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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOLUME 153, NUMBER Publication 4742 Cljarlesi M, anb ittarp l&esiearcj) ^mx OTalcott jFunb VERTEBRATES FROM THE MARINE PLEISTOCENE OF SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA FOSSIL (With Two Plates) By CLAYTON E U ALEXANDER WETMORE, DAVID H NATIONAL MUSEUM, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION RAY, S and PAUL DREZ NORFOLK, VIRGINIA SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION PRESS CITY OF WASHINGTON AUGUST 2, 1968 DUNKLE Library of Congress catalogue card number: 68-31746 BALTIMORE, MD., U S A PORT CITY PRESS, INC CfjarUfii 2i anb jHarp *^aux Makott B^esscarcf) Jfunb VERTEBRATES FROM THE MARINE PLEISTOCENE OF SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA FOSSIL By CLAYTON E RAY, ALEXANDER WETMORE, H DUNKLE* National Museum, Smithsonian DAVID U S Institution and PAUL DREZ Norfolk, Virginia ABSTRACT Of 25 KINDS OF VERTEBRATES recorded from the upper Pleistocene Kempsville Formation near Norfolk, Virginia, the toadfish genus Opsanus and the gray the first time as fossils, — — Halichoerus grypus are recorded for and the menhaden Brevoortia, the angler seal — Lophius, the cod Gadus, the sea robin Prionotus, the stargazer Astroscopus, the gannet Morns bassanus, the glaucous gull Larus hyperhoreus, and the great auk Pinguinus impennis — are recorded North America Immature bones of gannet and gray seal indicate breeding grounds for these species far to the south of their present breeding limits The walrus, Odobenus rosmarus, is recorded well south of its southernmost modern occurfor the first time as fossils in rence The southerly occurrence of the northern species with correlated southerly displacement Pleistocene glaciation, but the evidence is of climatic is probably belts during inconclusive INTRODUCTION Extensive construction work during recent years, especially in connection with the interstate highway program, has resulted in the excavation of large borrow pits as a source of southeastern (Figures Virginia, east and 2A) These Present address : of the Dismal pits are fill in extreme Swamp, near Norfolk developed mainly in Pleistocene Natural Science Museum, Cleveland, Ohio SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS, VOL 153, NO SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL 153 s: j= c >^ n 01 rl H j= r1 ^ 4J I- > n c 'in C n •* 4:: 0\ tii >^ '> G, < a £ :3 a ^ c« ol lU c c K C ^ r in I-