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.
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
External links Retrieved 12 March 2011 Amphiuma (Caudata: Amphiumidae) from the Pleistocene Clark Quarry local fauna of coastal Georgia Retrieved 12 March 2011