PBDB Collection

Eagle Cave (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Franklin County, West Virginia (38.8° N, 79.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; siltstone

• All three fossil sites were in red-brown "cave earth," a highly oxidized silt-like solution residue from the parent caves intermingled with frost wedged spalls from cave mouth erosion.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: J. E. Guilday and H. W. Hamilton. 1978. Ecological Significance of Displaced Boreal Mammals in West Virginia Caves. Journal of Mammalogy 59(1):176-181 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Shalap]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 123868: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Margaret Shalap on 01.02.2012, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
Serpentes -	Serpentes indet.² Serpentes indet.² snake
Mammalia
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Sylvilagus spp. Sylvilagus spp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit or Lepus spp.
Rodentia - Zapodidae	Zapus hudsonius Zapus hudsonius Zimmermann 1780 meadow jumping mouse
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Phenacomys intermedius, Microtus sp., Microtus pennsylvanicus, Microtus chrotorrhinus, Microtus pinetorum, Microtus xanthognathus¹, Dicrostonyx hudsonius¹, Ondatra annectens¹, Ondatra zibethicus, Clethrionomys gapperi, Synaptomys cooperi, "Synaptomys borealis" = Mictomys borealis, Peromyscus sp., Neotoma floridana Phenacomys intermedius Merriam 1889 western heather vole Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole M. pennsylvanicus or chrotorrhinus Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole Microtus chrotorrhinus Miller 1894 rock vole Microtus pinetorum Le Conte 1830 woodland vole Microtus xanthognathus¹ Leach 1815 taiga vole Dicrostonyx hudsonius¹ Pallas 1778 Ungava collared lemming Ondatra annectens¹ Brown 1908 muskrat Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus 1766 muskrat Clethrionomys gapperi Vigors 1830 southern red-backed vole Synaptomys cooperi Baird 1858 southern bog lemming "Synaptomys borealis" = Mictomys borealis Richardson 1828 northern bog lemming Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse Neotoma floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat
Rodentia - Castoridae	Castor canadensis Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820 American beaver
Rodentia - Sciuridae	Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus, Marmota monax, Glaucomys sabrinus Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Erxleben 1777 American red squirrel Spermophilus tridecemlineatus Mitchell 1821 thirteen-lined ground squirrel Marmota monax Linnaeus 1758 groundhog Glaucomys sabrinus Shaw 1801 northern flying squirrel
Rodentia - Erethizontidae	Erethizon dorsatum Erethizon dorsatum Linnaeus 1758 North American porcupine
Carnivora - Procyonidae	Procyon lotor Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon
Carnivora - Mustelidae	Martes americana Martes americana Kerr 1792 American marten
Soricomorpha - Talpidae	Parascalops breweri Parascalops breweri Bachman 1842 hairly-tailed vole
Soricomorpha - Soricidae	Blarina brevicauda, Cryptotis parva, "Sorex sp." = Sorex, "Microsorex sp." = Sorex², Sorex cf. fumeus, Sorex arcticus Blarina brevicauda Say 1823 northern short-tailed shrew Cryptotis parva Say 1823 North American least shrew "Sorex sp." = Sorex Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew "Microsorex sp." = Sorex² Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew Sorex cf. fumeus Miller 1895 smoky shrew Sorex arcticus Kerr 1792 arctic shrew
Chiroptera -	Myotis sp. Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 bat

¹Guilday and Hamilton 1973; ²Swezey and Dulong 2010