- Clark Quarry
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Clark Quarry is a relatively new paleontological dig site in southern Georgia. The site first discovered fossils by the building of the Brunswick Canal in 1838-1839.[1][2][3]
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Geology
Clark Quarry is a cut and fill fluvial deposit overlying a marine sand, near Brunswick, Georgia, USA 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
- 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
- ^ a b c d "A PRELIMINARY DESCRIPTION OF THE PLEISTOCENE HERPETOFAUNA FROM CLARK QUARRY, BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA". GEORGIA JOURNAL OF SCIENCE 63 (1): 31. 1 April 2005. http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~jaliff/GAJsci%2063-1.pdf. 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. http://books.google.com/books?id=96oEAAAAQAAJ&dq=Fossils+at+Brunswick,+Georgia&source=gbs_navlinks_s.
- ^ a b "BISON LATIFRONS (ARTIODACTYLA) FROM THE PLEIS- TOCENE OF BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA". GEORGIA JOURNAL OF SCIENCES 63 (1): 31. 1 April 2005. http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~jaliff/GAJsci%2063-1.pdf. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Tenth Annual GCSU Student Research Conference". Georgia College and Georgia State University. 16 March 2007. p. 7. http://www.gcsu.edu/engagement/studentresearch/docs/10th_Annual_SRC_Spring_2007.pdf. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g Gelbart, Mark. "Shit-eating Sharks and Fish of the Cretaceous". http://markgelbart.wordpress.com/2010/10/15/shit-eating-sharks-and-fish-of-the-cretaceous/. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
External links
Categories:- Geography of Glynn County, Georgia
- Mines in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Archaeological sites in Georgia (U.S. state)
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