km W of Suwannee River and 1 km N of FL 250 in spoil piles from dredging |
|
|
mollusks,ostracods,etc |
FL0091 |
|
|
| Suwannee River |
Lafayette |
FL |
Vertebrates in old channel deposits |
Miocene (Arikareean) |
|
well preserved vertebrates |
FL0088 |
|
|
| Suwannee River |
Lafayette |
FL |
at mouth of river in mud http://www.treasuresites.com/members/fossil.htm |
|
|
shark teeth |
FL0089 |
|
|
| Suwannee River |
Lafayette |
FL |
in Quarry .8km N and .8km W of S250 crossing of river |
Eocene |
Ocala Limestone |
? |
FL0090 |
|
|
| Englewood |
Lee |
FL |
at end of Manasota Beach Road http://www.treasuresites.com/members/fossil.htm |
|
|
abundant shark teeth. |
FL0093 |
|
|
| Labelle |
Lee |
FL |
|
Pliocene |
|
Turtle bones -Trachemys.{4} |
FL0094 |
|
|
| Bloxham |
Leon |
FL |
s8t1sr3w 1 km above highway bridge at abandoned mill on Harvey’s Creek |
|
|
pelecypods{4} |
FL0095 |
|
|
| Ellenton |
Leon |
FL |
2 km away at Rocky Bluff on Manatee River |
Miocene |
|
mollusks — Pecten,Perna,Venus,Arca{4} |
FL0096 |
|
|
| Holland P.O. |
Leon |
FL |
2 km N in hard light-grey Limestone on bank of Ochlockonee River sw1/4s16t1sr4w |
Miocene Upper |
|
Pelecypods |
FL0097 |
|
|
| Tallahassee |
Leon |
FL |
at Jackson Bluff near dam on the East side of the Ochlocknee River in clays |
Miocene |
Jackson Bluff |
mollusks. |
FL0098 |
|
|
| West Sopchoppy |
Leon |
FL |
|
|
|
many species – Carolia,Scutella |
FL0099 |
|
|
| Gulf Hammock |
Levy |
FL |
4.5 km S SW of FL55 |
Eocene |
Inglis |
echinoids,corals |
FL0100 |
|
|
| Gulf Hammock |
Levy |
FL |
SW on FL 55 |
Eocene |
Inglis |
mollusks and echinoids. |
FL0101 |
|
|
| Inglis |
Levy |
FL |
In exposures on cross Florida Barge Canal 1.6km S |
Eocene |
Inglis |
Mollusks and echinoids. |
FL0102 |
|
|
| Inglis[?] |
Levy |
FL |
2 km S |
|
|
large echinoid and mollusk fauna |
FL0103 |
Original says Ingles. Can’t locate Ingles,but Ingles seems to be an occasional misspelling of Inglis |
|
| Williston |
Levy |
FL |
2.4km NE at Mixon’s Bone Bed |
Miocene (Hemphill) |
Alachua Clay |
Turtles-Geochelone |
FL0104 |
|
|
| Williston |
Levy |
FL |
2km NE at Mixon’s Bone Bed |
Miocene |
Alachua Clay |
Anhinga,Ciconia,Dendrocygna,Grus,Podilymbus,Rollandia,Penelope,Alligator,Chrysemys,Deirochelys,Trionyx |
FL0105 |
Hemphill Age |
|
| Alum Bluff |
Liberty |
FL |
3.5 km N in road cut on old road to Watson’s Landing |
|
|
pelecypods – Ecphora |
FL0106 |
|
|
| Bristol |
Liberty |
FL |
10 km downstream near Woods |
|
|
Cancellaria |
FL0107 |
|
|
| Bristol |
Liberty |
FL |
6.5 km N in silty sand on high bluff on E bank of Apalachicola River |
Miocene |
Jackson Bluff |
good mollusks |
FL0108 |
|
|
| Bristol |
Liberty |
FL |
at Alum Bluff on Apalachicola River,on Nature Conservancy property. 2 km by trial NE of end of Garden of Eden Road off of FL12. largest exposed geologic section in Florida (nearly 40 meters) |
Miocene Lower |
Alum Bluff |
fossils |
FL0109 |
|
|
| Bristol |
Liberty |
FL |
in high bluff on E bank of Apalachicola River 6.4km N |
Miocene |
Jackson Bluff |
Mollusks. |
FL0110 |
|
|
| Bristol (area) |
