Paleo Enterprises will be at the Tampa Bay Fossil Show in March and the Orlando Gem & Mineral Show in April! Fossil Fest Check us out at the Fossil Fest on March 11th & 12th at the Florida State Fair Grounds in Tampa. http://www.tampabayfossilclub.com/documents/FossilFest.pdf Orlando Gem & Mineral Show The[…]
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About Florida Fossils
ALLIGATOR The gator is a very common Florida fossil, both teeth and dermal scutes. These are round or rectangular plates with a vertical ridge and are found under the skin of the gator. They form parallel ridges along the animal’s back. Fossil crocodile scutes are similar but without the distinctive[…]
The Marion County Sinkhole Site
A note about the Marion County sink hole site, often mentioned during the item descriptions. So far all the items from this sink have been late Pleistocene. An advanced fossil collector in North Carolina has had a specimen of smilodon from this sinkhole carbon dated which came back as approximately[…]