Fossil Bats 



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AELBOURNE 



VERO 



Fig. 1. Pleistocene and Recent occurrences of Eumops glaucinus floridanus in Florida. 

 Asterisks (*) indicate Recent records, daggers Of) and name of fauna indicate Pleistocene 

 records. 



Based on studies of the sediments, fossil plants, and fossil verte- 

 brates, Weigel (1962) concluded that the fossil deposits at Vero repre- 

 sented a pond or marsh habitat. Berry (1917) studied the fossil plants 

 from Stratum 3 at Vero. Among the more informative plants he identi- 

 fied were cypress, Taxodium distichum, and three species of obligate 

 pond inhabitants: water lettuce, Pistia; pond apple, Anona glabra', and 

 water shield, Brasenia purpurea. A number of the other fossil plants 

 from Vero also have aquatic tendencies. According to Weigel (1962), 

 almost 50% of the vertebrates from Strata 2 and 3 are forms associated 



