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Location of the Peace River Formation in Florida. Fossil (Gavialosuchus americanus) from the Peace River Formation, Florida. The Peace River Formation is a Late Oligocene to Early Miocene geologic formation in the west-central Florida peninsula.
The Peace River is a popular destination for fossil hunters who dig and sift the river gravel for fossilized shark teeth and prehistoric mammal bones. Several campgrounds and canoe rental operations cater to fossil hunters, with Wauchula , Zolfo Springs , and Arcadia being the main points of entry.
The Bone Valley Formation is a geologic formation in Florida. It is sometimes classified as the upper member of the Peace River Formation of the Hawthorn Group. [2] It contains economically important phosphorite deposits that are mined in west-central Florida, as well as rich assemblages of vertebrate fossils.
The Peace River Formation overlies the Arcadia Formation. [18] The Penney Farms Formation is the lower part of the Hawthorn Group in northern and central Florida. [19] The Statenville Formation is the top of the Hawthorn Group along the Alapaha River near Statenville, Georgia, extending into Columbia and Hamilton counties in Florida. [20]
Soon after, G.W. Scott formed the Desoto Phosphate Co. at Zolfo where the Florida Southern Railway crossed the Peace River. The biggest player was the Peace River Phosphate Company (formed in January 1887) which was located in Arcadia by M.M. Knudson of New York and they built a narrow gauge railroad from the works on the river to the ...
At first, fossil-hunting diver Alex Lundberg thought the lengthy object on the sea floor off Florida's Gulf Coast was a piece of wood. It turned out to be something far rarer, Lundberg said: a ...
A living Apalone ferox, or Florida softshell turtle †Florida †Florida caerulea †Floridaceras †Floridachoerus †Floridatragulus; Fontigens – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature; Fossaria †Fossaria cubensis; Fossarus; Fragum; Fulgurofusus; Shell in multiple views of a Fulguropsis whelk ...
As the death toll continued to rise Friday from Hurricane Ian, search-and-rescue teams began turning attention to the inland counties of Southwest Florida, where a dangerously engorged river ...