Also known as West bank of New River.
Where: Giles County, Virginia (37.3° N, 80.7° W: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 80.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene to Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: fissure fill; limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: R. E. Weems and B. B. Higgins. 1977. Post-Wisconsinan Vertebrate Remains from a Fissure Deposit Near Ripplemead, Virginia. The NSS bulletin; quarterly journal of the National Speleological Society 39(4):106-108 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 104689: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.02.2011, edited by Margaret Shalap
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Amphibia | |
Cryptobranchus allegheniensis hellbender | |
Bufo fowleri toad
Bufo woodhousi toad | |
Reptilia | |
Crotalus horridus Linnaeus 1758 timber rattlesnake | |
Mammalia | |
Lasionycteris noctivagans Le Conte 1831 silver-haired bat | |
Marmota monax Linnaeus 1758 groundhog
Tamias striatus Linnaeus 1758 eastern chipmunk | |
Synaptomys cooperi, Neotoma floridana, Peromyscus maniculatus, Peromyscus leucopus, Microtus pennsylvanicus, Clethrionomys gapperi, Ondatra zibethicus
Synaptomys cooperi Baird 1858 southern bog lemming
Neotoma floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat
Peromyscus maniculatus Wagner 1843 deer mouse
Peromyscus leucopus Rafinesque 1818 white-footed mouse
Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole
Clethrionomys gapperi Vigors 1830 southern red-backed vole
Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus 1766 muskrat | |
Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820 American beaver | |
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare | |
Parascalops breweri Bachman 1842 hairly-tailed vole | |
Sorex fumeus Miller 1895 smoky shrew
Blarina brevicauda Say 1823 northern short-tailed shrew | |
"Martes pennanti" = Pekania pennanti
"Martes pennanti" = Pekania pennanti Erxleben 1777 fisher | |
Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon | |
Spilogale putorius Linnaeus 1758 eastern spotted skunk | |
Urocyon cinereoargenteus Schreber 1775 gray fox
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf | |
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Mylohyus sp. Cope 1869 peccary | |
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762 tapir |