New Bath County Cave: Pleistocene, Virginia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudines indet.
Batsch 1788
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Peromyscus sp.
Gloger 1841
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus veroensis
Sellards 1918
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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 |
| Coordinates: | 38.1° North, 79.7° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.1° North, 79.4° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58 - 0.0117 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 105120 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Shalap | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-02-15 16:14:41 | Last modified: | 2011-02-14 23:14:41 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-02-15 16:14:41 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35165. | F. Grady, C. Baker, D. A. Hubbard and P. Lucas. 2006. A Pleistocene tapir from a Virginia cave. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 68(3):174 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Uhen] |