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Alachua County, Florida and Miocene shoreline based on the Florida Geologic Survey.
Florida during the Miocene
Florida during the Pleistocene
The Haile Quarry or Haile sites are an
Early Miocene and
Pleistocene assemblage of
vertebrate fossils located in the Haile quarries,
Alachua County , northern
Florida . The assemblage was discovered during
phosphate mining, which began in the late 1940s.
[1] Haile sites are found in the
Alachua Formation . Two sites within the
Ocala Limestone yielded
Upper Eocene
Valvatida (sea stars) and
mollusks .
University of Florida and
Florida Museum of Natural History 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 Haile sites: 7C, 15A (No longer exists), 16A, and 21A.
Fish
Amphibians/Reptiles
Birds
Mammals
Carnivores
Canidae
Bears
Feliformia
Mustelids
Herbivores
Even-toed ungulates
Odd-toed ungulates
†
Aphelops (rhinoceros)
†
Calippus , C. elachistus , C. hondurensis (horse)
†
Dolichohippus (horse)
†
Equus sp,. E. fraternus , E. leidyi (horse)
†
Tapirus , T. haysii (tapir)
†
Dasypus bellus (armadillo)
†
Hippotherium , H. ingenuum , H. plicatile (horse)
†
Nannippus , N. peninsulatus , N. westoni (horse)
†
Neohipparion trampasense (horse)
†
Protohippus gidleyi (horse)
†
Pseudhipparion skinneri (horse)
†
Teleoceras , T. proterum (rhinoceros)
Proboscidea
Xenarthra
Bats
Rodents
Atopomys texensis
Castor canadensis (beaver)
Cryptopterus webbi (squirrel)
Didelphis virginiana (Virginia Opossum)
Erethizon , E. dorsatum , E. poyeri (porcupine)
Geomys pinetis (pocket gopher)
Microtus australis (vole)
Microtus pinetorum (Woodland Vole)
†
Mylagaulus kinseyi (Horned Gopher)
†
Neochoerus , N. aesopi (Capybara)
Neofiber alleni (Round-Tailed Muskrat)
Neotoma (Packrat)
Neotoma floridana (Florida Woodrat)
Ochrotomys nuttalli (Golden Mouse)
Orthogeomys propinetis (gopher)
Oryzomys palustris (Marsh Rice Rat)
Peromyscus (Deer Mouse)
Peromyscus gossypinus (Cotton Mouse)
Peromyscus polionotus (Oldfield mouse)
Podomys floridana , P. gossypinus (Florida mouse)
Pronotolagus (rabbit)
Reithrodontomys H. humulis (harvest mouse)
Sciurus carolinensis (Eastern Grey Squirrel)
Sigmodon , S. bakeri , S. hispidus , S. libitinus , S. minor (rat)
Spermophilus (Ground Squirrel)
Sylvilagus (Cottontail Rabbit), S. webbi
Sylvilagus floridanus (Eastern Cottontail)
Synaptomys , S. australis , S. morgani (lemming)
Zapodidae (jumping mice)
Moles and Shrews
Unclassified mammal
Sea mammals
References
^
Simpson, G. G. 1930. Tertiary land mammals of Florida. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 49:149-211.
^
Florida Museum of Natural History: Peccary
^ Reference: G. S. Morgan. 1978. The fossil whales of Florida. The Plaster Jacket 29:1-20