Jasper Saltpeter Cave (Pleistocene of the United States)
Where: Lee County, Virginia (36.8° N, 82.8° W: paleocoordinates 36.8° N, 82.6° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)
• said to be ?Illinoian
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. I. Mead and F. Grady. 1996. Ochotona (Lagomorpha) from late Quaternary cave deposits in eastern North America. Quaternary Research 45(1):93-101 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 20388: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• county assignment based on town of Jasper
•Hubbard and Grady entered by Carrie for Bio 334
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unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
Scalopus aquaticus Linnaeus 1758 eastern mole | |
Sorex cf. fumeus Miller 1895 smoky shrew | |
Synaptomys sp., Synaptomys cooperi, Neotoma sp., Neotoma floridana, Microtus sp., Microtus pennsylvanicus, Microtus chrotorrhinus, Clethrionomys gapperi
Synaptomys sp. Baird 1858 mouse
Synaptomys cooperi Baird 1858 southern bog lemming
Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825 pack rat
Neotoma floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole
Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole
Microtus chrotorrhinus Miller 1894 rock vole
Clethrionomys gapperi Vigors 1830 southern red-backed vole | |
Zapus sp. Coues 1876 jumping mouse | |
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Erxleben 1777 American red squirrel
Glaucomys sp. Thomas 1908 flying squirrel
Tamias striatus Linnaeus 1758 eastern chipmunk
Marmota monax Linnaeus 1758 groundhog
Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin 1788 eastern gray squirrel | |
Ochotona sp. Link 1795 pika
Ochotona sp. Link 1795 pika | |
Plecotus sp. Geoffroy 1818 vesper bat
Eptesicus fuscus Beauvois 1796 big brown bat
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat |