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Divers discover 500,000-year-old treasure trove of fossils in Florida sinkhole

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Divers in Florida’s Steinhatchee River stumbled upon hundreds of pristine fossils from an obscure Ice Age period, including giant armadillos, ancient horses and possibly a new species of tapir.

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Ice Age Fossil Mass Grave Discovered in Florida

Equus sp. – fossil horse skeleton (cast) from the Pleistocene of Florida, USA. Credit: James St. John – CC BY 2.0 via Flickr A group of fossil collectors has discovered a mass Ice Age fossil grave buried in Florida’s Steinhatchee River. More than 500 fossils have been unearthed at the site, with most of them dating back half a million years. The bones were well-preserved and came mostly from ancient mammals like horses, giant armadillos, sloths,…

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Divers discover 500,000-year-old treasure trove of fossils in Florida sinkhole

Divers in Florida’s Steinhatchee River stumbled upon hundreds of pristine fossils from an obscure Ice Age period, including giant armadillos, ancient horses and possibly a new species of tapir.

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