The Jefferson County, Florida paleontological sites are assemblages of Mid- Miocene to Late Pleistocene vertebrates from Jefferson County, Florida, United States.
Era:
Neogene
Period:
Miocene to
Pleistocene, ~23.03
Mya—11,000 years ago. (calculates to a period of approximately
22.92 million years).
Faunal stage:
Clarendonian through early
Rancholabrean
Ashville site (Miocene) Time period: ~13.5—12.7 Mya.
[1]
Aucilla River site (Pleistocene) Time period: ~126,000—11,000 years ago. The Aucilla site specimens were discovered by amateur
paleontologist Dr. Richard Ohmes of
Bremerton, Washington in 1969.
[2]
Coordinates:
30°06′N 83°54′W / 30.1°N 83.9°W
Wacissa River site (Pleistocene) Time period: ~126,000—11,000 years ago. Collected by R. Alexon, B. Mathen, R. Gingery in October 1981; in shallow water. Specimens reposited in the
Florida Museum of Natural History.
[3]
Coordinates:
30°24′N 83°54′W / 30.4°N 83.9°W
Ashland site = ASH. Aucilla River site = ARS. Wacissa River site = WRS.
The Jefferson County, Florida paleontological sites are assemblages of Mid- Miocene to Late Pleistocene vertebrates from Jefferson County, Florida, United States.
Era:
Neogene
Period:
Miocene to
Pleistocene, ~23.03
Mya—11,000 years ago. (calculates to a period of approximately
22.92 million years).
Faunal stage:
Clarendonian through early
Rancholabrean
Ashville site (Miocene) Time period: ~13.5—12.7 Mya.
[1]
Aucilla River site (Pleistocene) Time period: ~126,000—11,000 years ago. The Aucilla site specimens were discovered by amateur
paleontologist Dr. Richard Ohmes of
Bremerton, Washington in 1969.
[2]
Coordinates:
30°06′N 83°54′W / 30.1°N 83.9°W
Wacissa River site (Pleistocene) Time period: ~126,000—11,000 years ago. Collected by R. Alexon, B. Mathen, R. Gingery in October 1981; in shallow water. Specimens reposited in the
Florida Museum of Natural History.
[3]
Coordinates:
30°24′N 83°54′W / 30.4°N 83.9°W
Ashland site = ASH. Aucilla River site = ARS. Wacissa River site = WRS.