Liberty |
FL |
3.5 km N of Alum Bluff in road cut on old road to Watson’s Landing |
Miocene Lower? |
Alum Bluff |
pelecypods – Ecphora |
FL0111 |
|
|
| Hosford |
Liberty |
FL |
3.5 km N on Big Creek at the site of a mill |
|
|
Cancellaria |
FL0112 |
|
|
| Manatee |
Liberty |
FL |
At North Creek |
|
Alum Bluff |
many fossils |
FL0113 |
|
|
| – |
Manatee |
FL |
Quality Aggregates Phase 9 |
Pliocene Upper |
Tamiami |
mollusks |
|
|
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-08072002-110037/unrestricted/etd.pdf |
| Dunnellon |
Marion |
FL |
In Cullen River Mine |
Pleistocene |
|
deer teeth,Odocoileus |
FL0114 |
|
|
| Marion County |
Marion |
FL |
In area phosphate mines |
|
|
mastodon,Hipparion |
FL0115 |
|
|
| Marion County |
Marion |
FL |
In area quarries |
Eocene Upper |
Ocala Limestone |
many fossil species |
FL0116 |
|
|
| Ocala |
Marion |
FL |
|
Eocene |
Ocala Limestone |
echinoderms |
FL0117 |
|
|
| Ocala |
Marion |
FL |
400 meters N |
|
|
Nummulites |
FL0118 |
|
|
| Ocala |
Marion |
FL |
Florida Lime Co pit |
|
|
turtle bones |
FL0119 |
|
|
| Ocala |
Marion |
FL |
SW part of city quarries |
|
|
Nummulites |
FL0120 |
|
|
| Ocala |
Marion |
FL |
area quarries |
|
|
Nummulites |
FL0121 |
|
|
| Ocala |
Marion |
FL |
area quarries |
|
|
fossils |
FL0122 |
|
|
| Ocala |
Marion |
FL |
on mine dumps |
|
|
brachiopods |
FL0123 |
|
|
| Reddick |
Marion |
FL |
Fissure and caves. Cited as major site for Rancho LaBrean fauna |
Pleistocene |
|
Mammal Bones |
FL0124 |
Original source says Reddick IA but that’s possibly a site designator (I-A) not a state abbreviation |
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| – |
Miami-Dade |
FL |
|
Pliocene |
Caloosahatchee |
mollusks – Arca |
FL0126 |
|
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| Miami |
Miami-Dade |
FL |
|
|
|
Bryozoa Schizoporella |
FL0125 |
|
|
| Brownsville |
Miami-Dade? |
FL |
along Peace River |
|
|
shark teeth,mammal bones and teeth. |
FL0127 |
|
|
| – |
Monroe,Volusia |
FL |
|
Pleistocene |
|
mammal fossils – Dire Wolf,Camels,deer |
FL0092 |
|
|
| Fernandina Beach |
Nassau |
FL |
N of Jacksonville |
Miocene |
|
shark teeth,vertebrates |
FL0128 |
|
|
| Belle Glade |
Palm Beach |
FL |
W along US27 to La Belle-Moore Haven in road,canal and pit exposures |
Pliocene |
Caloosahatchee |
Well preserved mollusks,corals,echinoids. |
FL0129 |
|
|
| Belle Glade |
Palm Beach |
FL |
along US27 to and around Moore Haven in pits and road cuts |
Pliocene |
Caloosahatchee |
mollusks,corals,echinoids |
FL0130 |
|
|
| South Bay |
Palm Beach |
FL |
Pit of South Bay Water Plant and in overlying Pleistocene |
Pliocene |
Caloosahatchee |
mollusks and corals. |
FL0131 |
|
|
| South Bay |
Palm Beach |
FL |
at South Bay Water Plant |
|
|
mollusks,corals |
FL0132 |
|
|
| Hudson |
Pasco |
FL |
2 km N |
|
|
Lyria,Orthaulax,Cerithium,Turritella,Cypraea,Thracia,Cardium,Panopea,Teredo |
FL0133 |
|
|
| Hudson |
Pasco |
FL |
3.5 km N |
|
|
Lyria,Orthaulax,Cerithium,Turritella,Cypraea,Thracia,Cardium,Panopea,Teredo |
FL0134 |
|
|
| New Port Richey |
Pasco |
FL |
