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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.

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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. This site is in the pleistocene era on the geologic timescale.

Fossils

  • Woodchuck–Marmota monax
  • 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
  • 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

    • References

    Clark Quarry Wikipedia
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