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a landscape painting of open grassland, trees and small stream with many animals of the Pliocene

Florida Pliocene painting by Carl Buell

Nov 19, 2024

Pliocene Epoch 5 million to 2.58 million years ago Until about 3 to 4 million years ago, North and South … Continue

painting showing grazing animals and predators around a shallow creek. Deer and horse-like animals are foraging in the palm trees while dog-like predators eat a recent kill. Elephant-like animals can be seen in the background drinking from the creek and in the far left

Florida Miocene painting by Michael Rothman

Nov 7, 2024

Miocene Epoch 23 to 5 million years ago During the Miocene, Florida was home to an amazing variety of plants … Continue

painting showing grazing animals and predators along a stream bank. Two saber-tooth cats are attacking a rhinoceros-like animal while other saber-tooth cats watch. In the background other grazing animals and predators can be seen in the grassland.

Florida Miocene painting by Mauricio Antón

Oct 15, 2024

Miocene Epoch 23 to 5 million years ago The Miocene in Florida saw the arrival of the great megafauna land … Continue

painting of an underwater scene featuring a large ray with wide wings swimming above sea grass near an outcropping of coral with fish swimming above it

Florida Miocene painting by Robert Barber

Sep 12, 2023

Miocene Epoch 23 to 5 million years ago The Miocene was a time of great change and marine life was … Continue

painting showing small deer-like mammals, a rhino and a large cat predator at the verge of a grassland changing to a forest

Florida Miocene painting by Bob Beach

Sep 5, 2023

Miocene Epoch 23 to 5 million years ago The Miocene in Florida was a time of abundance with grassland savannahs … Continue

underwater marine painting of Florida's Oligocene with sharks, fish, shells, coral and other creatures.

Florida Oligocene painting by David Miller

Aug 29, 2023

Oligocene Epoch 34 million to 23 million years ago During the Oligocene, global temperatures cooled, trapping water in the polar … Continue

painting of several small mammals and a large snake with a very large predator approaching from the distance

Florida Oligocene painting by Carl Buell

Aug 22, 2023

Oligocene Epoch 34 million to 23 million years ago During the previous epoch, Florida was under water, but the global … Continue

painting of an underwater scene with a shark and a crocodile swimming above a seagrass bed

Florida Eocene painting by David Miller

Aug 18, 2023

Eocene Epoch 56 million to 34 million years ago During the Eocene, the Earth was generally warmer than it is … Continue

a landscape painting of open grassland with a leopard chasing boar-like animals in the front and several large elephants in the background

Florida Fossils: Pleistocene Epoch

Jun 11, 2022

Pleistocene Epoch 2 million to 10,000 years ago The ice ages of the Pleistocene wreaked climatic havoc on the northern … Continue

fossil hall exhibit in the Florida museum with dramatically lit fossils and people exploring the exhibit

Florida Fossils: Pliocene Epoch

May 11, 2022

Pliocene Epoch 5 million to 2 million years ago The formation of a land bridge across Panama in Central America … Continue

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