PBDB Collection

Early's Cave (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as Early's Pit, Ivanhoe?

Where: Wythe County, Virginia (36.9° N, 80.9° W: paleocoordinates 36.9° N, 80.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

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 104662: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.02.2011, edited by Margaret Shalap

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae	Megalonyx cf. jeffersonii Megalonyx cf. jeffersonii Desmarest 1822 Jefferson's ground sloth
Carnivora - Mephitidae	Spilogale putorius Spilogale putorius Linnaeus 1758 eastern spotted skunk
Carnivora - Procyonidae	Procyon cf. lotor Procyon cf. lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon
Carnivora - Ursidae	Ursus sp. Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758 bear
Perissodactyla - Tapiridae	Tapirus sp. Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762 tapir
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Equus sp., Equus cf. complicatus Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse Equus cf. complicatus Leidy 1858 horse
Artiodactyla - Cervidae	Odocoileus virginianus Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Bovidae indet., Bison sp. Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison
Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae	Mylohyus sp., Platygonus compressus Mylohyus sp. Cope 1869 peccary Platygonus compressus Leconte 1848 peccary
Soricomorpha - Soricidae	Sorex sp. Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew
Rodentia - Sciuridae	Glaucomys sp., Glaucomys cf. volans, Tamias cf. striatus, Marmota cf. monax Glaucomys sp. Thomas 1908 flying squirrel Glaucomys cf. volans Linnaeus 1758 southern flying squirrel Tamias cf. striatus Linnaeus 1758 eastern chipmunk Marmota cf. monax Linnaeus 1758 groundhog
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Clethrionomys gapperi, Microtus cf. pennsylvanicus, Microtus ? pennsylvanicus, Neotoma cf. floridana, "Synaptomys borealis" = Synaptomys (Mictomys) borealis Clethrionomys gapperi Vigors 1830 southern red-backed vole Microtus cf. pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole Microtus ? pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole Neotoma cf. floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat "Synaptomys borealis" = Synaptomys (Mictomys) borealis Richardson 1828 northern bog lemming
Rodentia - Castoridae	Castor canadensis Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820 American beaver
Chiroptera -	Chiroptera indet. Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat
Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae	Eptesicus fuscus Eptesicus fuscus Beauvois 1796 big brown bat
Aves
-	Aves indet. Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird