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Human remains and associated fossils from the pleistocene of Florida.

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Date Issued:
1916
Summary:
Gives the results of excavations (1913-1916) at Vero Beach, Florida which found human skeletal remains and plant and animal fossils.
Title: Human remains and associated fossils from the pleistocene of Florida.
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Name(s): Sellards, Elias Howard, b. 1875
PALMM (Project)
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Text
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1916
Place of Publication: Tallahassee, Fla. : Capitol Pub. Co., state printer
Physical Form: electronic resource
Extent: 123-160 pages, plates 15-31 : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language(s): English
Summary: Gives the results of excavations (1913-1916) at Vero Beach, Florida which found human skeletal remains and plant and animal fossils.
Table of Contents: Introduction and acknowledgments -- The geologic section at Vero -- The geologic history of the Florida East Coast -- The deposits containing vertebrate fossils -- Section through the stream valley -- The human remains -- First discovery of human remains in stratum No. 2 -- Discovery of bones showing markings -- Second discovery of human remains in stratum No. 2 -- Discovery of flints in stratum No. 2 -- Discovery of bone implements in stratum No. 2 -- First discovery of human remains in stratum No. 3 -- Additional human remains from stratum No. 3 -- Pottery, flint and bone implements from stratum No. 3 -- Fossils associated with human remains -- Plant and animal fossils from stratum No. 2 -- Plants -- Invertebrates -- The vertebrate fauna -- Fishes -- Batrachians -- Reptiles -- Birds -- Jabiru? weillsi, sp. nov. -- Mammals -- Plant and animal fossils from stratum No. 3 -- Notes on mammals including description of a new canid -- Didelphis, Megalonyx, Chlamytherium, Dasypus -- Equus, Tapirus, Peccary, Camel, Odocoileus -- Bison, Elephas, Mammut, Neotoma, Neofiber -- Sylvilagus, Sigmodon, Blarina, Cryptotis, Scalopus, Hydrochoerus, Lutra -- Smilodon, Vulpes, Procyon, Lynx, Canis -- Canis ayersi, sp. nov. -- Canis sp. cf. C. latrans -- List of mammals from stratum No. 2 -- List of mammals from stratum No. 3 -- Summary -- Plates.
Target Audience: general
Identifier: AAA3367QF00012/20/200108/04/200516108BfamI D0QF (FCLAZ), FIPS12061 (snx), FCLA url 20020621xOCLC (snx), 50189643 (oclc), FHP C CF 2001-12-20 (DNX), CF00001581 (IID), 2565033 (digitool), ucf:10582 (fedora)
Note(s): Electronic reproduction. [Florida] : Florida Board of Education, Division of Colleges and Universities, PALMM Project, 2002. (Florida heritage collection) Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software; Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print PDF files. Electronically digitized by the University of Central Florida from a book held in the Main Library at the University of Central Florida, Orlando.
Subject(s): Paleontology -- Pleistocene
Paleontology -- Florida -- Vero Beach
Human remains (Archaeology) -- Florida -- Vero Beach
Fossils -- Florida -- Vero Beach
Vero Beach (Fla.) -- Antiquities
Florida -- Antiquities
Indian River -- 12061
Florida Before Columbus, through 1492
Indians of North America
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/CF00001581.jpg
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Host Institution: UCF
Original Title: Human remains and associated fossils from the pleistocene of Florida.
(OCoLC)01455716
Is Part of Series: Annual report (Florida State Geological Survey) ; 8th.
Is Part of Series: Florida Heritage Collection.
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