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Lower Ichetucknee River below US 27
Fossil site Source-confirmed findsRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Shark teeth
FossilsAlso reported: bison, ground sloth, horse, tapir, capybara.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Dominik Vogt (CC BY-SA 3.0), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Why this spot
Late Pleistocene (Rancholabrean)
The Florida Museum holds more than 11,000 Late Pleistocene vertebrate fossils from the Ichetucknee, including Smilodon, Panthera atrox, Eremotherium and bison.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
boat and tuber trafficCurrent, cold spring water, alligators
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