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Inglis quarry

Citrus County, Florida location
Florida during the Pleistocene

The Inglis quarry or Inglis quarry sites 1A and 1C are assemblages of vertebrate fossils dating from the Pleistocene ~1.8 Mya—300,000 years ago, located in the phosphate quarries near the town of Inglis, Citrus County, northern Florida.

Inglis sites FCi-1, FCi-2, Inglis Formation, Florida Geological Survey C-11, Inglis Member, Moodys Branch Formation, and Dunellon Phosphate Company pit no. 5 are composed of a variety of bivalves, echinoderms, gastropods, crustaceans (mud shrimp), crinoids dating from the Eocene to Early Oligocene of ~48–33.9 Mya.

Species uncovered

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Mammals

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Bats

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Carnivores

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Canidae
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Bears
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Feliformia
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Hyena
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Mustelids
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Herbivores

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Even-toed ungulates
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Odd-toed ungulates
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Proboscidea

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Xenarthra

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Rabbits

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Rodents

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Moles and Shrews

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Birds

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Cariamiformes

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See also

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Other Citrus County sites:

References

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  1. ^ Herbert Jr, Richard C (2010-09-30). "A New early Pleistocene tapir ( Mammalia : perissodactyla ) from Florida, with a review of Blancan tapirs from the state". Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History. 49 (3): 67-126.
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Inglis quarry
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