Hot Run: Pleistocene, Virginia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut americanum (Kerr 1792)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus cf. fraternus Leidy 1858
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Platygonus compressus Leconte 1848
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann 1780)
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Virginia County:Frederick
Coordinates: 39.2° North, 78.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.2° North, 77.9° 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:2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Age estimate:11550 ± 165 YBP (14C)
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Lithology description: spring/alluvium
Environment:spring
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:104673
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-02-08 06:35:19 Last modified:2011-02-07 13:35:19
Access level:the public Released:2011-02-08 06:35:18
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]