Early's Cave: Middle Pleistocene, Virginia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx cf. jeffersonii (Desmarest 1822)
Mammalia - Chiroptera
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Eptesicus fuscus (Beauvois 1796)
Grady and Hubbard 2000
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon cf. lotor (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Spilogale putorius (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Equus cf. complicatus Leidy 1858
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Platygonus compressus Leconte 1848
Mylohyus sp. Cope 1869
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann 1780)
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827
Mammalia - Soricidae
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758
Grady and Hubbard 2000
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Neotoma cf. floridana (Ord 1818)
Synaptomys borealis (Richardson 1828)
Grady and Hubbard 2000
recombined as Synaptomys (Mictomys) borealis
Clethrionomys gapperi (Vigors 1830)
Grady and Hubbard 2000
Microtus cf. pennsylvanicus (Ord 1815)
Microtus ? pennsylvanicus (Ord 1815)
Grady and Hubbard 2000
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Marmota cf. monax (Linnaeus 1758)
Tamias cf. striatus (Linnaeus 1758)
Glaucomys sp. Thomas 1908
Glaucomys cf. volans (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Virginia County:Wythe
Coordinates: 36.9° North, 80.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.9° North, 80.9° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Chibanian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Middle Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:cave
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Early's Pit, Ivanhoe?
Database number:104662
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen, M. Shalap
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-02-08 06:14:40 Last modified:2011-02-07 13:14:40
Access level:the public Released:2011-02-08 06:14:40
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]

Secondary references:

35161 F. Grady and D. A. Hubbard. 2000. The Pleistocene Fauna from Earlys Cave and Earlys Pit, Wythe County, Virginia. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 186-202 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap]