Skyline Caverns: Late Pleistocene, Virginia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Microtus sp.
Schrank 1798
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Microsorex hoyi
(Baird 1858)
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Platygonus sp.
Leconte 1848
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
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Chiroptera indet.
Blumenbach 1779
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Virginia | County: | Warren |
| Coordinates: | 39.0° North, 78.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.0° North, 78.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.129 - 0.0117 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 104694 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-02-08 07:55:47 | Last modified: | 2011-02-07 14:55:47 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-02-08 07:55:46 |
| 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] |