Early's Cave (Pleistocene of the United States)
Also known as Early's Pit, Ivanhoe?
Where: Wythe County, Virginia (36.9° N, 80.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
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 104662: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.02.2011, edited by Margaret Shalap
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Taxonomic list
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| Mammalia | |
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Megalonyx cf. jeffersonii Desmarest 1822 Jefferson's ground sloth | |
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Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat | |
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Eptesicus fuscus Beauvois 1796 big brown bat | |
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Marmota cf. monax Linnaeus 1758 groundhog
Tamias cf. striatus Linnaeus 1758 eastern chipmunk
Glaucomys sp. Thomas 1908 flying squirrel
Glaucomys cf. volans Linnaeus 1758 southern flying squirrel | |
Clethrionomys gapperi, Microtus cf. pennsylvanicus, Microtus ? pennsylvanicus, "Synaptomys borealis" = Mictomys borealis, Neotoma cf. floridana
Clethrionomys gapperi Vigors 1830 southern red-backed vole
Microtus cf. pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole
Microtus ? pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole
"Synaptomys borealis" = Mictomys borealis Richardson 1828 northern bog lemming
Neotoma cf. floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat | |
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Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820 American beaver | |
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Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew | |
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Spilogale putorius Linnaeus 1758 eastern spotted skunk | |
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Procyon cf. lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon | |
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Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758 bear | |
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Mylohyus sp. Cope 1869 peccary
Platygonus compressus Leconte 1848 peccary | |
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Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison | |
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Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer | |
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Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762 tapir | |
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Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
Equus cf. complicatus Leidy 1858 horse | |
| Aves | |
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Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird | |