Darty Cave: Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene, Virginia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Martes americana
(Kerr 1792)
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Martes pennanti
(Erxleben 1777)
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| recombined as Pekania pennanti | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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Procyon cf. lotor
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Lynx sp.
Kerr 1792
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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cf. Cervus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Rangifer tarandus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Leporidae indet.
Fischer de Waldheim 1817
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Erethizontidae
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Erethizon dorsatum
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Synaptomys cooperi
Baird 1858
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Peromyscus sp.
Gloger 1841
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Clethrionomys gapperi
(Vigors 1830)
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Phenacomys sp.
Merriam 1889
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Ondatra sp.
Link 1795
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Microtus sp.
Schrank 1798
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Sciuridae indet.
Gray 1821
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Sciurus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Marmota sp.
Frisch 1775
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Glaucomys cf. volans
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor canadensis
Kuhl 1820
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Virginia | County: | Scott |
| Coordinates: | 36.7° North, 82.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.6° North, 82.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene |
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 104044 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-02-05 07:51:47 | Last modified: | 2011-02-04 14:51:47 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-02-05 07:51:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1461. | 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] |