Gillespie's Cliff Cave (Pleistocene to of the United States)

Where: Tazewell County, Virginia (37.1° N, 81.7° W: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 81.7° 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 class: macrofossils

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 104670: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.02.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Aves
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Aves indet.
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Sorex sp.
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet.
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Synaptomys sp., Microtus zanthognathus, Microtus sp.
Synaptomys sp. Baird 1858 mouse
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciuridae indet., Marmota sp., Glaucomys sp.
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821 squirrel
Marmota sp. Frisch 1775 marmot
Glaucomys sp. Thomas 1908 flying squirrel