Darty Cave (Pleistocene to of the United States)

Where: Scott County, Virginia (36.7° 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

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Taxonomic list

Aves
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Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821 squirrel
Marmota sp. Frisch 1775 marmot
Glaucomys cf. volans Linnaeus 1758 southern flying squirrel
Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758 squirrel
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820 American beaver
 Rodentia - Erethizontidae
Erethizon dorsatum Linnaeus 1758 North American porcupine
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse
Synaptomys cooperi Baird 1858 southern bog lemming
Ondatra sp. Link 1795 muskrat
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole
Phenacomys sp. Merriam 1889 vole
Clethrionomys gapperi Vigors 1830 southern red-backed vole
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Rangifer tarandus Linnaeus 1758 reindeer
cf. Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer
 Carnivora - Felidae
Lynx sp. Kerr 1792 lynx
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
"Martes pennanti" = Pekania pennanti, Martes americana
"Martes pennanti" = Pekania pennanti Erxleben 1777 fisher
Martes americana Kerr 1792 American marten
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon cf. lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon