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Running Gorgon; amphora, Munich, Staatliche Antikensammlungen 2312 (c. 490 BC) [1] ... Where the Gorgons were supposed to live varies in the ancient sources. [13]
This list of the prehistoric life of Virginia contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Virginia. Precambrian [ edit ]
Virginia Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) are state-managed protected areas that exist primarily for the benefit of wildlife. Within the Commonwealth of Virginia , 46 tracts of land have been protected as WMAs, covering a total of over 216,000 acres (338 sq mi; 870 km 2 ).
During the Triassic, central Virginia was a rift basin. [1] Brachiopods were still present in Virginia during the Mesozoic. [4] On land, the early Mesozoic plants of Virginia included Equisetales, gymnosperms, Cycadeles, cycads, and conifers. This flora is almost identical to that from contemporary deposits in North Carolina. [4]
G. Richard Thompson Wildlife Management Area, one of the richest botanical areas of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains, is a 4,000-acre (16 km 2) Wildlife Management Area (WMA) located primarily in Fauquier County, Virginia, with small encroachments into both Warren and Clarke Counties.
Gorgonops (from Greek: Γοργών 'Gorgon' and ὤψ 'eye, face', literally 'Gorgon eye' or 'Gorgon face') is an extinct genus of gorgonopsian therapsid, of which it is the type genus. Gorgonops lived during the Late Permian ( Wuchiapingian ), about 260–254 million years ago in what is now South Africa .
Crawfords State Forest: New Kent County: 258 acres (1.04 km 2) Cumberland State Forest: Cumberland: 16,222 acres (65.65 km 2) Devil's Backbone State Forest: Shenandoah: 517 acres (2.09 km 2) Public access not permitted. [7] Dragon Run State Forest: King and Queen: 9,563 acres (38.70 km 2) First Mountain State Forest: Rockingham: 573 acres (2.32 ...
This is a list of mammals in Virginia, including both current and recently historical inhabitants. Virginia has 77 species of native land mammals (including extirpated species), and the coast is visited by nearly 30 marine mammal species. 11 species or subspecies of native Virginian mammals are listed as endangered or threatened by the state ...