A new bond bed has been discovered south of Tampa.
Paleontologists say it it is one of the richest fossil deposits ever found in the United States.
It has yielded the bones of more than 70 species of animals, birds, and aquatic creatures. Bears, wolves, large cats, and a bird with an estimated 30-foot wingspan are also represented. Mixed in with all the land animals are sharks' teeth, turtle shells, and the bones of fresh and salt water fish. The bones are all smashed and jumbled together, as if by some catastrophe. William R. Corliss Other Sites of Interest SIS .