Fossils along beaches N past Sarasota. |
|
|
? |
FL0135 |
|
|
| New Port Richey |
Pasco |
FL |
to S at Bailey’s Bluff |
|
|
Silicified coral |
FL0136 |
|
|
| Zepherhills |
Pasco |
FL |
4 km S in pits on Florida trap Rock Co property |
Oligocene |
Suwannee Limestone |
Cerithium,Turritella,Ampullina,Glycymeris,Lima,Modiolus,Chione,Teredo,etc. |
FL0137 |
|
|
| Tarpon Springs |
Pinellas |
FL |
2 km away along Anclote River in Limestone |
|
|
Nummulites |
FL0138 |
|
|
| Tarpon Springs |
Pinellas |
FL |
area exposures |
|
|
chalcedony and silicified corals and fossils |
FL0139 |
|
|
| – |
Polk |
FL |
|
Miocene |
Bone Valley |
Vertebrates-Agriotherium,Calippus,Calippus,Carcharodon,Edaphocyon,Metaxytherium,Monachus,Nannippus,Platygonus,Plesiogulo,Pliohippus,Pseudhipparion,Tapirus |
FL0157 |
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|
| – |
Polk |
FL |
Area pebble Phosphate deposits |
Miocene |
Bone Valley |
shark teeth,ray teeth,marine mammal bones,invertebrate casts,silicified corals – mastodon,rhinoceros,horse,turtles camels,alligator{4} |
FL0158 |
|
|
| Agrico Mine |
Polk |
FL |
|
Miocene |
Bone Valley |
Vertebrates-Gomphotherium,Hexameryx,Metaxytherium,Nannippus,Neohipparion |
FL0140 |
|
|
| Bartow |
Polk |
FL |
|
Miocene |
Bone Valley? |
Shark–ray denticles — Trygon,Myliobatis. |
FL0141 |
|
|
| Bone Valley |
Polk |
FL |
in Phosphate pits |
Miocene-Pleistocene |
|
Alligator,Merychippus,Nannippus,Hipparion,Neohipparion (horses) |
FL0142 |
|
|
| Brewster |
Polk |
FL |
|
Miocene |
Bone Valley |
Vertebrates-Gavialosuchus,Tomistoma |
FL0143 |
|
|
| Brewster |
Polk |
FL |
|
Miocene |
Bone Valley? |
Gar Fish scales,Whale bones,Porpoises |
FL0144 |
|
|
| Brewster |
Polk |
FL |
|
Miocene |
Bone Valley? |
Gar Fish scales,Whale bones,Porpoises |
FL0145 |
|
|
| Ft Meade |
Polk |
FL |
At Cargill Fertilizer quarry on Peeples Road |
|
|
vertebrates |
FL0146 |
|
|
| Ft Meade Phosphate area |
Polk |
FL |
|
Miocene |
Hawthorn |
Echinoderms |
FL0147 |
|
|
| Lakeland |
Polk |
FL |
11 km NE |
|
|
Silicified coral |
FL0148 |
|
|
| Mulberry |
Polk |
FL |
Area phosphate mines. Museum at intersection of FL37 and FL 60. |
Miocene |
Bone Valley |
marine vertebrate fossils |
FL0149 |
|
|
| Mulberry |
Polk |
FL |
In area phosphate quarries |
Miocene |
Bone Valley |
abundant Fossils |
FL0150 |
|
|
| Payne Creek Mine |
Polk |
FL |
|
Miocene |
Bone Valley |
Vertebrates-Alligator |
FL0151 |
|
|
| Payne Creek Mine |
Polk |
FL |
|
Miocene Upper |
Bone Valley Upper |
shark teeth-Carcharodon,Myliobatis;Turtles-Geochelone,Trionyx |
FL0152 |
|
|
| Peace Creek |
Polk |
FL |
In regional phosphate mounds |
|
|
Bison,Glyptodonts,Armadillo,Tapirus,Equus,Hipparion,Odocoileus,Elephas,Chlamytherium,Hoplophorus,Glyptodon |
FL0153 |
|
|
| Phosphoria Mine |
Polk |
FL |
|
Miocene |
Bone Valley |
Vertebrates-Ballistes,fish vertebrae |
FL0154 |
|
|
| Wachula |
Polk |
FL |
In Peace River Beds |
Pleistocene |
|
Mammals – Boreostracon,Megatherian (armadillos,Sloths) |
FL0155 |
|
|
| Wachula |
Polk |
FL |
along river |
|
|
fossils |
FL0156 |
|
|
| – |
Polk,Hillsborough |
