Inglis quarry

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[edit]

Mammals[edit]

Bats[edit]

Antrozous (Palid Bat)
Eptesicus (House Bat)
Myotis (Mouse-eared Bat)
Desmodus, D. archaeodaptes (Common Vampire Bat)
Lasiurus intermedius (Northern Yellow Bat)
Phyllostomidae (Leaf-nosed Bat)
Pipistrellus subflavus (Eastern Pipistrelle)
Plecotus (Lump-nosed Bat)

Carnivores[edit]

Procyon (Raccoon)

Canidae[edit]

†Borophagus (ancient dog)
Canidae
†Canis edwardii (wolf)
†Urocyon citrinus (fox)

Bears[edit]

†Arctodus pristinus (Lesser short-faced bear)

Herbivores[edit]

Even-toed ungulates[edit]

Bovidae indet
†Capromeryx (Pronghorn-like)
†Hemiauchenia macrocephala (Llama)
†Mylohyus floridanus(Peccary)
Odocoileus (White-tailed deer)
†Platygonus bicalcaratus, P. vetus (Peccary)

Odd-toed ungulates[edit]

†Equus leidyi (Horse)
†Tapirus lundeliusi (Tapir)

Proboscidea[edit]

†Mammut americanum (American mastodon)

Xenarthra[edit]

†Eremotherium eomigrans (ground sloth)
†Megalonyx leptostomus (ground sloth)
†Paramylodon harlani (Harlan's ground sloth)
†Dasypus bellus (Armadillo)
†Holmesina floridanus (Armadillo-like)
†Glyptotherium texanum (Glyptodont)

Rabbits[edit]

Sylvilagus (Cottontail rabbit)

Rodents[edit]

Baiomys (New World Pygmy Mouse)
Erethizon, E. kleini (Porcupine)
Geomys pinetis (Pocket gopher)
Glaucomys (Flying Squirrel)
Neochoerus aesopi (N. American Capabara)
Neotoma
Ondatra idahoensis (Muskrat)
Orthogeomys propinetis (Gopher)
Peromyscus, P. sarmocophinus (Deer Mouse)
Reithrodontomys H. wetmorei (harvest mouse)
Sciurus carolinensis (Eastern Grey Squirrel)
Sigmodon, S. curtisi (Rat)

Moles and Shrews[edit]

Blarina (American Short-Tailed Shrew)
Blarina carolinensis (Southern Short-Tailed Shrew)
Cryptotis parva (North American Least Shrew)
Scalopus aquaticus (Eastern Mole)
Sorex longirostris (Southeastern Shrew)

Birds[edit]

Cariamiformes[edit]

†Titanis walleri'' (Terror bird)

References[edit]

^ 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.

Paleobiology database collections: Inglis IA^{[permanent dead link]}
Paleobiology database: Inglis 1C collections
Florida Center for Library Information^{[permanent dead link]}
Pleistocene mammals of North America By Björn Kurtén, Elaine Anderson, p. 164, Columbia University Press

[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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