27H: Georgia Vertebrates in the
Florida Museum of Natural History
Collections
Transcribed by
Thomas Thurman
22/Feb/2026
These fossils are held in the Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH), they are listed by county (alphabetically). In some cases these are fossils the Florida Museum “inherited” when other institutions closed paleontology programs.
The FLMNH Database link Web Portal
Many of these fossils are unpublished in the literature and because of that they won't appear in the Paleobiology Database, so I list them here to make Georgians aware of their fossil record.
A range of ages is represented, I have tried to transcribe any age information FLMNH listed, but someof these finds are old, dating back to the 1920s.
Listed Counties
Baker, Bartow, Burke, Camden, Echols, Glynn, Lee, Muscogee, & Twiggs County
Baker County, GA
Winthrop Mammoth Site
Late Pleistocene
NALMA; Rancholabrean Ra2
115,000 to 12,000 years ago
Collected; 31/July/1924
Scientific name Common name Specimen# Type Collector
Mammuthus columbi Columb. Mammoth 132 Molar, part. GL Winthrop
Genus; Equus Horse-family 1261 Tooth GL Winthrop
Genus; Equus Horse-family 1262 Tooth GL Winthrop
Mammuthus columbi Columb. Mammoth 3954 Tooth GL Winthrop
Winthrop Mammoth Site
Late Pleistocene
NALMA; Rancholabrean Ra2
115,000 to 12,000 years ago
Collected; 31/July/1924
Scientific name Common name Specimen# Type Collector
Mammuthus columbi Columb. Mammoth 132 Molar, part. GL Winthrop
Genus; Equus Horse-family 1261 Tooth GL Winthrop
Genus; Equus Horse-family 1262 Tooth GL Winthrop
Mammuthus columbi Columb. Mammoth 3954 Tooth GL Winthrop
Bartow County
Yarbrough Cave
Peccary Room
Late Pleistocene
NALMA: Rancholabrean, Ra2
115,000 to 12,000 years ago
No collection date given on many but there are dates on the reindeer fossils, it seems Martin returned to Yarbrough Cae after his 1987 paper anbd recovered more material. Much of the material seems to have been transferred from Berry College in Rome. Of interest here is the famous reaindeer caribou fossils from Bartow County discussed on Page #20N of this website; #20N:Caribou & Elk Fossils from Georgia and Alabama. A Cold Late Pleistocene Phase.
Scientific name Common name Specimen# Type Collector
Synaptomys cooperi Bog Lemming 143670 Molar RA Martin
Synaptomys cooperi Bog Lemming 143671 Molar RA Martin
Synaptomys cooperi Bog Lemming 143672 Molar RA Martin
Synaptomys cooperi Bog Lemming 143673 Molar RA Martin
Synaptomys cooperi Bog Lemming 162592 Molar RA Martin
Synaptomys cooperi Bog Lemming 162593 Molar RA Martin
Synaptomys cooperi Bog Lemming 162594 Molar RA Martin
Synaptomys cooperi Bog Lemming 162595 Molar RA Martin
Synaptomys cooperi Bog Lemming 162601 Molar RA Martin
Synaptomys cooperi Bog Lemming 162602 Molar RA Martin
Synaptomys cooperi Bog Lemming 162603 Molar RA Martin
Synaptomys cooperi Bog Lemming 162604 Molar RA Martin
Synaptomys cooperi Bog Lemming 162605 Molar RA Martin
Synaptomys cooperi Bog Lemming 162606 Molar RA Martin
Synaptomys cooperi Bog Lemming 162607 Molar RA Martin
Synaptomys cooperi Bog Lemming 162608 Molar RA Martin
Microtus pinetorum Woodland vole 276816 Molar RA Martin
Microtus pinetorum Woodland vole 276817 Molar RA Martin
Microtus pinetorum Woodland vole 276818 Molar RA Martin
Microtus pinetorum Woodland vole 276819 Molar RA Martin
Microtus pinetorum Woodland vole 276820 Molar RA Martin
Microtus pinetorum Woodland vole 276821 Molar RA Martin
Microtus pinetorum Woodland vole 276822 Molar RA Martin
Microtus pinetorum Woodland vole 276823 Molar RA Martin
Microtus pinetorum Woodland vole 276824 Molar RA Martin
Microtus pinetorum Woodland vole 276825 Molar RA Martin
Microtus pinetorum Woodland vole 276826 Molar RA Martin
Microtus pinetorum Woodland vole 276827 Molar RA Martin
Microtus pinetorum Woodland vole 276828 Molar RA Martin
Microtus pinetorum Woodland vole 276829 Molar RA Martin
