Klotz Quarry Cave: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Virginia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Eptesicus sp. Rafinesque 1820
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829
Mammalia - Cervidae
Rangifer tarandus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursidae indet. Gray 1825
Mammalia - Soricidae
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758
Microsorex hoyi (Baird 1858)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798
Clethrionomys gapperi (Vigors 1830)
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841
Synaptomys sp. Baird 1858
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821
Marmota sp. Frisch 1775
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Reptilia - Theropoda
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Virginia County:Giles
Coordinates: 37.3° North, 80.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.4° North, 80.8° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
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
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:cave
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:bone collector
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:104676
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-02-08 06:43:25 Last modified:2011-02-07 13:43:25
Access level:the public Released:2011-02-08 06:43:25
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]