Ripplemead Quarry (Pleistocene to of the United States)

Also known as West bank of New River.

Where: Giles County, Virginia (37.3° N, 80.7° W: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 80.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene to Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fissure fill; limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: R. E. Weems and B. B. Higgins. 1977. Post-Wisconsinan Vertebrate Remains from a Fissure Deposit Near Ripplemead, Virginia. The NSS bulletin; quarterly journal of the National Speleological Society 39(4):106-108 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 104689: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.02.2011, edited by Margaret Shalap

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Amphibia
 Salientia - Bufonidae
 Caudata - Urodela
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Tamias striatus Linnaeus 1758 eastern chipmunk
Marmota monax Linnaeus 1758 groundhog
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820 American beaver
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Neotoma floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat
Peromyscus leucopus Rafinesque 1818 white-footed mouse
Peromyscus maniculatus Wagner 1843 deer mouse
Synaptomys cooperi Baird 1858 southern bog lemming
Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole
Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus 1766 muskrat
Clethrionomys gapperi Vigors 1830 southern red-backed vole
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Blarina brevicauda Say 1823 northern short-tailed shrew
Sorex fumeus Miller 1895 smoky shrew
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Parascalops breweri Bachman 1842 hairly-tailed vole
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Lasionycteris noctivagans Le Conte 1831 silver-haired bat
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762 tapir
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Mylohyus sp. Cope 1869 peccary
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
[entered as Odocoileus virginiana]
 Carnivora - Mephitidae
Spilogale putorius Linnaeus 1758 eastern spotted skunk
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
"Martes pennanti" = Pekania pennanti
"Martes pennanti" = Pekania pennanti Erxleben 1777 fisher
 Carnivora - Canidae
Urocyon cinereoargenteus Schreber 1775 gray fox
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf
Reptilia
 Squamata - Crotalidae
Crotalus horridus Linnaeus 1758 timber rattlesnake