Womack Pit: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Virginia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Myliobatis sp.
Cuvier 1816
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Dasyatidae
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Dasyatis sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rajidae
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Raja sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Carcharhinus sp.
de Blainville 1816
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Carchariidae
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Carcharias sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Cetacea indet.
Brisson 1762
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison sp.
Hamilton-Smith 1827
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Eshelman and Grady 1986 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
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Carnivora indet.
Bowdich 1821
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Odobenidae
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Odobenus rosmarus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Phocidae
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Halichoerus grypus
(Fabricius 1791)
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Alcidae
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Uria aalge
(Pontoppidan 1763)
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Pinguinus impennis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Laridae
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Larus hyperboreus
Gunnerus 1767
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Reptilia
- Podicipediformes
- Podicipedidae
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Podiceps auritus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Branta bernicla
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Sulidae
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Morus bassanus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Phalacrocoracidae
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Phalacrocorax auritus
(Lesson 1831)
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Actinopteri
- Gadiformes
- Gadidae
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Gadus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Actinopteri
- Batrachoidiformes
- Batrachoididae
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Opsanus sp.
Rafinesque 1818
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Actinopteri
- Acanthuriformes
- Sciaenidae
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Sciaenops sp.
Gill 1863
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Actinopteri
- Lophiiformes
- Lophiidae
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Lophius sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Actinopteri
- Uranoscopiformes
- Uranoscopidae
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Astroscopus sp.
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Actinopteri
- Lutjanidae
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Lutianus sp.
(Bloch 1790)
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original and current combination Lutjanus | |||||||
Actinopteri
- Clupeiformes
- Clupeoidei
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Brevoortia sp.
Gill 1861
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Actinopteri
- Acanthopteri
- Sphyraenidae
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Sphyraena sp.
Artedi 1793
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Actinopteri
- Scorpaeniformes
- Triglidae
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Prionotus sp.
Lacépède 1802
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Virginia |
Coordinates: | 36.8° North, 76.2° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 36.8° North, 76.2° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.12600 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Kempsville | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: date based on the faunal assemblage |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | unlithified sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: beach sand | |
Environment: | estuary/bay |
Geology comments: marine riptide channel |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Lake Christopher | ||
Database number: | 73485 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2007-06-18 11:12:01 | Last modified: | 2011-12-19 16:52:53 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-06-18 11:12:01 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
16867. | C. E. Ray, A. Wetmore, D. H. Dunkle and P. Drez. 1968. Fossil vertebrates from the marine Pleistocene of southeastern Virginia. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 153(3):1-25 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
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] |