Saltville: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Virginia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
informal Sucker indet.
McDonald and Bartlett 1983
Umbillliferae indet.
Campanuyla sp.
Pinopsida - Pinales - Pinaceae
Picea sp. Dietrich 1824
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753
Abies sp. Miller 1754
Angiospermae - Rosales - Rosaceae
Rosaceae indet. Jussieu 1789
Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae
Betula sp. Linnaeus 1753
Alnus sp. Miller 1754
Angiospermae - Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Malvales - Tiliaceae
Tilia sp. Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Alismatales - Potamogetonaceae
Potamogeton sp. Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Haloragaceae
Myriophyllum sp. Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Polygonaceae
Polygonum sp. Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Ranunculales - Ranunculaceae
Ranunculaceae indet. Jussieu 1789
Angiospermae - Poales - Poaceae
Gramineae indet. de Jussieu
synonym of Poaceae
Angiospermae - Poales - Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae indet. Jussieu 1789
unclassified
Bryophyta indet.
Reptilia - Colubridae
Nerodia sipedon (Linnaeus 1758)
Holman and McDonald 1986
Storeria sp. Baird and Girard 1853
Holman and McDonald 1986
Thamnophis sp. Fitzinger 1843
Holman and McDonald 1986
Elaphe cf. obsoleta (Say 1823)
Holman and McDonald 1986
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus 1758)
Holman and McDonald 1986
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828
Schubert and Wallace 2009 3 specimens
Mammuthus columbi (Falconer 1857)
France et al. 2007
Mammuthus primigenius (Blumenbach 1799)
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut americanum (Kerr 1792)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Cervidae
? Cervalces sp. Scott 1885
? Cervalces scotti (Lydekker 1898)
McDonald and Bartlett 1983
Specimen similar to but larger than Alces alces
Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann 1780)
Eshelman and Grady 1986
Rangifer tarandus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bootherium sp. Harlan 1825
Symbos cavifrons (Leidy 1852)
synonym of Bootherium bombifrons
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827
Ovibovini indet.
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Arctodus simus (Cope 1879)
Schubert and Wallace 2009 2 specimens
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Ondatra sp. Link 1795
Eshelman and Grady 1986
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx jeffersonii (Desmarest 1822)
or M. dissimilis
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufo woodhousei Girard 1854
Holman and McDonald 1986
subspecies fowleri
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana pipiens Schreber 1782
Holman and McDonald 1986
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Notophthalmus cf. viridescens (Rafinesque 1820)
Holman and McDonald 1986
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Cryptogramma acrosticoides
synonym of Anomalocardia
unclassified
Fungi indet. Jahn and Jahn 1959
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Virginia County:Smyth
Coordinates: 37.0° North, 81.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.0° North, 81.8° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:local area
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
Age estimate:13460 ± 420 YBP (14C)
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:lacustrine - small
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:103358
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen, M. Shalap
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-01-26 07:16:44 Last modified:2011-05-12 16:31:16
Access level:the public Released:2011-01-26 07:16:44
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
25320. C. E. Ray, B. N. Cooper, and W. S. Benninghoff. 1967. Fossil mammals and pollen in a late Pleistocene deposit at Saltville, Virginia. Journal of Paleontology 41(3):608-622 [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]
35550 C. A. M. France, P. M. Zelanko, A. J. Kaufman and T. R. Holtz. 2007. Carbon and nitrogen isotopic analysis of Pleistocene mammals from the Saltville Quarry (Virginia, USA): Implications for trophic relationships. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 249:271-282 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Uhen]
35177 J. A. Holman and J. N. McDonald. 1986. A Late Quaternary Herpetofauna from Saltville Virginia. Brimleyana (12)85-100 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap]
35007 J. N. McDonald and C. S. Bartlett. 1983. An Associated Musk Ox Skeleton from Saltville, Virginia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 2(4):453-470 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap]
34877 B. W. Schubert and S. C. Wallace. 2009. Late Pleistocene giant short-faced bears, mammoths, and large carcass scavenging in the Saltville Valley of Virginia, USA. Boreas 38:482-492 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]