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The Mercya Formation is a geologic formation located within Miocene, Pliocene and Pleistocene-aged rocks located in Florida. The formation was formed about 15 - 2 million years ago, when a drought killed the entire population of animals unique to Mercya.
The Mercya Formation overlies the Yansur Formation, a 66 million year old formaton in Florida and parts of Alabama, rich in dinosaur fossils in Alabama. The Mezozoic rocks left behind in Florida have since eroded.
Paleofauna
[edit]Invertebrate paleofauna
[edit]Insect paleofauna
[edit]- Cephaloplamnza euryplanx - A type of beetle. Tortonian - Gelasian, 9,2
- Mercyus plioplanzus - A type of moth only known from caterpillar larvae. Tortonian, 9 my