| Marker Number |
13849 |
| Atlas Number |
5507013849 |
| Marker Title |
Late Pleistocene Ingleside Fauna |
| Index Entry |
Late Pleistocene Ingleside Fauna |
| Address |
Avenue A |
| City |
Ingleside |
| County |
San Patricio |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
677461 |
| UTM Northing |
3083949 |
| Subject Codes |
scientific topics; animals |
| Marker Year |
1984 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
Swan Lake, 2800 block Avenue A, near First Street |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
Known today as Swan Lake, this is the site of an archeological excavation that yielded one of the largest assortments of fossils found in a single locality in Texas. They were discovered in 1939 when highway engineers were digging for caliche to use in road building. Between 1939 and 1941 the fossils of 42 prehistoric vertebrates were excavated and sorted. Fossils found here represented such animals as the mammoth, saber-toothed tiger, bison, ground sloth, camel, alligator, tapir, and various species of fresh water fish. (1984) |
