Darty Cave (Pleistocene to of the United States)
Where: Scott County, Virginia (36.7° N, 82.5° W: paleocoordinates 36.6° N, 82.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene to Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: R. Eshelman and F. Grady. 1986. Quaternary vertebrate localities of Virginia and their avian and mammalian fauna. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, Publication 75:43-70 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 104044: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 05.02.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit | |
Microtus sp., Clethrionomys gapperi, Ondatra sp., Phenacomys sp., Peromyscus sp., Synaptomys cooperi
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole
Clethrionomys gapperi Vigors 1830 southern red-backed vole
Ondatra sp. Link 1795 muskrat
Phenacomys sp. Merriam 1889 vole
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse
Synaptomys cooperi Baird 1858 southern bog lemming | |
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821 squirrel
Marmota sp. Frisch 1775 marmot
Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758 squirrel
Glaucomys cf. volans Linnaeus 1758 southern flying squirrel | |
Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820 American beaver | |
Erethizon dorsatum Linnaeus 1758 North American porcupine | |
"Martes pennanti" = Pekania pennanti, Martes americana
"Martes pennanti" = Pekania pennanti Erxleben 1777 fisher
Martes americana Kerr 1792 American marten | |
Procyon cf. lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon | |
Lynx sp. Kerr 1792 lynx | |
Rangifer tarandus Linnaeus 1758 reindeer
cf. Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer | |
Aves | |
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird |