Keyser Farm (Holocene of the United States)

Where: Page County, Virginia (38.6° N, 78.4° W: paleocoordinates 38.6° N, 78.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• Woodland Period

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: anthropogenic

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 104675: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.02.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Marmota monax Linnaeus 1758 groundhog
Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin 1788 eastern gray squirrel
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820 American beaver
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus 1766 muskrat
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus floridanus Allen 1890 eastern cottontail
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Felis concolor" = Puma concolor, Lynx rufus
"Felis concolor" = Puma concolor Linnaeus 1771 puma
Lynx rufus Schreber 1777 bobcat
 Carnivora - Mephitidae
Mephitis mephitis Schreber 1776 striped skunk
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
"Lutra canadensis" = Lontra canadensis, "Mustela frenata" = Neogale frenata
"Lutra canadensis" = Lontra canadensis Schreber 1776 North American river otter
"Mustela frenata" = Neogale frenata Lichtenstein 1831 long-tailed weasel
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus americanus Pallas 1780 black bear
 Carnivora - Canidae
Urocyon cinereoargenteus Schreber 1775 gray fox
Canis familiaris Linnaeus 1758 dog
 Theriamorpha - Didelphidae
Didelphis virginiana Kerr 1792 Virginia opossum
Aves
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Haliaeetus leucocephalus Linnaeus 1766 bald eagle
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
"Olor columbianus" = Cygnus columbianus
"Olor columbianus" = Cygnus columbianus Ord 1815 tundra swan
 Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
Cathartes aura Linnaeus 1758 turkey vulture
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus 1758 wild turkey