Microtus pinetorum Woodland vole 276830 Molar RA Martin
Microtus pinetorum Woodland vole 276831 Molar RA Martin
Microtus pinetorum Woodland vole 276832 Molar RA Martin
Microtus pinetorum Woodland vole 276833 Molar RA Martin
Rangifer tarandus Reindeer *1987 405618 Premolar RA Martin
Rangifer tarandus Reindeer *1988 405619 Premolar RA Martin
Rangifer tarandus Reindeer *1987 405620 Premolar RA Martin
Rangifer tarandus Reindeer *1988 405621 Premolar RA Martin
Rangifer tarandus Reindeer *1988 405622 Premolar RA Martin
Rangifer tarandus Reindeer *1988 405623 Premolar RA Martin
Rangifer tarandus Reindeer *1988 405624 Premolar RA Martin
Rangifer tarandus Reindeer *1988 405625 Premolar RA Martin
Rangifer tarandus Reindeer *1988 405626 Premolar RA Martin
Yarbrough Cave
Peccary Room
Late Pleistocene
NALMA: Rancholabrean, Ra2
115,000 to 12,000 years ago
No collection date given on many but there are dates on the reindeer fossils, it seems Martin returned to Yarbrough Cae after his 1987 paper anbd recovered more material. Much of the material seems to have been transferred from Berry College in Rome. Of interest here is the famous reaindeer caribou fossils from Bartow County discussed on Page #20N of this website; #20N:Caribou & Elk Fossils from Georgia and Alabama. A Cold Late Pleistocene Phase.
Scientific name Common name Specimen# Type Collector
Synaptomys cooperi Bog Lemming 143670 Molar RA Martin
Synaptomys cooperi Bog Lemming 143671 Molar RA Martin
Synaptomys cooperi Bog Lemming 143672 Molar RA Martin
Synaptomys cooperi Bog Lemming 143673 Molar RA Martin
Synaptomys cooperi Bog Lemming 162592 Molar RA Martin
Synaptomys cooperi Bog Lemming 162593 Molar RA Martin
Synaptomys cooperi Bog Lemming 162594 Molar RA Martin
Synaptomys cooperi Bog Lemming 162595 Molar RA Martin
Synaptomys cooperi Bog Lemming 162601 Molar RA Martin
Synaptomys cooperi Bog Lemming 162602 Molar RA Martin
Synaptomys cooperi Bog Lemming 162603 Molar RA Martin
Synaptomys cooperi Bog Lemming 162604 Molar RA Martin
Synaptomys cooperi Bog Lemming 162605 Molar RA Martin
Synaptomys cooperi Bog Lemming 162606 Molar RA Martin
Synaptomys cooperi Bog Lemming 162607 Molar RA Martin
Synaptomys cooperi Bog Lemming 162608 Molar RA Martin
Microtus pinetorum Woodland vole 276816 Molar RA Martin
Microtus pinetorum Woodland vole 276817 Molar RA Martin
Microtus pinetorum Woodland vole 276818 Molar RA Martin
Microtus pinetorum Woodland vole 276819 Molar RA Martin
Microtus pinetorum Woodland vole 276820 Molar RA Martin
Microtus pinetorum Woodland vole 276821 Molar RA Martin
Microtus pinetorum Woodland vole 276822 Molar RA Martin
Microtus pinetorum Woodland vole 276823 Molar RA Martin
Microtus pinetorum Woodland vole 276824 Molar RA Martin
Microtus pinetorum Woodland vole 276825 Molar RA Martin
Microtus pinetorum Woodland vole 276826 Molar RA Martin
Microtus pinetorum Woodland vole 276827 Molar RA Martin
Microtus pinetorum Woodland vole 276828 Molar RA Martin
Microtus pinetorum Woodland vole 276829 Molar RA Martin
Microtus pinetorum Woodland vole 276830 Molar RA Martin
Microtus pinetorum Woodland vole 276831 Molar RA Martin
Microtus pinetorum Woodland vole 276832 Molar RA Martin
Microtus pinetorum Woodland vole 276833 Molar RA Martin
Rangifer tarandus Reindeer *1987 405618 Premolar RA Martin
Rangifer tarandus Reindeer *1988 405619 Premolar RA Martin
Rangifer tarandus Reindeer *1987 405620 Premolar RA Martin
Rangifer tarandus Reindeer *1988 405621 Premolar RA Martin
Rangifer tarandus Reindeer *1988 405622 Premolar RA Martin
Rangifer tarandus Reindeer *1988 405623 Premolar RA Martin
Rangifer tarandus Reindeer *1988 405624 Premolar RA Martin
Rangifer tarandus Reindeer *1988 405625 Premolar RA Martin
Rangifer tarandus Reindeer *1988 405626 Premolar RA Martin
Burke County, GA
Brier Creek
Late Eocene
Formation unlisted
Collection date; 30/Nov/2009
I was not aware that a brontothere tooth had been found in Burke County.