FL |
|
Miocene |
Bone Valley |
Vertebrates-Gavialosuchus(a crocodile) |
FL0159 |
|
|
| – |
Polk,Hillsborough |
FL |
|
Miocene |
Bone Valley |
Vertebrates-Osteoborus |
FL0160 |
|
|
| Nashua |
Putnam |
FL |
In 160cm of Marl |
|
|
abundant shells |
FL0161 |
|
|
| St Johns River |
Putnam |
FL |
200 meters upstream from Atlantic Coast Line RR bridge |
Pliocene |
Nashua |
abundant fossils |
FL0162 |
|
|
| Casey Key |
Sarasota |
FL |
9 km S from Sarasota to Osprey then E on Hwy 789 to key. Along beach on offshore in sand http://www.levins.com/dinosaur.shtml |
Miocene? |
|
shark teeth – Carcharodon |
FL0163 |
|
|
| Casperson Beach |
Sarasota |
FL |
Closed to collecting |
|
|
shark teeth. Mammals |
FL0164 |
|
|
| Fruitville |
Sarasota |
FL |
Shell pit of Macasphalt Co just off I75 at exit 39. Open Saturdays,for small fee as of 1987. |
Miocene-Pleistocene |
|
mollusks and Vertebrates — both marine and terrestrial. Large,and well preserved |
FL0165 |
|
|
| Manasota Beach |
Sarasota |
FL |
at intercoastal waterway |
|
|
shark teeth |
FL0166 |
|
|
| Manasota Beach |
Sarasota |
FL |
off FL776 on intercoastal waterway |
Miocene? |
|
abundant small shark teeth |
FL0167 |
|
|
| Manasota Key |
Sarasota |
FL |
From Stump Pass N to Venice along beach |
Miocene |
|
Shark Teeth |
FL0168 |
|
|
| Sarasota |
Sarasota |
FL |
in Warren Brother’s pit 1.6km E |
Pleistocene |
Pinecrest |
Oysters,biostromes,mollusks,corals |
FL0169 |
|
|
| Anastasia Island |
St Johns |
FL |
opposite St Augustine in coquina |
|
|
abundant shells. |
FL0170 |
|
|
| Florida Coast Line Canal |
St Johns |
FL |
51.2km N of St Augustine |
|
|
Turtle bones |
FL0171 |
|
|
| Inland Waterway |
St Johns |
FL |
51.2 km S of St Augustine |
|
|
Mammut,Elephas,Mylodon,Equus,whale bones |
FL0172 |
|
|
| Jacksonville Beach |
St Johns |
FL |
E of FL90 the N on A1A to Beach http://www.treasuresites.com/members/fossil.htm |
|
|
shark teeth-Galeocerdo,land mammal bones |
FL0173 |
|
|
| Mickler’s Point |
St Johns |
FL |
access to Ponte Vedra Beach |
Miocene |
|
shark teeth |
FL0174 |
No Google hits on Mickler’s Point,but Mickler’s Landing is at Ponte Vedra Beach |
|
| Ponte Vedra Beach |
St Johns |
FL |
|
Miocene |
|
shark and fish bones |
FL0175 |
|
|
| Indian River |
St Lucie |
FL |
S along Canal banks |
|
|
turtle bones,Testudo,Gopherus,Terrapene |
FL0176 |
|
|
| St Catherines |
Sumter |
FL |
In St Catherine’s Rock Company quarry W of St Catherines and S of RR tracks. |
Eocene |
Ocala Limestone |
Mollusk casts and echinoids. |
FL0177 |
|
|
| St Catherines |
Sumter |
FL |
S of RR tracks in quarry |
|
|
mollusk casts,echinoids |
FL0178 |
|
|
| Live Oak |
Suwannee |
FL |
2.5 km N in old Lyle quarry |
|
|
mollusks |
FL0179 |
|
|
| Suwannee Sulphur Spring |
Suwannee |
FL |
|
Oligocene |
Suwannee Limestone |
mollusks |
FL0180 |
|
|
| Wacissa |
Suwannee |
FL |
13-16 km E in road cuts |
|
|
Cerithium,Cardium,Tellina,Rhyncholampas |
FL0181 |
|
|
| Wacissa |
Suwannee |
FL |
under water in Wacissa Creek 2 km S of town http://www.treasuresites.com/members/fossil.htm |
|
|
fossils |
FL0182 |
