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Jasper Saltpeter Cave, Lee County, Virginia, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)	36.8,-82.8
Co-ordinates Derivation	based on political unit
Given Location	Virginia, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Lee County, Virginia, USA

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Jasper Saltpeter Cave	Mead J. I., Grady F. (1996)		said to be ?Illinoian	not reported	1.8 - 0.3 Ma Pleistocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Eptesicus fuscus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Vespertilionidae : Eptesicus : *Eptesicus fuscus*	1.8 - 0.3 Ma Pleistocene
Myotis sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Vespertilionidae : *Myotis*	1.8 - 0.3 Ma Pleistocene
Plecotus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Vespertilionidae : *Plecotus*	1.8 - 0.3 Ma Pleistocene
Ochotona sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Ochotonidae : *Ochotona*	1.8 - 0.3 Ma Pleistocene
Scalopus aquaticus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lipotyphla : Talpidae : Scalopus : *Scalopus aquaticus*	1.8 - 0.3 Ma Pleistocene
Sorex fumeus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Soricidae : Sorex : *Sorex fumeus*	1.8 - 0.3 Ma Pleistocene
Clethrionomys gapperi species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Myodes : *Myodes gapperi*	1.8 - 0.3 Ma Pleistocene
Microtus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : *Microtus*	1.8 - 0.3 Ma Pleistocene
Microtus chrotorrhinus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Microtus : *Microtus chrotorrhinus*	1.8 - 0.3 Ma Pleistocene
Microtus pennsylvanicus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Microtus : *Microtus pennsylvanicus*	1.8 - 0.3 Ma Pleistocene
Neotoma sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : *Neotoma*	1.8 - 0.3 Ma Pleistocene
Neotoma floridana species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Neotoma : *Neotoma floridana*	1.8 - 0.3 Ma Pleistocene
Synaptomys sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : *Synaptomys*	1.8 - 0.3 Ma Pleistocene
Synaptomys cooperi species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Synaptomys : *Synaptomys cooperi*	1.8 - 0.3 Ma Pleistocene
Glaucomys sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Sciuridae : *Glaucomys*	1.8 - 0.3 Ma Pleistocene
Marmota monax species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Sciuridae : Marmota : *Marmota monax*	1.8 - 0.3 Ma Pleistocene
Sciurus carolinensis species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Sciuridae : Sciurus : *Sciurus carolinensis*	1.8 - 0.3 Ma Pleistocene
Tamias striatus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Sciuridae : Tamias : *Tamias striatus*	1.8 - 0.3 Ma Pleistocene
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Sciuridae : Tamiasciurus : *Tamiasciurus hudsonicus*	1.8 - 0.3 Ma Pleistocene
Zapus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Dipodidae : *Zapus*	1.8 - 0.3 Ma Pleistocene

References

Eshelman R., Grady F. (1986) Quaternary vertebrate localities of Virginia and their avian and mammalian fauna, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, Publication 75, 43-70

Mead J. I., Grady F. (1996) Ochotona (Lagomorpha) from late Quaternary cave deposits in eastern North America, Quaternary Research 45 1, 93-101

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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