Jefferson County, Florida paleontological sites

Era: Neogene Period: Miocene to Pleistocene, ~23.03 Mya—11,000 years ago. (calculates to a period of approximately ). Faunal stage: Clarendonian through early Rancholabrean ==Sites==

Ashville site (Miocene) Time period: ~13.5—12.7 Mya. 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. Coordinates: 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. Coordinates: Ashland site = ASH. Aucilla River site = ARS. Wacissa River site = WRS. ==Reptiles==

• Emydidae (turtle) WRS • Geochelone (tortoise) ARS • Alligator WRS ==Birds==

• Grus americana (whooping crane) ARS ==Mammals==

• Artiodactyla (deer-like) ASH, ARS • Bison antiquus (bison) WRS • Calippus proplacidus ASH • Camelops (camel) ARS • Equus (horse) ARS, WRS • Hemiauchenia (camel) WRS • Hippotherium (horse) ASH • Megalonyx (ground sloth) ARS • Mammut (American mastodon) ARS • Menoceratinae (rhinoceros) • Tapirus (tapir) ARS • Odocoileus virginianus (deer-like) WRS • Palaeolama (llama) WRS ==References==