Leon County, Florida paleontological sites

The Leon County paleontological sites are assemblages of Early Miocene invertebrates and vertebrates of Leon County, Florida, United States.

Age
Era: Neogene. Period: Early Miocene. Faunal stage: Arikareean, ~23.1–21.9 Ma, calculates to a period of approximately. Geological Formation: Torreya Formation.

Sites
Leon County paleontological sites are represented by the following: Coordinates: 30.5655°N, -84.2162°W Coordinates: 30.3°N, -84.2°W Coordinates: 30.3°N, -84.2°W Coordinates: 30.4°N, -84.3°W Griscom Plantation Site = GPS. Seaboard Air Line Railroad = SALR. St. Marks River site = SMRS. Tallahassee Waterworks Site = TWWS.
 * Griscom Plantation Site. Located in Killearn Lakes Plantation, south-southeast of Lake Iamonia on the southeast most section of Luna Plantation during a well drilling operation. Time period: ~23.6–18.8 Ma. (AEO).
 * Seaboard Air Line Railroad Site. Location was south of the center of Tallahassee during a dredging operation for a roadway. Time period: ~21.7 Ma. (AEO, Alroy).
 * St. Marks River site. Located along the St. Marks River in southern Leon County. Time period: ~23.1–21.9 Ma. (AEO, Alroy).
 * Tallahassee Waterworks Sites. Locations were just south of the center of Tallahassee. Time period: ~23.03–15.99 Ma.
 * USGS 2302
 * USGS 3423 aka J.C. Henderson's well
 * USGS 395

Invertebrates

 * Anomia suwaneensis (bivalve) TWWS 3424
 * Chlamys (scallop) TWWS 2302
 * Ostrea normalis (oyster) SALR
 * Lucina janus (bivalve) TWWS 2302
 * Mercenaria langdoni TWWS 395
 * Metis chipolana (bivalve) TWWS 2302
 * Turritella alcida (seal snail) TWWS 2302

Fish

 * Carcharhinidae (requiem shark) SALR
 * Myliobatidae (eagle ray) SALR
 * Pristis (sawfish) SALR
 * Sciaenidae (croaker) SALR

Reptiles

 * Alligatoridae (alligator) SALR
 * Boidae (boa or constricting snake) SALR
 * Crocodylidae (crocodile) SALR
 * Emydidae (pond turtle) SALR
 * Testudinidae (land tortoise) SALR

Birds

 * Gruidae (crane) SALR
 * Ciconiidae (stork) SALR

Mammals

 * Anchitherium clarencei (horse) SALR
 * Aphelops (rhinoceros) SALR
 * Archaeohippus blackbergi (horse) SALR
 * Camelidae (family of camel) GPS
 * Floridatragulus (camel) SALR
 * Menoceras (rhinoceros) SALR
 * Moropus SMRS
 * Osbornodon iamonensis (proto-dog) GPS
 * Oxydactylus (camel)
 * Parahippus (horse) SALR
 * Parahippus leonensis (horse) GPS, SALR
 * Prosynthetoceras texanus (deer-like ungulate) SALR
 * Nothokemas floridanus (camel) SALR
 * Proheteromys floridanus (rodent) SALR
 * Ruminantia (unknown ruminant) GPS