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Early Miocene The Early Miocene (also known as Lower Miocene) is a sub-epoch of the Miocene epoch (geology), Epoch made up of two faunal stage, stages: the Aquitanian age, Aquitanian and Burdigalian stages. The sub-epoch lasted from 23.03 ± 0.05 annum, Ma to ...
and
Pleistocene The Pleistocene ( ; referred to colloquially as the ''ice age, Ice Age'') is the geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations. Before a change was fin ...
assemblage of
vertebrate Vertebrates () are animals with a vertebral column (backbone or spine), and a cranium, or skull. The vertebral column surrounds and protects the spinal cord, while the cranium protects the brain. The vertebrates make up the subphylum Vertebra ...
fossils located in the Haile quarries,
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, northern
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. The assemblage was discovered during
phosphate Phosphates are the naturally occurring form of the element phosphorus. In chemistry, a phosphate is an anion, salt, functional group or ester derived from a phosphoric acid. It most commonly means orthophosphate, a derivative of orthop ...
mining, which began in the late 1940s. Haile sites are found in the
Alachua Formation The Alachua Formation is a Miocene Formation (stratigraphy), geologic formation in Florida. The claystones, sandstones and phosphorites of the formation preserve many fossils of mammals, birds, reptiles and fish, among others megalodon. Fossil c ...
. Two sites within the
Ocala Limestone The Ocala Limestone is a late Eocene geologic formation of exposed limestones near Ocala, Marion County, Florida. Age Period: Paleogene Epoch: Late Eocene Faunal stage: Late Clarkforkian through early Orellan Absolute Age: ~55.8 to ~33.9 mya, ...
yielded
Upper Eocene The Eocene ( ) is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes from the Ancient Greek (''Ēṓs'', 'Dawn') an ...
Valvatida The Valvatida are an order of starfish in the class Asteroidea, which contains 695 species in 172 genera in 17 families. Description The order encompasses both tiny species, which are only a few millimetres in diameter, like those in the gen ...
(sea stars) and
mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000  extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s.
University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida, United States. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida and a preem ...
and
Florida Museum of Natural History The Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH) is Florida's official state-sponsored and chartered natural history museum. Its main facilities are located at 3215 Hull Road on the campus of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, Gaine ...
paleontologists numbered the Haile fossil sites with Arabic and Roman numbers and letters in order to define locations more distinctly. UF scientists used Roman numbering and the FLMNH scientists used Arabic.


Numbered Haile sites

*V/XIXA aka Haile 5A, 19A (FLMNH repository) *5B Miocene *6A. *7C. *12B. *XVA aka 15A. *16A. *21A. *ID. *VIIA. *VIIIA. *XIB. *XIIIA. *XIIIB. *XIVA. *XIXD. *IVB.
Late Pleistocene The Late Pleistocene is an unofficial Age (geology), age in the international geologic timescale in chronostratigraphy, also known as the Upper Pleistocene from a Stratigraphy, stratigraphic perspective. It is intended to be the fourth division ...
Haile sites: 7C, 15A (No longer exists), 16A, and 21A.


Fish

*'' Carcharodon auriculatus''


Amphibians/Reptiles

*''
Bufo ''Bufo'' is a genus of true toads in the amphibian family Bufonidae. As traditionally defined, it was a wastebasket genus containing a large number of toads from much of the world but following taxonomic reviews most of these have been moved to ...
'' (toad) *''
Coluber constrictor The eastern racer, or North American racer (''Coluber constrictor''), is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to North America and Central America. Eleven subspecies, including the nominotypical subspeci ...
'' (Eastern Racer) *
Emydidae Emydidae (Latin (freshwater tortoise) + Ancient Greek (, "appearance, resemblance")) is a family of testudines (turtles) that includes close to 50 species in 10 genera. Members of this family are commonly called terrapins, pond turtles, or mar ...
(turtle) *†'' Gavialosuchus'' (Crocodile) *'' Hesperotestudo crassiscutata'' (turtle) *''
Deirochelys ''Deirochelys'' is a genus of freshwater turtle in the family Emydidae, the pond and marsh turtles. It contains one Extant taxon, extant species, the chicken turtle (''Deirochelys reticularia''), which is native to the southeastern United States. ...
'' (Chicken Turtle) *''
Micrurus fulvius ''Micrurus fulvius'', Common name, commonly known as the eastern coral snake,John L. Behler, Behler John L.; Frederic Wayne King, King, F. Wayne (1979). ''The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles and Amphibians''. New York: Alf ...
'' (Coral snake) * Ranidae (True Frog) *†'' Sphenodontia'' (lizard) *''
Terrapene carolina The common box turtle (''Terrapene carolina'') is a species of box turtle with five existing subspecies. It is found throughout the Eastern United States and Mexico. The box turtle has a distinctive hinged lower shell that allows it to completel ...
'' (Eastern Box Turtle)


