Keyser Farm: Holocene, Virginia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Didelphimorphia
Didelphis virginiana Kerr 1792
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758
Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann 1780)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felis concolor Linnaeus 1771
recombined as Puma concolor
Lynx rufus (Schreber 1777)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus americanus Pallas 1780
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustela frenata Lichtenstein 1831
recombined as Neogale frenata
Lutra canadensis (Schreber 1776)
recombined as Lontra canadensis
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Mephitis mephitis (Schreber 1776)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis familiaris Linnaeus 1758
Urocyon cinereoargenteus (Schreber 1775)
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus floridanus (Allen 1890)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Marmota monax (Linnaeus 1758)
Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin 1788
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Ondatra zibethicus (Linnaeus 1766)
Reptilia - Phasianidae
Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Olor columbianus (Ord 1815)
recombined as Cygnus columbianus
Reptilia - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
Cathartes aura (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Linnaeus 1766)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Virginia County:Page
Coordinates: 38.6° North, 78.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.6° North, 78.4° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Holocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Holocene
Age range of interval:0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Woodland Period
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,anthropogenic
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:104675
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-02-08 06:41:39 Last modified:2011-02-07 13:41:39
Access level:the public Released:2011-02-08 06:41:39
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]