Womack Pit: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Virginia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rajidae
Raja sp. Linnaeus 1758
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810
Mammalia - Cetacea
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827
Eshelman and Grady 1986
Mammalia - Carnivora
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821
Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae
Odobenus rosmarus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Halichoerus grypus (Fabricius 1791)
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Alcidae
Uria aalge (Pontoppidan 1763)
Pinguinus impennis (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Laridae
Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus 1767
Reptilia - Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae
Podiceps auritus (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Branta bernicla (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Suliformes - Sulidae
Morus bassanus (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax auritus (Lesson 1831)
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Gadidae
Gadus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Actinopteri - Batrachoidiformes - Batrachoididae
Opsanus sp. Rafinesque 1818
Actinopteri - Acanthuriformes - Sciaenidae
Sciaenops sp. Gill 1863
Actinopteri - Lophiiformes - Lophiidae
Lophius sp. Linnaeus 1758
Actinopteri - Uranoscopiformes - Uranoscopidae
Astroscopus sp.
Actinopteri - Lutjanidae
Lutianus sp. (Bloch 1790)
original and current combination Lutjanus
Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Brevoortia sp. Gill 1861
Actinopteri - Acanthopteri - Sphyraenidae
Sphyraena sp. Artedi 1793
Actinopteri - Scorpaeniformes - Triglidae
Prionotus sp. Lacépède 1802
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]