Pleistocene Vertebrates from West Virginia

Authors

  • E. Ray Garton WV Geological & Economic Survey I have been a Life Member of WVAS for decades and submitted dozens of abstracts and papers
  • Frederick Grady Prehistoric Planet, LLC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55632/pwvas.v94i1.845

Keywords:

Pleistocene, West Virginia, Ice Age, Vertebrates, Smilodon, Sloth, Mastodon, Mammoth, Peccary

Abstract

  1. RAY GARTON, Curator, WV Geological & Economic Survey Museum, Morgantown, WV 26508 and FREDERICK GRADY, Prehistoric Planet, Barrackville, WV. Pleistocene Vertebrates from West Virginia.

West Virginia was not glaciated but change due to the states proximity to Pleistocene ice sheets and interglacial warming had a dramatic effect on the flora and fauna of the state.  Over 50 years of prospecting for and digging of sites resulted in the discovery of 130 species from 673 records in 104 localities, including 27 extinct species. Megafauna extinct genera include Mammuthus, mammoth, Mammut, mastodon, Megalonyx, sloth, Arctodus, bear, Platygonus, peccary, and Smilodon, saber tooth cat. Carbon-14 dating ranges from 11,350 to 51,650 YBP. NALMA dating of some fauna puts some sites at 400,000 to over 750,000 YBP..

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Published

2022-04-22

How to Cite

Garton, E. R., & Grady, F. (2022). Pleistocene Vertebrates from West Virginia. Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science, 94(1). https://doi.org/10.55632/pwvas.v94i1.845

Issue

Vol. 94 No. 1 (2022): 96th Annual Meeting Abstracts

Section

Meeting Abstracts-Oral

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