Cliff Cave #2: Holocene, Virginia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Soricidae
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798
Clethrionomys gapperi (Vigors 1830)
Synaptomys borealis (Richardson 1828)
recombined as Synaptomys (Mictomys) borealis
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (Erxleben 1777)
Marmota sp. Frisch 1775
Tamias cf. striatus (Linnaeus 1758)
Glaucomys sp. Thomas 1908
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
cf. Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867
Mammalia - Chiroptera
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Eptesicus sp. Rafinesque 1820
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anatidae indet. Vigors 1825
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Virginia County:Giles
Coordinates: 37.2° North, 80.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.2° North, 80.7° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Holocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Holocene
Age range of interval:0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:cave
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,bone collector
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Station B
Database number:104040
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-02-05 07:39:49 Last modified:2011-02-04 14:41:21
Access level:the public Released:2011-02-05 07:39:49
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
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]