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Polk County during the Miocene with most of the county as dry land. Interglacial Florida during the Miocene. Florida during the Late Pleistocene 2 million to 10,000 years ago. The Polk County paleontological sites are assemblages of Early Miocene to Late Pleistocene vertebrates occurring in Polk County, Florida, United States.
The extinctions during the Late Pleistocene are differentiated from previous extinctions by its extreme size bias towards large animals (with small animals being largely unaffected), and widespread absence of ecological succession to replace these extinct megafaunal species, [3] and the regime shift of previously established faunal ...
The Pleistocene limestones of the Florida Keys are rich in fossils. [12] The Pleistocene is the epoch of time best represented in Florida's fossil record. [6] In fact, Florida's Pleistocene sediments are regarded as the best source of Pleistocene fossils in the world, especially for the mammals of that age. [3]
The Orange County paleontological sites are assemblages of Late Pleistocene vertebrates occurring in Orange County, Florida. Orange County during the Miocene with most of the county as dry land. Florida during the Late Pleistocene 2 million to 10,000 years ago.
The skull found at the Melbourne Golf Course was exhibited at the Paleontological Society of America meeting in 1925. [1] This discovery sparked a 30-year debate between geologists and archaeologists resulting in the skull becoming known as the Melbourne Man. [1] Recent consensus dates the Melbourne Man as early as 10,000 BC confirming that Native Americans coexisted with Pleistocene mammals ...
Artist's conception of Pleistocene Vero Man hunters and two Arctodus cave bears. Vero Man refers to a set of fossilized human bones found near Vero (now Vero Beach), Florida, in 1915 and 1916. The human bones were found in association with those of Pleistocene animals. Pleistocene dates range from 2,580,000 to 11,700 years ago.
Over 50 genera (~ 83%) of megafauna in South and North America went extinct during the Pleistocene. [42] most mega mammals (>1000kg) and large mammals (>40kg) went extinct by the end of the Late Pleistocene. [43] During this period there was a major cooling event called the Younger Dryas and the Clovis culture of capturing game became more ...
Pliocene–Pleistocene boundary extinction: 2 Ma: Possible causes include a supernova [7] [8] or the Eltanin impact [9] [10] Middle Miocene disruption: 14.5 Ma Climate change due to change of ocean circulation patterns. Milankovitch cycles may have also contributed [11] Paleogene: Eocene–Oligocene extinction event: 33.9 Ma