Inglis quarry

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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

Early Oligocene
of ~48–33.9 Mya.

Species uncovered

Mammals

Bats

  • 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

Canidae
Bears
Feliformia
Hyena
Mustelids

Herbivores

Even-toed ungulates
Odd-toed ungulates

Proboscidea

Xenarthra

Rabbits

Rodents

  • 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

  • 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

Cariamiformes

See also

Other Citrus County sites:

References

  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.