Darty Cave (Pleistocene to of the United States)
Where: Scott County, Virginia (36.7° N, 82.5° W: paleocoordinates 36.6° N, 82.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene to Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
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 104044: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 05.02.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird | |
| Mammalia | |
Martes americana, "Martes pennanti" = Pekania pennanti
Martes americana Kerr 1792 American marten
"Martes pennanti" = Pekania pennanti Erxleben 1777 fisher | |
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Procyon cf. lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon | |
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Lynx sp. Kerr 1792 lynx | |
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cf. Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer
Rangifer tarandus Linnaeus 1758 reindeer | |
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Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit | |
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Erethizon dorsatum Linnaeus 1758 North American porcupine | |
Synaptomys cooperi, Peromyscus sp., Clethrionomys gapperi, Phenacomys sp., Ondatra sp., Microtus sp.
Synaptomys cooperi Baird 1858 southern bog lemming
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse
Clethrionomys gapperi Vigors 1830 southern red-backed vole
Phenacomys sp. Merriam 1889 vole
Ondatra sp. Link 1795 muskrat
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole | |
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Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821 squirrel
Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758 squirrel
Marmota sp. Frisch 1775 marmot
Glaucomys cf. volans Linnaeus 1758 southern flying squirrel | |
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Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820 American beaver | |