Scientific name Common name Specimen# Type Collector
Family; Brontotheriidae Brontothere 258900 Molar (cast) Unlisted
Brier Creek
Late Eocene
Formation unlisted
Collection date; 30/Nov/2009
I was not aware that a brontothere tooth had been found in Burke County.
Scientific name Common name Specimen# Type Collector
Family; Brontotheriidae Brontothere 258900 Molar (cast) Unlisted
Camden County, GA
Kings Bay Dredging
Miocene to Late Pleistocene
NALMA; Rancholabrean, Ra2
Collection date; Various dates in the 1950s & 1970s
Scientific name Common name Specimen# Type Collector
Genus; Equus Horse family 10914 Molar Vernon
Genus; Mammuthus Mammoth 2202 Tooth Auffenberg
Genus; Equus Horse-family 2203 Tooth Auffenberg
Order; Sirenia Manatee or Dugong 2205 Rib -Partial Auffenberg
Genus; Myliobatis Eagle Ray 2206 Tooth Auffenberg
Family; Istiophoridae Bill fish 2214 Predentary Auffenberg
Otodus megalodon Megalodon 2215 Tooth Auffenberg
Carcharodon carcharias Great white shark 2216 Tooth Auffenberg
Genus; Galeocerdo Tiger shark 2218 Tooth Auffenberg
Genus; Odontaspis Sand shark 2226 Tooth Auffenberg
Carcharodon hastalis Large Shark 2227 Tooth Auffenberg
Carcharodon hastalis Large Shark 2229 Tooth Auffenberg
Glyptotherium floridanumGlyptodont 137955 Osteoderm CJ Jeremiah
Megalonyx Jeffersonii Large ground sloth 137956 Tooth CJ Jeremiah
Genus; Equus Horse-family 261919 Premolar CJ Jeremiah
Genus; Equus Horse-family 261920 Premolar CJ Jeremiah
Genus; Equus Horse-family 261921 Premolar CJ Jeremiah
Genus; Equus Horse-family 261922 Premolar CJ Jeremiah
Genus; Equus Horse-family 261923 Molar CJ Jeremiah
Genus; Equus Horse-family 261924 Molar CJ Jeremiah
Genus; Equus Horse-family 261925 Molar CJ Jeremiah
Genus; Equus Horse-family 261926 Molar CJ Jeremiah
Family; Equidae Horse-family 261927 Molar CJ Jeremiah
Carcharodon carcharias Great white shark 558081 Tooth CJ Jeremiah
Carcharodon carcharias Great white shark 558082 Tooth CJ Jeremiah
Camden Co. (continued)
Saint Marys
Pliocene
Coosawhatchie Formation (?)
Collected 30/Nov/1955
Scientific name Common name Specimen# Type Collector
Ontocetus emmonsi Walrus 2112 Canine HC Bickner
Kings Bay Dredging
Miocene to Late Pleistocene
NALMA; Rancholabrean, Ra2
Collection date; Various dates in the 1950s & 1970s
Scientific name Common name Specimen# Type Collector
Genus; Equus Horse family 10914 Molar Vernon
Genus; Mammuthus Mammoth 2202 Tooth Auffenberg
Genus; Equus Horse-family 2203 Tooth Auffenberg
Order; Sirenia Manatee or Dugong 2205 Rib -Partial Auffenberg
Genus; Myliobatis Eagle Ray 2206 Tooth Auffenberg
Family; Istiophoridae Bill fish 2214 Predentary Auffenberg
Otodus megalodon Megalodon 2215 Tooth Auffenberg
Carcharodon carcharias Great white shark 2216 Tooth Auffenberg
Genus; Galeocerdo Tiger shark 2218 Tooth Auffenberg
Genus; Odontaspis Sand shark 2226 Tooth Auffenberg
Carcharodon hastalis Large Shark 2227 Tooth Auffenberg
Carcharodon hastalis Large Shark 2229 Tooth Auffenberg
Glyptotherium floridanumGlyptodont 137955 Osteoderm CJ Jeremiah
Megalonyx Jeffersonii Large ground sloth 137956 Tooth CJ Jeremiah
Genus; Equus Horse-family 261919 Premolar CJ Jeremiah
Genus; Equus Horse-family 261920 Premolar CJ Jeremiah
Genus; Equus Horse-family 261921 Premolar CJ Jeremiah
Genus; Equus Horse-family 261922 Premolar CJ Jeremiah
Genus; Equus Horse-family 261923 Molar CJ Jeremiah
Genus; Equus Horse-family 261924 Molar CJ Jeremiah
Genus; Equus Horse-family 261925 Molar CJ Jeremiah
Genus; Equus Horse-family 261926 Molar CJ Jeremiah
Family; Equidae Horse-family 261927 Molar CJ Jeremiah
Carcharodon carcharias Great white shark 558081 Tooth CJ Jeremiah
Carcharodon carcharias Great white shark 558082 Tooth CJ Jeremiah
Camden Co. (continued)
Saint Marys
Pliocene
Coosawhatchie Formation (?)
