Saltville: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Virginia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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informal Sucker indet.
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McDonald and Bartlett 1983 | |||||||||
Umbillliferae indet.
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Campanuyla sp.
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Pinopsida
- Pinales
- Pinaceae
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Picea sp.
Dietrich 1824
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Abies sp.
Miller 1754
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Pinus sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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Angiospermae
- Rosales
- Rosaceae
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Rosaceae indet.
Jussieu 1789
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Angiospermae
- Fagales
- Fagaceae
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Quercus sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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Angiospermae
- Fagales
- Betulaceae
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Betula sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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Alnus sp.
Miller 1754
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Angiospermae
- Malvales
- Tiliaceae
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Tilia sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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Angiospermae
- Alismatales
- Potamogetonaceae
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Potamogeton sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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Angiospermae
- Poales
- Cyperaceae
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Cyperaceae indet.
Jussieu 1789
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Angiospermae
- Poales
- Poaceae
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Gramineae indet.
de Jussieu
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synonym of Poaceae | ||||||||||
Angiospermae
- Ranunculales
- Ranunculaceae
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Ranunculaceae indet.
Jussieu 1789
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Angiospermae
- Saxifragales
- Haloragaceae
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Myriophyllum sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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Angiospermae
- Caryophyllales
- Polygonaceae
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Polygonum sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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unclassified
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Bryophyta indet.
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
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Bufo woodhousei
Girard 1854
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Holman and McDonald 1986 | |||||||||
subspecies fowleri | ||||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana pipiens
Schreber 1782
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Holman and McDonald 1986 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Notophthalmus cf. viridescens
(Rafinesque 1820)
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Holman and McDonald 1986 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus sp.
Brookes 1828
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Schubert and Wallace 2009 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Mammuthus primigenius
(Blumenbach 1799)
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Mammuthus columbi
(Falconer 1857)
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France et al. 2007 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mammut americanum
(Kerr 1792)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Odocoileus virginianus
(Zimmermann 1780)
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Eshelman and Grady 1986 | |||||||||
Rangifer tarandus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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? Cervalces sp.
Scott 1885
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? Cervalces scotti
(Lydekker 1898)
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McDonald and Bartlett 1983 | |||||||||
Specimen similar to but larger than Alces alces | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Ovibovini indet.
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Bootherium sp.
Harlan 1825
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Symbos cavifrons
(Leidy 1852)
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synonym of Bootherium bombifrons | ||||||||||
Bison sp.
Hamilton-Smith 1827
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Arctodus simus
(Cope 1879)
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Schubert and Wallace 2009 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Ondatra sp.
Link 1795
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Eshelman and Grady 1986 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Megalonyx jeffersonii
(Desmarest 1822)
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or M. dissimilis | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Elaphe cf. obsoleta
(Say 1823)
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Holman and McDonald 1986 | |||||||||
Storeria sp.
Baird and Girard 1853
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Holman and McDonald 1986 | |||||||||
Nerodia sipedon
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Holman and McDonald 1986 | |||||||||
Thamnophis sp.
Fitzinger 1843
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Holman and McDonald 1986 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelydridae
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Chelydra serpentina
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Holman and McDonald 1986 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Cryptogramma acrosticoides
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synonym of Anomalocardia | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Fungi indet.
Jahn and Jahn 1959
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Virginia | County: | Smyth |
Coordinates: | 37.0° North, 81.8° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 37.0° North, 81.8° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago | ||
Age estimate: | 13460 ± 420 YBP (14C) |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | lacustrine - small |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 103358 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen, M. Shalap |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2011-01-26 07:16:44 | Last modified: | 2011-05-12 16:31:16 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-01-26 07:16:44 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
25320. | C. E. Ray, B. N. Cooper, and W. S. Benninghoff. 1967. Fossil mammals and pollen in a late Pleistocene deposit at Saltville, Virginia. Journal of Paleontology 41(3):608-622 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
1461 | 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] | |
35550 | C. A. M. France, P. M. Zelanko, A. J. Kaufman and T. R. Holtz. 2007. Carbon and nitrogen isotopic analysis of Pleistocene mammals from the Saltville Quarry (Virginia, USA): Implications for trophic relationships. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 249:271-282 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Uhen] | |
35177 | J. A. Holman and J. N. McDonald. 1986. A Late Quaternary Herpetofauna from Saltville Virginia. Brimleyana (12)85-100 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap] | |
35007 | J. N. McDonald and C. S. Bartlett. 1983. An Associated Musk Ox Skeleton from Saltville, Virginia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 2(4):453-470 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap] | |
34877 | B. W. Schubert and S. C. Wallace. 2009. Late Pleistocene giant short-faced bears, mammoths, and large carcass scavenging in the Saltville Valley of Virginia, USA. Boreas 38:482-492 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |