Posted on 03/08/2011 5:04:42 AM PST by decimon
ScienceDaily (Mar. 2, 2011) — A new University of Florida study of 45-million-year-old pollen from Pine Island west of Fort Myers has led to a new understanding of the state's geologic history, showing the land which is now Florida could be 10 million to 15 million years older than previously believed.
The discovery of land in Florida during the early Eocene opens the possibility for researchers to explore the existence of land animals at that time, including their adaptation, evolution and dispersal until the present.
Florida Museum of Natural History vertebrate paleontologist Jonathan Bloch, who was not involved in the current study, said he is especially interested in the finding and future related research.
"As a paleontologist who studies the evolution of mammals, my first question is 'OK, if there was land here at that time, what kinds of animals lived here?' " Bloch said. "Most of our current understanding of the evolution of early mammals comes from fossils discovered out west."
The study in the current issue of the journal Palynology by David Jarzen, a research scientist at the Florida Museum of Natural History on the UF campus, determined sediment collected from a deep injection well contained local, land-based pollen, disproving the popular belief Florida was underwater 45 million years ago during the early Eocene.
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Sheesh—That means the snowbirds have been here longer than anyone thought.
Hmmmmm, I guess if you add the ages of all the Florida residents you could come up with that figure?
Ooooops, I thought it said Billion.
And it’s been driving with its left turn signal on all that time.
Wow! Thank God we got the news before it was too late...?
The archaeologists knew they were on to something when they saw a cave bearing the inscription “Neanderthal Leisure World”.
Oh yeah? Well, how do they know it isn’t only Pine Island that is 15 million years older, hmmmm?
I heard a sugestion that all cars should be fitted with a device that would link the turn signals to the steering itself. If the signal were on more than five minutes, the steering system would automatically make a hard turn in that direction. Could lead to paying closer attention to the status of turn signals. ;-)
Of course......I believe that’s where australopithecus retired to when the time came.
Sea levels go up, sea levels go down....
It has happened many times before before and will happen many times again...
Hey! What are you doing typing my thoughts? Get out!
It has happened many times before before and will happen many times again...
Before you know it, it's deja vu all over again.
Dinosaurs drove SUV’s? ;)
Dinopomorphic Global Warming?
And he’s still living here, along with NewYorkapithecus, NewJerseyaptihecus,Michiganapitheicus,Indianapithicus,and Newenglandapithicus. But it’s about time for them to migrate back north. ( As a Fort Meyers resident, I’m glad to know that hay fever abounded 15 million years ago as well.
Who the hell cares.....
Who's cared to comment.
I do wonder if they sneezed a lot back thennnnnnn ahhhhh
ooooo... yup... now, that’s an old sneeeze... these folks use a load of time to make themselves look real smart... “from goo to you by way of the zoo...” ole Uncle Primate raises his ugly head again... God sighs...
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