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Floridaceras fossil map

Where fossils of Floridaceras have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 15 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 15 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

Floridaceras
Image: Geekgecko, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupEarly mammals
Lived29.5–16.3 million years ago (Rupelian to Burdigalian)
PeriodsPaleogene, Neogene
FamilyRhinocerotidae
Named byWood 1964
Fossil records12 occurrences at 6 locations (PBDB)
Found inUnited States, Panama
Rock formationsCucaracha, John Day, Alachua

About Floridaceras

Floridaceras is an extinct genus of rhinocerotid of the Miocene epoch (early Hemingfordian), endemic to North America, living from around ~20.6–16.3 Ma, existing for approximately 4.3 million years.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Floridaceras (revision 1326823465), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q64588.

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