Birds

*
Anatidae The Anatidae are the biological family (biology), family of water birds that includes ducks, goose, geese, and swans. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on all the world's continents except Antarctica. These birds are adapted f ...
indet (duck) *† ''Aizenogyps'' ''toomeyae'' (Condor) *''
Anhinga The anhinga (; ''Anhinga anhinga''), sometimes called snakebird, darter, American darter, or water turkey, is a water bird of the warmer parts of the Americas. The word ''anhinga'' comes from ''a'ñinga'' in the Brazilian Tupi language and means ...
grande'' (Snakebird) *'' Ceryle torquata'' (Ringed Kingfisher) * Motmotidae (Motmot) *''
Phalacrocorax ''Phalacrocorax'' is a genus of fish-eating birds in the cormorant family Phalacrocoracidae. Members of this genus are also known as the Old World cormorants. Taxonomy The genus ''Phalacrocorax'' was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin ...
'' (Cormorant)


Mammals


Carnivores

*''
Procyon Procyon () is the brightest star in the constellation of Canis Minor and usually the list of brightest stars, eighth-brightest star in the night sky, with an apparent visual magnitude of 0.34. It has the Bayer designation α Canis Min ...
'' (raccoon)


Canidae

*†''
Borophagus ''Borophagus'' ("gluttonous eater") is an extinct genus of the subfamily Borophaginae, a group of canids endemic to North America from the Middle Miocene epoch through the Early Pleistocene epoch 12—1.8 Annum, Mya. Evolution ''Borophagus'', ...
'' (ancestor of dogs) *
Canidae Canidae (; from Latin, ''canis'', "dog") is a family (biology), biological family of caniform carnivorans, constituting a clade. A member of this family is also called a canid (). The family includes three subfamily, subfamilies: the Caninae, a ...
**†'' Canis armbrusteri'' (Armbruster's wolf) **†''
Canis edwardii ''Canis edwardii'', also known as Edward's wolf, is an extinct species of wolf in the genus ''Canis'' which was endemic to North America three million years ago from the Late Blancan stage of the Pliocene epoch and was extinct by the end of the I ...
'' (Edward's wolf) **†'' Canis dirus'' (Dire wolf) **''
Canis rufus The red wolf (''Canis rufus'') is a canine native to the southeastern United States. Its size is intermediate between the coyote (''Canis latrans'') and gray wolf (''Canis lupus''). The red wolf's taxonomic classification as being a separate ...
'' (Red wolf) *†''
Epicyon ''Epicyon'' ("more than a dog") is a large, extinct, canid genus of the subfamily Borophaginae ("bone-crushing dogs"), native to North America. ''Epicyon'' existed for about from the early Clarendonian age of the Late Miocene to the late Hemphil ...
haydeni'' (ancestor of dogs) *'' Urocyon cinereoargenteus'' (fox)


Bears

*†''
Arctodus ''Arctodus'' is an extinct genus of short-faced bear that inhabited North America during the Pleistocene (~2.6 Year#mya, Mya until 12,800 years ago). There are two recognized species: the lesser short-faced bear (''Arctodus pristinus'') and the gia ...
pristinus'' (Short-faced Bear) *†''
Tremarctos floridanus ''Tremarctos floridanus'' is an extinct species of bear in the family Ursidae, subfamily Tremarctinae. ''T. floridanus'' became extinct at the end of the last ice age, 11,000 years ago. Its fossils have been found throughout the Southeastern U ...
'' (Florida Cave Bear)


