Newport: Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene, Virginia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus floridanus (Allen 1890)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Mephitis mephitis (Schreber 1776)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Didelphimorphia
Didelphis virginiana Kerr 1792
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Virginia County:Giles
Coordinates: 37.4° North, 80.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.4° North, 80.5° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Quaternary
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene
Age range of interval:0.12600 - 0.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:104684
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-02-08 07:38:01 Last modified:2011-04-26 14:58:39
Access level:the public Released:2011-02-08 07:38:01
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]