Holston Vista Cave: Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene, Virginia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Vespertilionidae
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Eptesicus sp.
Rafinesque 1820
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Eptesicus fuscus
(Beauvois 1796)
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Myotis keeni
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Myotis sp.
Kaup 1829
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Myotis cf. lucifugus
(Le Conte 1831)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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Procyon cf. lotor
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Sorex sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Sorex palustris
Richardson 1828
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Microsorex hoyi
(Baird 1858)
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Sorex arcticus
Kerr 1792
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Sorex fumeus
Miller 1895
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Sorex dispar
Batchelder 1896
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Sorex cinereus
Kerr 1792
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Scalopus aquaticus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Zapodidae
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Zapus sp.
Coues 1876
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Synaptomys borealis
(Richardson 1828)
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Microtus zanthognathus
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Microtus sp.
Schrank 1798
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Microtus pennsylvanicus
(Ord 1815)
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Microtus chrotorrhinus
(Miller 1894)
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Clethrionomys gapperi
(Vigors 1830)
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Phenacomys sp.
Merriam 1889
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Peromyscus cf. leucopus
(Rafinesque 1818)
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Neotoma floridana
(Ord 1818)
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Synaptomys cooperi
Baird 1858
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Erethizontidae
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Erethizon dorsatum
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Tamias cf. striatus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Spermophilus sp.
Cuvier 1825
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Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
(Mitchell 1821)
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Marmota monax
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Glaucomys sabrinus
(Shaw 1801)
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Glaucomys cf. volans
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Sciurus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Leporidae indet.
Fischer de Waldheim 1817
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Lepus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Phasianidae
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Meleagris gallopavo
Linnaeus 1758
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Virginia | County: | Washington |
| Coordinates: | 36.8° North, 81.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.8° North, 81.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene |
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 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
| Database number: | 104672 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-02-08 06:32:59 | Last modified: | 2011-02-07 13:33:17 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-02-08 06:32:59 |
| 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] |