Feliformia

*†''
Homotherium ''Homotherium'' is an extinct genus of Homotherini, scimitar-toothed cat belonging to the extinct subfamily Machairodontinae that inhabited North America, Eurasia, and Africa, as well as possibly South America during the Pliocene and Pleistocene ...
'' (Saber-toothed cat) *†'' Xenosmilus hodsonae'' (Saber-toothed cat) *''
Lynx rufus The bobcat (''Lynx rufus''), also known as the wildcat, bay lynx, or red lynx, is one of the four extant species within the medium-sized wild cat genus ''Lynx''. Native to North America, it ranges from southern Canada through most of the con ...
'' (Bobcat) *†''
Panthera onca The jaguar (''Panthera onca'') is a large cat species and the only living member of the genus ''Panthera'' that is native to the Americas. With a body length of up to and a weight of up to , it is the biggest cat species in the Americas a ...
'' (Jaguar) *†'' Smilodon gracilis'' (Saber-toothed cat)


Mustelids

*'' Conepatus leuconotus'' (Hog-nosed skunk) *'' Mephitis mephitis'' (Striped Skunk) *''
Mustela Weasels are mammals of the genus ''Mustela'' of the family Mustelidae. The genus ''Mustela'' includes the least weasels, polecats, stoats, ferrets, and European mink. Members of this genus are small, active predators, with long and slender bo ...
frenata'' (Long-tailed Weasel) *†''
Satherium ''Satherium'' is an extinct genus of otters that lived in North America during the Pliocene and Pleistocene. Two species are known, '' Satherium piscinarium'' and ''Satherium ingens''. ''S. piscinarium'' was originally classified as a species of ...
piscinarium'' (North American Giant Otter) *'' Spilogale putorius'' (Eastern Spotted Skunk) *'' Trigonictis cookii'' (Galictis)


Herbivores


Even-toed ungulates

*†'' Aepycamelus'' (Camel) *''
Bison latifrons ''Bison latifrons'', also known as the giant bison or long-horned bison, is an extinct species of bison that lived in North America during the Late Pleistocene epoch ranging from southern Canada to Mexico. It is noted for its large body size and ...
'' (Bison) *†
Camelidae Camelids are members of the biological family Camelidae, the only currently living family in the suborder Tylopoda. The seven extant members of this group are: dromedary camels, Bactrian camels, wild Bactrian camels, llamas, alpacas, vicuñas ...
(Camel) *†
Gelocidae The Gelocidae are an extinct family of hornless ruminants, ruminantia that are estimated to have lived during the Eocene and Oligocene epochs, from 36 MYA (unit), MYA to 6 MYA. The family generally includes ruminants with dental traits of both th ...
(early horse-type ungulate) *†'' Hemiauchenia macrocephala'' (Llama) *†''
Mylohyus ''Mylohyus'' is an extinct genus of peccary found in North and Central America. It first evolved during the Late Miocene and became extinct at the end of the Pleistocene, around 12,000 years ago, during the Late Pleistocene megafaunal extinction ...
floridanus'' (Peccary) *†''
Odocoileus ''Odocoileus'' is a genus of medium-sized deer (family Cervidae) containing three species native to the Americas The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South Amer ...
virginianus'' (Deer) *†'' Palaeolama mirifica'' (Llama) *†''
Platygonus ''Platygonus'' ("flat head" in reference to the straight shape of the forehead) is an extinct genus of herbivorous peccaries of the family Tayassuidae, endemic to North and South America from the Miocene through Pleistocene epochs (10.3 millio ...
'', ''P. compressus'', ''P. vetus'' (Peccary) *†'' Yumaceras hamiltoni'' (early horse-type ungulate)


