Clark Quarry
Clark Quarry is a paleontological dig site in southern Georgia. The site first discovered fossils by the building of the Brunswick Canal in 1838-1839.[1][2][3]
Geology
[edit]Clark Quarry is a cut and fill fluvial deposit overlying a marine sand, near Brunswick, Georgia, United States in Glynn County. The marine unit is characterized by a well-sorted, subrounded, low sphericity, fine- grained quartz arenite representing sediments of the Princess Anne Terrace.[4] This site is in the pleistocene era on the geologic timescale.
Fossils
[edit]- Woodchuck–Marmota monax[5]
- Bog lemming–Synaptomys cooperi[5]
- Capybara–Hydrochoeris holmesi[5]
- Florida or round-tailed muskrat–Neofiber alleni[5]
- Rice rat–Oryzomys palustris[5]
- Cotton rat–Sigmodon hispidus[5]
- Harvest mouse–Reithrodontomys[5]
- Columbian Mammoth-Mammuthus columbi[2][4]
- Pleistocene Bison-Bison latifrons[3][4]
- American Alligator-Alligator mississippiensis[1]
- Nerodia sp[1]
- Garter Snake-Thamnophis sp[1]
- Giant Ground Sloth-Megatherium[2]
- Mastodon-Mastodon giganteum[2]
- Horse-Equus ferus[2]
- White-tail deer-Odocoileus virginianus[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Joshua L. Clark; Kelly A. Clark; Alfred J. Mead; Dennis Parmley; Robert A. Bahn (1 April 2005). "A Preliminary Description of the Pleistocene Herpetofauna from Clark Quarry, Brunswick, Georgia" (PDF). Georgia Journal of Science. 63 (1): 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
- ^ a b c d e Cooper, J. Hamilton (1846). Proceedings of the Geological Society of London. London: Oxford University. pp. 33–34.
- ^ a b Robert A. Bahn; Alfred J. Mead (1 April 2005). "BISON LATIFRONS (ARTIODACTYLA) FROM THE PLEIS- TOCENE OF BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA" (PDF). Georgia Journal of Sciences. 63 (1): 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Tenth Annual GCSU Student Research Conference" (PDF). Georgia College and Georgia State University. 16 March 2007. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g Gelbart, Mark (15 October 2010). "Shit-eating Sharks and Fish of the Cretaceous". Retrieved 12 March 2011.
External links
[edit]- Georgia College & State University Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences Natural History Collections Retrieved 12 March 2011
- Amphiuma (Caudata: Amphiumidae) from the Pleistocene Clark Quarry local fauna of coastal Georgia Retrieved 12 March 2011