Ripplemead Quarry: Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene, Virginia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Urses americanus
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
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Bufo fowleri
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Bufo woodhousi
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Cryptobranchus allegheniensis
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Reptilia
- Crotalidae
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Crotalus horridus
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Vespertilionidae
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Lasionycteris noctivagans
(Le Conte 1831)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Martes pennanti
(Erxleben 1777)
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| recombined as Pekania pennanti | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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Procyon lotor
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mephitidae
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Spilogale putorius
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis lupus
Linnaeus 1758
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Urocyon cinereoargenteus
(Schreber 1775)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus sp.
Brisson 1762
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Mylohyus sp.
Cope 1869
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Odocoileus virginianus
(Zimmermann 1780)
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| [entered as Odocoileus virginiana] | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Parascalops breweri
(Bachman 1842)
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Sorex fumeus
Miller 1895
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Blarina brevicauda
(Say 1823)
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Sylvilagus sp.
Gray 1867
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Synaptomys cooperi
Baird 1858
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Peromyscus leucopus
(Rafinesque 1818)
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Peromyscus maniculatus
(Wagner 1843)
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Neotoma floridana
(Ord 1818)
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Clethrionomys gapperi
(Vigors 1830)
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Ondatra zibethicus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Microtus pennsylvanicus
(Ord 1815)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Marmota monax
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Tamias striatus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor canadensis
Kuhl 1820
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Virginia | County: | Giles |
| Coordinates: | 37.3° North, 80.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.3° North, 80.7° 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: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | fissure fill |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | West bank of New River. | ||
| Database number: | 104689 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen, M. Shalap |
| Modifier: | M. Shalap | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-02-08 07:47:50 | Last modified: | 2011-03-01 14:58:24 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-02-08 07:47:50 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35379. | 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] |
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] |