Odd-toed ungulates

*†'' Aphelops'' (rhinoceros) *†'' Calippus'', ''C. elachistus'', ''C. hondurensis'' (horse) *†'' Dolichohippus'' (horse) *†'' Equus'' sp,. ''E. fraternus'', ''E. leidyi'' (horse) *†''
Tapirus ''Tapirus'' is a genus of tapir which contains the living tapir species. The Malayan tapir is usually included in ''Tapirus'' as well, although some authorities have moved it into its own genus, ''Acrocodia''. Extant species The Kabomani tapir ...
'', ''T. haysii'' (tapir) *†''
Dasypus ''Dasypus'' is the only extant genus in the family Dasypodidae. Its species are known as long-nosed or naked-tailed armadillos. They are found in South America, South, Central America, Central, and North America, as well as on the Caribbean islan ...
bellus'' (armadillo) *†''
Hippotherium ''Hippotherium'' is an Extinction, extinct genus of Equidae, horse that lived during the Miocene through Pliocene ~13.65—6.7 Mya (unit), Mya, existing for . The last known surviving ''Hippotherium'' was ''H. malpassii'', found in Italy. Spe ...
'', ''H. ingenuum'', ''H. plicatile'' (horse) *†''
Nannippus ''Nannippus'' is an extinct genus of three-toed horse endemic to North America during the Miocene through Pleistocene, about 13.3—1.8 million years ago (Mya), living around 11.5 million years. This ancient species of three-toed horse grew up to ...
'', ''N. peninsulatus'', ''N. westoni'' (horse) *†''
Neohipparion ''Neohipparion'' (Greek: "new" (neos), "pony" (hipparion)) is an extinction, extinct genus of equid, from the Neogene (Miocene to Pliocene) of North America and Central America. Fossils of this horse have been found in Texas, Florida, Kansas, ...
trampasense'' (horse) *†''
Protohippus ''Protohippus'' is an extinct three-toed genus of horse. It was roughly the size of a modern donkey. Fossil evidence suggests that it lived during the Late Miocene (Clarendonian to Hemphillian The Hemphillian North American Stage on the geologic ...
gidleyi'' (horse) *†'' Pseudhipparion skinneri'' (horse) *†''
Teleoceras ''Teleoceras'' (Greek: "perfect" (teleos), "horn" (keratos)) is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid. It lived in North America during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs during the Hemingfordian to the end of Hemphillian from around 17.5 to 4.9 million ...
'', ''T. proterum'' (rhinoceros)


Proboscidea

*†''
Cuvieronius ''Cuvieronius'' is an extinct New World genus of gomphothere which ranged from southern North America to western South America during the Pleistocene epoch. Reaching a shoulder height of and a body mass of , it was on average shorter but compara ...
tropicus'' (early elephant) *†
Gomphotheriidae Gomphotheres are an extinct group of proboscideans related to modern elephants. First appearing in Africa during the Oligocene, they dispersed into Eurasia and North America during the Miocene and arrived in South America during the Pleistocene ...
(elephant)


Xenarthra

*''
Dasypus ''Dasypus'' is the only extant genus in the family Dasypodidae. Its species are known as long-nosed or naked-tailed armadillos. They are found in South America, South, Central America, Central, and North America, as well as on the Caribbean islan ...
bellus'' (armadillo) *†''
Eremotherium ''Eremotherium'' (from Greek for "steppe" or "desert" "beast": ἔρημος "steppe or desert" and θηρίον "beast") is an extinct genus of giant ground sloth in the family Megatheriidae. ''Eremotherium'' lived in southern North America, Cen ...
'', ''E. eomigrans'' (giant sloth) *†''
Glossotherium ''Glossotherium'' is an extinct genus of large mylodontid ground sloths of the subfamily Mylodontinae. It represents one of the best-known members of the family, along with ''Mylodon'' and '' Paramylodon''. Reconstructed animals were between ...
chapadmalense'' (giant ground sloth) *†''
Glyptotherium ''Glyptotherium'' (from Ancient Greek for 'grooved or carved beast') is a genus of glyptodont (an extinct group of large, herbivorous armadillos) in the family Chlamyphoridae that lived from the Early Pliocene, about 5 million years ago, to th ...
arizonae'' (armadillo-like) *†'' Holmesina floridanus'', ''H. olmesina'', ''H. septentrionalis'' (armadillo) *†''
Pachyarmatherium ''Pachyarmatherium'' is a genus of extinct large armadillo-like cingulates found in North and South America from the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs, related to the extant armadillos and the extinct pampatheres and glyptodonts. It was present ...
leiseyi'' (armadillo-like) *†''
Megalonyx ''Megalonyx'' (Greek, "great-claw") is an extinct genus of ground sloths of the family Megalonychidae, native to North America. It evolved during the Pliocene Epoch and became extinct at the end of the Late Pleistocene, living from ~5 million ...
'', ''M. leptostomus'', ''M. wheatlyi'' (giant ground sloth) *†''
Paramylodon ''Paramylodon'' is an extinct genus of ground sloth of the family Mylodontidae endemic to North America during the Pliocene through Pleistocene epochs, living from around ~4.9 Mya–12,000 years ago. Within the genus only two species are recog ...
harlani'' (giant ground sloth) *†'' Pliometanastes'' (giant ground sloth)


