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Withlacoochee River 1A, southeast of Dunnellon
Fossil site Source-confirmed findsRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: ground sloth (Paramylodon, Megalonyx), three-toed horse Nannippus, other Blancan mammals.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Early Pleistocene (late Blancan)
The Florida Museum catalogs about 2,100 specimens from a 30 yard stretch of channel roughly 10 miles southeast of Dunnellon, one of the youngest three-toed horse records in North America.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
deep dark waterCurrent, alligators, boat traffic
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