Clark Quarry Explained

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]

Geology

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.^[3] This site is in the pleistocene era on the geologic timescale.

Fossils

Woodchuck–Marmota monax^[4]
Bog lemming–Synaptomys cooperi
Capybara–Hydrochoeris holmesi
Florida or round-tailed muskrat–Neofiber alleni
Rice rat–Oryzomys palustris
Cotton rat–Sigmodon hispidus
Harvest mouse–Reithrodontomys
Columbian Mammoth-Mammuthus columbi
Pleistocene Bison-Bison latifrons^[5]
American Alligator-Alligator mississippiensis
Nerodia sp
Garter Snake-Thamnophis sp
Giant Ground Sloth-Megatherium
Mastodon-Mastodon giganteum
Horse-Equus ferus
White-tail deer-Odocoileus virginianus

External links

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

Notes and References

Joshua L. Clark. Kelly A. Clark. Alfred J. Mead. Dennis Parmley. Robert A. Bahn. A Preliminary Description of the Pleistocene Herpetofauna from Clark Quarry, Brunswick, Georgia. Georgia Journal of Science. 1 April 2005. 63. 1. 31. 12 March 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110719201914/http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~jaliff/GAJsci%2063-1.pdf. 19 July 2011. dead.
Book: Cooper, J. Hamilton. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London. 1846. Oxford University. London. 33–34.
Web site: Tenth Annual GCSU Student Research Conference. Georgia College and Georgia State University. 12 March 2011. 7. 16 March 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20110719200655/http://www.gcsu.edu/engagement/studentresearch/docs/10th_Annual_SRC_Spring_2007.pdf. 19 July 2011. dead.
Web site: Gelbart. Mark. Shit-eating Sharks and Fish of the Cretaceous. 15 October 2010. 12 March 2011.
Robert A. Bahn. Alfred J. Mead. BISON LATIFRONS (ARTIODACTYLA) FROM THE PLEIS- TOCENE OF BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA. Georgia Journal of Sciences. 1 April 2005. 63. 1. 31. 12 March 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110719201914/http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~jaliff/GAJsci%2063-1.pdf. 19 July 2011. dead.