Bats

*'' Myotis austroriparius'' (Southeastern Bat) *'' Desmodus'', ''D. archaeodaptes'', ''D. stocki'' (Common Vampire Bat) *'' Lasiurus intermedius'' (Northern Yellow Bat) *''
Pipistrellus ''Pipistrellus'' is a genus of bats in the family Vespertilionidae and subfamily Vespertilioninae. The name of the genus is derived from the Italian word , meaning "bat" (from Latin "bird of evening, bat"). The size of the genus has been co ...
subflavus'' (Eastern Pipistrelle)


Rodents

*'' Atopomys texensis'' *'' Castor canadensis'' (beaver) *'' Cryptopterus webbi'' (squirrel) *'' Didelphis virginiana'' (Virginia Opossum) *'' Erethizon'', ''E. dorsatum'', ''E. poyeri'' (porcupine) *'' Geomys pinetis'' (pocket gopher) *''
Microtus ''Microtus'' is a genus of voles found in North America, Europe and northern Asia. The genus name refers to the small ears of these animals. They are stout rodents with short ears, legs and tails. They eat green vegetation such as grasses and se ...
australis'' (vole) *''
Microtus pinetorum The woodland vole (''Microtus pinetorum'') is a small vole found in Eastern United States, eastern North America. It is also known as the pine vole. Characteristics The woodland vole has a head and body length ranging between with a short tail ...
'' (Woodland Vole) *†''
Mylagaulus ''Mylagaulus'' is an extinct genus of rodents in the family Mylagaulidae. ''Mylagaulus'' lived in the Americas during the middle to late Miocene. The genus contains the following species: *''M. cambridgensis'' *''M. cornusaulax'' Czaplewski, 20 ...
kinseyi'' (Horned Gopher) *†''
Neochoerus ''Neochoerus'' ("new hog") is an extinct genus of rodent closely related to the living capybara. Fossil remains of ''Neochoerus'' have been found through North America (Mexico and United States) and South America in Boyacá, Colombia ...
'', ''N. aesopi'' (Capybara) *'' Neofiber alleni'' (Round-Tailed Muskrat) *''
Neotoma A pack rat or packrat, also called a woodrat or trade rat, are any species in the North and Central American rodent genus ''Neotoma''. Pack rats have a rat-like appearance, with long tails, large ears, and large, black eyes. Pack rats are notice ...
'' (Packrat) *''
Neotoma floridana The eastern woodrat (''Neotoma floridana''), also known as the Florida woodrat or bush rat, is a pack rat native to the central and Eastern United States. It constructs large dens that may serve as nests for many generations and stores food in o ...
'' (Florida Woodrat) *''
Ochrotomys nuttalli The golden mouse (''Ochrotomys nuttalli'') is a species of New World mouse. It is usually 5–8 inches (12–25 cm) in body length, and has a soft pelage that ranges from golden-brownish to burnt orange in color. The genus name comes ...
'' (Golden Mouse) *''
Orthogeomys The giant pocket gopher (''Orthogeomys grandis''), also known as the Oaxacan pocket gopher, is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is found in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. It is the type species of the genus ''Orthoge ...
propinetis'' (gopher) *''
Oryzomys palustris The marsh rice rat (''Oryzomys palustris'') is a semiaquatic North American rodent in the family Cricetidae. It usually occurs in wetland habitats, such as swamps and salt marshes. It is found mostly in the eastern and southern United States, f ...
'' (Marsh Rice Rat) *''
Peromyscus ''Peromyscus'' is a genus of rodents. They are commonly referred to as deer mice or deermice, not to be confused with the chevrotain or "mouse deer". They are New World mice only distantly related to the common house and laboratory mouse, ''M ...
'' (Deer Mouse) *'' Peromyscus gossypinus'' (Cotton Mouse) *'' Peromyscus polionotus'' (Oldfield mouse) *'' Podomys floridana'', ''P. gossypinus'' (Florida mouse) *'' Pronotolagus'' (rabbit) *''
Reithrodontomys ''Reithrodontomys'' is the genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#I ...
'' H. humulis (harvest mouse) *''
Sciurus The genus ''Sciurus'' ( or ) contains most of the common, bushy-tailed squirrels in North America, Europe, Temperate zone, temperate Asia, Central America and South America. Species The number of species in the genus is subject to change. In 200 ...
carolinensis'' (Eastern Grey Squirrel) *'' Sigmodon'', ''S. bakeri'', ''S. hispidus'', ''S. libitinus'', ''S. minor'' (rat) *''
Spermophilus ''Spermophilus'' is a genus of ground squirrels in the Sciuridae, squirrel family. As traditionally defined the genus was very species-rich, ranging through Europe, Asia and North America, but this arrangement was found to be paraphyletic to ...
'' (Ground Squirrel) *''
Sylvilagus Cottontail rabbits are in the ''Sylvilagus'' genus, which is in the family Leporidae. They are found in the Americas. Most ''Sylvilagus'' species have stub tails with white undersides that show when they retreat, giving them their characteris ...
'' (Cottontail Rabbit), ''S. webbi'' *''
Sylvilagus floridanus The eastern cottontail (''Sylvilagus floridanus'') is a New World cottontail rabbit, a member of the family Leporidae. It is the most common rabbit species in North America. Distribution The eastern cottontail can be found in meadows and shrubby ...
'' (Eastern Cottontail) *'' Synaptomys'', ''S. australis'', ''S. morgani'' (lemming) *
Zapodidae Zapodidae, the jumping mice, is a family of mouse-like rodents in North America and China. Although mouse-like in general appearance, these rodents are distinguished by their elongated hind limbs, and, typically, by the presence of four pairs o ...
(jumping mice)


