Ripplemead Quarry: Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene, Virginia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Urses americanus
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufo fowleri
Bufo woodhousi
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Cryptobranchus allegheniensis
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Tamias striatus (Linnaeus 1758)
Marmota monax (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820
Eshelman and Grady 1986
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Neotoma floridana (Ord 1818)
Peromyscus leucopus (Rafinesque 1818)
Peromyscus maniculatus (Wagner 1843)
Synaptomys cooperi Baird 1858
Microtus pennsylvanicus (Ord 1815)
Ondatra zibethicus (Linnaeus 1766)
Clethrionomys gapperi (Vigors 1830)
Eshelman and Grady 1986
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867
Mammalia - Soricidae
Blarina brevicauda (Say 1823)
Sorex fumeus Miller 1895
Mammalia - Talpidae
Parascalops breweri (Bachman 1842)
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Lasionycteris noctivagans (Le Conte 1831)
Eshelman and Grady 1986
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762
Eshelman and Grady 1986
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Eshelman and Grady 1986
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Mylohyus sp. Cope 1869
Eshelman and Grady 1986
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann 1780)
[entered as Odocoileus virginiana]
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Spilogale putorius (Linnaeus 1758)
Eshelman and Grady 1986
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Martes pennanti (Erxleben 1777)
recombined as Pekania pennanti
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Urocyon cinereoargenteus (Schreber 1775)
Eshelman and Grady 1986
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758
Eshelman and Grady 1986
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Crotalus horridus Linnaeus 1758
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Virginia County:Giles
Coordinates: 37.3° North, 80.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.3° North, 80.7° 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: "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:fissure fill
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:West bank of New River.
Database number:104689
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen, M. Shalap
Modifier:M. Shalap Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-02-08 07:47:50 Last modified:2011-03-01 14:58:24
Access level:the public Released:2011-02-08 07:47:50
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

35379. 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]

Secondary references:

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]