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The location of the state of Florida. Paleontology in Florida refers to paleontological research occurring within or conducted by people from the U.S. state of Florida. Florida has a very rich fossil record spanning from the Eocene to recent times. [1] Florida fossils are often very well preserved. [2]
Humans first inhabited the peninsula of Florida approximately 14,000 to 15,000 years ago; it looked vastly different at that time and had a different climate. [2] [3] The west coast extended about 100 miles (160 km) to the west of its current location. [4]
Archaeology of Precolumbian Florida. Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida. ISBN 978-0-8130-1273-5. Milanich, Jerald T. (1995). Florida Indians and the Invasion from Europe. Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida. ISBN 0-8130-1360-7. Milanich, Jerald T. (1998). Florida's Indians from Ancient Times to the Present ...
This is a listing of sites of archaeological interest in the state of Florida, in the United States Wikimedia Commons has media related to Archaeological sites in Florida . Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap
Size comparison between a person and Inostrancevia (reconstructed with long lips and some hair). Earlier gorgonopsids in the Middle Permian were quite small, with skull lengths of 10–15 cm (4–6 in), [1] whereas some later genera attained massive, bear-like sizes with the largest being Inostrancevia up to 3.5 m (11 ft) in length and 300 kg (660 lb) in body mass. [2]
The names Jaega and Jobé (or variants thereof) appear on 17th-century Spanish maps of Florida, and in Spanish reports. [ 15 ] Jonathan Dickinson , who was part of a shipwrecked party detained in the town of Jobé for several days in 1696, wrote a Journal that contains descriptions of the people of Jobé (near present-day Jupiter Inlet).
They also tend to live close to large bodies of water, which are usually warmer than the air temperatures, helping them survive short cold snaps. Florida's iguana invasion
A shell midden at Enterprise, Florida in 1875.. The foundation of Florida was located in the continent of Gondwana at the South Pole 650 million years ago (Mya). When Gondwana collided with the continent of Laurentia 300 Mya, it had moved further north. 200 Mya, the merged continents containing what would be Florida, had moved north of the equator.