Collected 30/Nov/1955
Scientific name Common name Specimen# Type Collector
Ontocetus emmonsi Walrus 2112 Canine HC Bickner
Echols County, GA
Statenville, GA
Middle Miocene
NALMA; Barstovian
Collection date; 07/December/1966
Scientific name Common name Specimen# Type Collector
Family; Myliobaidae Eagle ray 10246 Tooth Tessman
Family; Equidae Horse-family 12179 Tooth, part. McAlister
Family; Carcharhinidae Requiem shark 12180 Tooth Tessman
Statenville, GA
Middle Miocene
NALMA; Barstovian
Collection date; 07/December/1966
Scientific name Common name Specimen# Type Collector
Family; Myliobaidae Eagle ray 10246 Tooth Tessman
Family; Equidae Horse-family 12179 Tooth, part. McAlister
Family; Carcharhinidae Requiem shark 12180 Tooth Tessman
Glynn County, GA
Please see stand-alone Page #20Q of this website for Glynn County; Chet Kirby, Glynn County.
St. Simons Island
Late Pleistocene
NALMA; Rancholabrean
No collection date listed
Scientific name Common name Specimen# Type Collector
Mammut americanum Mastodon 124374 Molar part. HB Sherman
Please see stand-alone Page #20Q of this website for Glynn County; Chet Kirby, Glynn County.
St. Simons Island
Late Pleistocene
NALMA; Rancholabrean
No collection date listed
Scientific name Common name Specimen# Type Collector
Mammut americanum Mastodon 124374 Molar part. HB Sherman
Lee County, GA
Leesburg Quarry
Late Eocene
Ocala Limestone
Collected 30/Nov/1988
Scientific name Common name Specimen# Type Collector
Zygorhiza kochii Whale 225402 Molar, part. Chowns
Note: many Zygohiza kochii specimens have been reassigned as Durodon serratus but there are scientists who contest this.
Leesburg Quarry
Late Eocene
Ocala Limestone
Collected 30/Nov/1988
Scientific name Common name Specimen# Type Collector
Zygorhiza kochii Whale 225402 Molar, part. Chowns
Note: many Zygohiza kochii specimens have been reassigned as Durodon serratus but there are scientists who contest this.
Muscogee County, GA
Upatoi Creek
Eutaw Formation
Late Cretaceous
No date of collection given
Scientific name Common name Specimen# Type Collector
Scapanorhynchus texanus Goblin shark 93385 Teeth C.Woodhead
Enchodus Petrosus Saber tooth herring 93386 Teeth C. Woodhead
Genus; Mosasaurus Mosasaur 93389 Teeth C. Woodhead
Upatoi Creek
Eutaw Formation
Late Cretaceous
No date of collection given
Scientific name Common name Specimen# Type Collector
Scapanorhynchus texanus Goblin shark 93385 Teeth C.Woodhead
Enchodus Petrosus Saber tooth herring 93386 Teeth C. Woodhead
Genus; Mosasaurus Mosasaur 93389 Teeth C. Woodhead
Twiggs County; GA
Twiggs Kaolin Mine
Eocene
No date of collection given
Scientific name Common name Specimen# Type Collector
Pterosphenus schucherti Sea Snake 24179 Vertebra D.Noble
Twiggs Kaolin Mine
Eocene
No date of collection given
Scientific name Common name Specimen# Type Collector
Pterosphenus schucherti Sea Snake 24179 Vertebra D.Noble
