The Haile Quarry or Haile sites are an Early Miocene and Pleistocene assemblage of vertebrate fossils located in the Haile quarries, Alachua County, northern Florida. The assemblage was discovered during phosphate mining, which began in the late 1940s. Haile sites are found in the Alachua Formation. Two sites within the Ocala Limestone yielded Upper Eocene Valvatida (sea stars) and mollusks.
University of Florida and Florida Museum of Natural History paleontologists numbered the Haile fossil sites with Arabic and Roman numbers and letters in order to define locations more distinctly. UF scientists used Roman numbering and the FLMNH scientists used Arabic.
Numbered Haile sites
V/XIXA aka Haile 5A, 19A (FLMNH repository) 5B Miocene 6A. 7C. 12B. XVA aka 15A. 16A. 21A. ID. VIIA. VIIIA. XIB. XIIIA. XIIIB. XIVA. XIXD. IVB.
Late Pleistocene Haile sites: 7C, 15A (No longer exists), 16A, and 21A.
Fish
Carcharodon auriculatus
Amphibians/Reptiles
Bufo (toad) Coluber constrictor (Eastern Racer) Emydidae (turtle) †Gavialosuchus (Crocodile) Hesperotestudo crassiscutata (turtle) Deirochelys (Chicken Turtle) Micrurus fulvius (Coral snake) Ranidae (True Frog) †Sphenodontia (lizard) Terrapene carolina (Eastern Box Turtle)
Birds
Anatidae indet (duck) †Aizenogyps toomeyae (Condor) Anhinga grande (Snakebird) Ceryle torquata (Ringed Kingfisher) Motmotidae (Motmot) Phalacrocorax (Cormorant)
Mammals
Carnivores
Procyon (raccoon)
Canidae
†Borophagus (ancestor of dogs) Canidae †Canis armbrusteri (Armbruster's wolf) †Canis edwardii (Edward's wolf) †Canis dirus (Dire wolf) Canis rufus (Red wolf) †Epicyon haydeni (ancestor of dogs) Urocyon cinereoargenteus (fox)
Bears
†Arctodus pristinus (Short-faced Bear) †Tremarctos floridanus (Florida Cave Bear)
Feliformia
†Homotherium (Saber-toothed cat) Lynx rufus (Bobcat) †Panthera onca (Jaguar) †Smilodon gracilis (Saber-toothed cat)
Mustelids
Conepatus leuconotus (Hog-nosed skunk) Mephitis mephitis (Striped Skunk) Mustela frenata (Long-tailed Weasel) †Satherium piscinarium (North American Giant Otter) Spilogale putorius (Eastern Spotted Skunk) Trigonictis cookii (Galictis)
Herbivores
Even-toed ungulates
†Aepycamelus (Camel) Bison latifrons (Bison) †Camelidae (Camel) †Gelocidae (early horse-type ungulate) †Hemiauchenia macrocephala (Llama) †Mylohyus floridanus (Peccary) †Odocoileus virginianus (Deer) †Palaeolama mirifica (Llama) †Platygonus, P. compressus, P. vetus (Peccary) †Yumaceras hamiltoni (early horse-type ungulate)
Odd-toed ungulates
†Aphelops (rhinoceros) †Calippus, C. elachistus, C. hondurensis (horse) †Dolichohippus (horse) †Equus sp,. E. fraternus, E. leidyi (horse) †Tapirus, T. haysii (tapir) †Dasypus bellus (armadillo) †Hippotherium, H. ingenuum, H. plicatile (horse) †Nannippus, N. peninsulatus, N. westoni (horse) †Neohipparion trampasense (horse) †Protohippus gidleyi (horse) †Pseudhipparion skinneri (horse) †Teleoceras, T. proterum (rhinoceros)
Proboscidea
†Cuvieronius tropicus (early elephant) †Gomphotheriidae (elephant)
Xenarthra
Dasypus bellus (armadillo) †Eremotherium, E. eomigrans (giant sloth) †Glossotherium chapadmalense (giant ground sloth) †Glyptotherium arizonae (armadillo-like) †Holmesina floridanus, H. olmesina, H. septentrionalis (armadillo) †Pachyarmatherium leiseyi]] (armadillo-like) †Megalonyx, M. leptostomus, M. wheatlyi (giant ground sloth) †Paramylodon harlani (giant ground sloth) †Pliometanastes (giant ground sloth)
Bats
Myotis austroriparius (Southeastern Bat) Desmodus, D. archaeodaptes, D. stocki (Common Vampire Bat) Lasiurus intermedius (Northern Yellow Bat) Pipistrellus subflavus (Eastern Pipistrelle)