Cliff Cave #2 (Holocene of the United States)
Also known as Station B
Where: Giles County, Virginia (37.2° N, 80.7° W: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 80.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: bone collector
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 104040: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 05.02.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Tamias cf. striatus Linnaeus 1758 eastern chipmunk
Marmota sp. Frisch 1775 marmot
Glaucomys sp. Thomas 1908 flying squirrel
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Erxleben 1777 American red squirrel | |
Peromyscus sp., "Synaptomys borealis" = Synaptomys (Mictomys) borealis, Microtus sp., Clethrionomys gapperi
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse
"Synaptomys borealis" = Synaptomys (Mictomys) borealis Richardson 1828 northern bog lemming
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole
Clethrionomys gapperi Vigors 1830 southern red-backed vole | |
cf. Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit | |
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew | |
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat | |
Eptesicus sp. Rafinesque 1820 house bat | |
Aves | |
Anatidae indet. Vigors 1825 waterfowl |