Island Ford Cave: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Virginia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Perimyotis subflavus
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Corynorynchus sp.
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus sp.
Brookes 1828
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Vespertilionidae
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Eptesicus fuscus
(Beauvois 1796)
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Myotis spp.
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Glaucomys cf. volans
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
(Erxleben 1777)
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Marmota monax
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Tamias striatus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
(Mitchell 1821)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Zapodidae
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Napaeozapus insignis
(Miller 1891)
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Zapus hudsonius
(Zimmermann 1780)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Synaptomys cooperi
Baird 1858
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Neotoma magister
Baird 1858
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Peromyscus sp.
Gloger 1841
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Microtus sp.
Schrank 1798
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Microtus pinetorum
(Le Conte 1830)
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Microtus cf. xanthognathus
(Leach 1815)
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Microtus pennsylvanicus
(Ord 1815)
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Microtus chrotorrhinus
(Miller 1894)
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Microtus cf. ochrogaster
(Wagner 1842)
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Clethrionomys gapperi
(Vigors 1830)
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Ondatra zibethicus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Phenacomys intermedius
Merriam 1889
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor canadensis
Kuhl 1820
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Erethizontidae
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Erethizon dorsatum
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Leporidae indet.
Fischer de Waldheim 1817
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Parascalops breweri
(Bachman 1842)
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cf. Condylura cristata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Sorex hoyi
Baird 1858
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Sorex sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Sorex cinereus
Kerr 1792
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Sorex fumeus
Miller 1895
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Blarina cf. brevicauda
(Say 1823)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Arctodus simus
(Cope 1879)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Lontra canadensis
(Schreber 1776)
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Mustela nivalis
Linnaeus 1766
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Mustela frenata
Lichtenstein 1831
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| recombined as Neogale frenata | |||||||
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Mustela cf. vison
(Schreber 1777)
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| recombined as Neogale vison | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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Procyon lotor
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Lynx cf. rufus
(Schreber 1777)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis dirus
Leidy 1858
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Odocoileus virginianus
(Zimmermann 1780)
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Cervus elaphus
Linnaeus 1758
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Virginia | County: | Alleghany |
| Coordinates: | 37.1° North, 81.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.0° North, 81.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 39300 ± 1100 to 11986 ± 76 YBP (14C) |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,surface (in situ),sieve,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
| Taxonomic list comments:Hubbard and Grady entered by Carrie Bio 334 | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 104758 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Shalap, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Shalap | ||
| Created: | 2011-02-09 08:04:14 | Last modified: | 2011-04-26 01:49:42 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-02-09 08:04:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35866. | F. Grady. 1995. The First Record of Arctodus Simus from Virginia. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 58 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap] |
Secondary references:
| 34884 | F. Grady and D. A. Hubbard. 2009. Fossil Mammals From Island Ford Cave, Virginia, USA. Proceedings of the 15th International Speleological Congress 1:86-89 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 35918 | D. A. Hubbard, Jr. and F. Grady. 1997. Vertebrate paleontological cave resources in Virginia, USA. Proceedings of the 12th International Congress of Speleology 3:175-177 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/R. Day] |