Saltville Pleistocene Vertebrates

The Virginia Museum of Natural History contains several hundred specimens from the Upper Pleistocene Saltvile locality. The specimens include isolated bones and teeth of mammoths, mastodons, musk oxen, deer, and carnivorans. Microvertebrate specimens from the Saltville site include fishes, amphibians, and reptiles.

Isolated bones from mastodons and mammoths
Isolated bones from mastodons and mammoths


Isolated teeth from artiodactyls, including musk oxen and cervids
Isolated teeth from artiodactyls, including musk oxen and cervids

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