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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