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In 1983, scientific history was changed when Tampa Bay paleontologist Frank Garcia discovered the world’s greatest collection of Pleistocene fossils at the Leisey Shell Pit in southern Hillsborough County (now the site of the Paleo Preserve), uncovering scores of fantastic creatures from prehistoric times, some of them previously unknown to science. Paleontologists from all over the country converged on the site, and it became one of the most celebrated finds on earth.
The Preserve is unique in the study of paleontology because it opens a window on the creatures of the early ice age — 1.7 to 1.4 million years ago. It tells us what the rest of Florida was like over the millennia as well. That’s what makes a continuing exploration and study of the site so important.
Source: Explore Page_Paloe Preserve
Department of State encourages Floridians to continue to visit, update, and contribute to online history of Florida
Source: Community: Florida Memory Photographic Collection | florida, state, site
The Florida Museum of Natural History will soon open a new exhibit called Megalodon: Largest Shark that Ever Lived
Source: cephalopodcast.com » Blog Archive » New FL Exhibit on Megalodon: Largest Shark that Ever Lived
