Jasper Saltpeter Cave: Irvingtonian, Virginia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Pipestrellus subflavus
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Vespertilionidae
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Eptesicus fuscus
(Beauvois 1796)
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Myotis sp.
Kaup 1829
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Plecotus sp.
Geoffroy 1818
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Sorex cf. fumeus
Miller 1895
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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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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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Neotoma sp.
Say and Ord 1825
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Neotoma floridana
(Ord 1818)
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Synaptomys sp.
Baird 1858
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Synaptomys cooperi
Baird 1858
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Tamias striatus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Marmota monax
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Glaucomys sp.
Thomas 1908
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Sciurus carolinensis
Gmelin 1788
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Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
(Erxleben 1777)
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Ochotona sp.
Link 1795
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Ochotona sp.
Link 1795
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Virginia | County: | Lee |
| Coordinates: | 36.8° North, 82.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.8° North, 82.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | *Local age/stage: | ?Illinoian |
| Key time interval: | Irvingtonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 1.40000 - 0.21000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: said to be ?Illinoian |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:county assignment based on town of Jasper Hubbard and Grady entered by Carrie for Bio 334 | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 20388 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2011-04-26 17:53:36 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2548. | J. I. Mead and F. Grady. 1996. Ochotona (Lagomorpha) from late Quaternary cave deposits in eastern North America. Quaternary Research 45(1):93-101 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
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] | |
| 35918 | D. A. Hubbard, Jr. and F. Grady. 1997. Vertebrate paleontological cave resources in Virginia, USA. Proceedings of the 12th International Congress of Speleology 3:175-177 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/R. Day] |