Collectors Stumble on a Sinkhole That 'Swallowed' Animals 500,000 Yrs Ago in Florida, Find Well-Preserved Fossils Fossil ...

A remarkable collection of fossils has been unearthed in Florida after a sinkhole swallowed a group of animals. 500,000 years ago, a group of armadillo-like mammals, horses, and sloths met their ...

giant armadillos, sloths and possibly a new species of tapir. Around 500,000 years ago, before the river flowed over the site, a sinkhole opened up in Florida’s Big Bend region and became a ...

That sinkhole in the state’s wooded Big ... and the Steinhatchee site is no exception.CREDIT: Florida Museum/Kristen Grace. When giant armadillo-like creatures roamed Florida While ...

Researchers have identified a giant flying squirrel fossil from a cache of unusual animal remains dug out of an ancient ...

An ancient species of giant flying squirrel was found in a sinkhole lake fossil site in eastern Tennessee. Photo by Dan ...

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.

A remarkable collection of fossils has been unearthed in Florida after a sinkhole swallowed a group of animals ... Among the fossils was Holmesina, a giant armadillo-like mammal that grew from 150 to ...