|
|
| Walker Spring |
Suwannee |
FL |
400 meters S of RR and 800 meters SE of depot in Hwy cut |
|
|
Cerithium,Chlamys,Phacoides,Teredo |
FL0183 |
|
|
| Perry |
Taylor |
FL |
15.5 km SE along Highway |
|
|
mollusks |
FL0184 |
|
|
| De Leon Springs |
Volusia |
FL |
1 km S |
|
|
Crepidula,Ostrea,Carditamera,Mulinia |
FL0185 |
|
|
| Orange City |
Volusia |
FL |
at Blue Springs |
Pleistocene |
|
mammals-Mammut |
FL0186 |
|
|
| St Johns River |
Volusia |
FL |
11 km below Sanford RR bridge on E side |
Pliocene |
|
Many Species of Shells |
FL0187 |
|
|
| St Johns River |
Volusia |
FL |
8 km below Sanford RR bridge on E side |
Pliocene |
|
Many Species of Shells |
FL0188 |
|
|
| Chipley |
Walton |
FL |
11 km SW,2 km N of Duncan |
Oligocene |
Marianna Limestone |
Orbitoides,Pecten |
FL0189 |
|
|
| Chipley |
Walton |
FL |
4 km SE |
Oligocene |
Marianna Limestone |
Orbitoides,Pecten |
FL0190 |
|
|
| Defuniak Springs |
Walton |
FL |
off Country Road 238 W of Alaqua Methodist Church in road cut and creekbeds http://www.treasuresites.com/members/fossil.htm |
Miocene |
|
vertebrate fossils |
FL0191 |
|
|
| Marianna |
Walton |
FL |
11 km SW about 2 km from Kynesville in Limestone boulders |
Oligocene |
Marianna Limestone |
Orbitoides,Pecten |
FL0192 |
|
|
| Marianna |
Walton |
FL |
Exposures to E |
Oligocene |
Marianna Limestone |
Orbitoides,Pecten |
FL0193 |
|
|
| Marianna |
Walton |
FL |
in area exposures along Chipola River http://www.treasuresites.com/members/fossil.htm |
Pleistocene |
|
fossils |
FL0194 |
|
|
| Mossy head |
Walton |
FL |
Shell bed in ravine 300m up creek on N bank of Shoal River 6.4km N |
Miocene |
Shoal River |
Mollusks. |
FL0195 |
|
|
| Natural Bridge |
Walton |
FL |
400 meters S of bridge near old Turpentine mill clayey Limestone outcrop |
|
|
abundant pecten |
FL0196 |
|
|
| Natural Bridge |
Walton |
FL |
near N line of county in clayey Limestone outcrop |
|
|
abundant pecten |
FL0197 |
|
|
| Red Bay |
Walton |
FL |
2 km S in bluff |
|
|
Turritella,Dentalium,Arca,Pecten,Crassatellites |
FL0198 |
|
|
| Red Bay |
Walton |
FL |
2 km SE on W bank of Choctawhatchee River in blue gray marl |
Miocene |
|
200 species of mollusks Mulinia numerous. |
FL0199 |
|
|
| Sandy Creek |
Walton |
FL |
on neighborhood of Country Road 138B and Padgett Road in Creek Bed exposures http://www.treasuresites.com/members/fossil.htm |
Miocene |
|
shark teeth,Mammal bones and teeth |
FL0200 |
|
|
| Croom |
Walton? |
FL |
area phosphate mines |
|
|
Orbitoides,Cassidulus |
FL0201 |
Croom seems to be in Hernando Cy |
|
| Greenhead |
Washington |
FL |
8 km SE at the ‘Deadens’ |
|
|
Cancellaria |
FL0202 |
|
|
| Read Head |
Washington |
FL |
2 km near Rocky Landing on Choctawhatchee River |
|
|
Ecphora,Cancellaria |
FL0203 |
|
|
| Marianna Limestone |
[?] |
FL |
in Northern part of state |
|
|
ProCarcharodon |
FL0204 |
|
|
| West Florida |
[?] |
FL |
Canal dredgings and highway fill along ‘Alligator Alley’ |
|
|
shark teeth |
FL0205 |
|
|
| West Florida |
[?] |
FL |
Canal dredgings and highway fill along US41 |
|
|
shark teeth |
FL0206 |
|
|