Moles and Shrews

*''
Blarina The genus ''Blarina'', commonly called short-tailed shrews, is a genus of relatively large shrews with relatively short tails found in North America. Description They have 32 teeth and are in the red-toothed shrew subfamily. They generally ...
'' (American Short-Tailed Shrew) *'' Blarina carolinensis'' (Southern Short-Tailed Shrew) *'' Cryptotis parva'' (North American Least Shrew) *''
Scalopus aquaticus The eastern mole or common mole (''Scalopus aquaticus'') is a medium-sized North American mole. It is the only species in the genus ''Scalopus''. It is found in forested and open areas with moist sandy soils in northern Mexico, the eastern Un ...
'' (Eastern Mole) *''
Sorex The genus ''Sorex'' includes many of the common shrews of Eurasia and North America, and contains at least 142 known species and subspecies. Members of this genus, known as long-tailed shrews, are the only members of the tribe Soricini of the s ...
longirostris'' (Southeastern Shrew)


Unclassified mammal

*'' Petauria''


Sea mammals

*''
Cynthiacetus ''Cynthiacetus'' is an extinct genus of basilosaurid early whale that lived during the Late Eocene (Bartonian-Priabonian, .) Specimens have been found in the southeastern United States and Peru ( Otuma Formation). Discovery and naming ''Cy ...
maxwelli''. (possibly pre-peninsular) ~37.2—33.9 Mya. Reference: G. S. Morgan. 1978. The fossil whales of Florida. The Plaster Jacket 29:1-20 *''
Zygorhiza ''Zygorhiza'' ("Yoke-Root") is an extinct genus of basilosaurid early whale known from the Late Eocene (Priabonian, 38–34 Ma) of Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi, United States, and the Bartonian (43–37 Ma on the New Zealand geologic tim ...
''


References

{{reflist *UF: FIELD TRIP TO THE HAILE QUARRIES, By Richard Hulbert and Roger Portell
/small> Paleontological sites of Florida Geography of Alachua County, Florida