Vessel with Frog Adorno
In ancient Taíno cultures, frogs and the color green were symbols of female fertility related to beneficial rains. The most…
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Box Lid With Painted Reptile Design
This object is on permanent display in the Museum’s South Florida People & Environments exhibit located in the “Native American Legacy”…
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Animal Remains: Warm Period
Archaeological sites can provide clues to past climate change, including warm periods with increased storm activity. These remains provide evidence…
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Dwarf Tortoise
This object is on permanent display in the Florida Fossils: Evolution of Life and Land exhibit, located in the Pleistocene…
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Cofrin’s Side-necked Turtle
This massive fossil is the largest freshwater turtle species found from the Paleocene (66–56 million years ago). Its unusually thick…
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Blunt-snouted Dyrosaurid
This crocodile-like reptile had an unusually short snout, giving it an incredibly powerful bite well adapted to eating tougher prey…
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Blue Hole Reptiles
When these large reptiles roamed the island, the climate and environment was similar to today’s. They went extinct after humans…
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Ancient Alligator
Alligator olseni is one of the best known extinct crocodilians. These fossils are an intermediate species between primitive and more…
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