Clark Quarry
# Clark Quarry

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
