Polk County, Florida paleontological sites

The Polk County paleontological sites are assemblages of Early Miocene to Late Pleistocene vertebrates occurring in Polk County, Florida, United States.

Era: Neogene Period: Miocene to Pleistocene, ~17.7—1.5 Mya.

Polk County can boast more individual fossil recovery sites than any other Florida county due to the phosphate mining concerns.

Coordinates: 27°54′N 81°48′W / 27.9°N 81.8°W / 27.9; -81.8 The taxa listed within this article were compiled from numerous collections within Paleobiology Database [1].

authorized by John Alroy, Ph.D. Further documentation on these genera and species are available.

Polk County during the Miocene with most of the county as dry land.
Interglacial Florida during the Miocene.
Florida ( glacial ) during the Late Pleistocene 2 million to 10,000 years ago.
Eremotherium