Ripplemead Quarry (Pleistocene to of the United States)

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
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Amphibia
 Caudata - Urodela
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Reptilia
 Squamata - Crotalidae
Crotalus horridus Linnaeus 1758 timber rattlesnake
Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Lasionycteris noctivagans Le Conte 1831 silver-haired bat
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Marmota monax Linnaeus 1758 groundhog
Tamias striatus Linnaeus 1758 eastern chipmunk
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
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
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820 American beaver
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Parascalops breweri Bachman 1842 hairly-tailed vole
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Sorex fumeus Miller 1895 smoky shrew
Blarina brevicauda Say 1823 northern short-tailed shrew
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
"Martes pennanti" = Pekania pennanti
"Martes pennanti" = Pekania pennanti Erxleben 1777 fisher
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon
 Carnivora - Mephitidae
Spilogale putorius Linnaeus 1758 eastern spotted skunk
 Carnivora - Canidae
Urocyon cinereoargenteus Schreber 1775 gray fox
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
[entered as Odocoileus virginiana]
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Mylohyus sp. Cope 1869 peccary
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762 tapir