Florida Lime Works quarry (Eocene of the United States)
Also known as Dolime Minerals Quarry
Where: Citrus County, Florida (29.0° N, 82.7° W: paleocoordinates 29.2° N, 74.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Avon Park Formation, Bartonian (40.4 - 37.2 Ma)
• originally basalmost Inglis Formation, now considered Avon Park Fm.
Environment/lithology: marine; fine-grained dolomite
• chalky, cream colored
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: D. P. Domning, G. S. Morgan, and C. E. Ray. 1982. North American Eocene Sea Cows (Mammalia: Sirena). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 52:1-69 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 49882: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.04.2005