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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Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat | |
Blarina brevicauda, Cryptotis parva, "Sorex sp." = Sorex, "Microsorex sp." = Sorex2, Sorex arcticus, Sorex cf. fumeus
Blarina brevicauda Say 1823 northern short-tailed shrew
Cryptotis parva Say 1823 North American least shrew
"Sorex sp." = Sorex Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew
Sorex arcticus Kerr 1792 arctic shrew
Sorex cf. fumeus Miller 1895 smoky shrew | |
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Parascalops breweri Bachman 1842 hairly-tailed vole | |
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Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon | |
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Martes americana Kerr 1792 American marten | |
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Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820 American beaver | |
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Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Erxleben 1777 American red squirrel
Glaucomys sabrinus Shaw 1801 northern flying squirrel
Marmota monax Linnaeus 1758 groundhog
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus Mitchell 1821 thirteen-lined ground squirrel | |
Peromyscus sp., Synaptomys cooperi, "Synaptomys borealis" = Mictomys borealis, Phenacomys intermedius, Ondatra zibethicus, Ondatra annectens1, Clethrionomys gapperi, Microtus sp., Microtus pinetorum, Microtus xanthognathus1, Microtus chrotorrhinus, Microtus pennsylvanicus, Dicrostonyx hudsonius1, Neotoma floridana
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse
Synaptomys cooperi Baird 1858 southern bog lemming
"Synaptomys borealis" = Mictomys borealis Richardson 1828 northern bog lemming
Phenacomys intermedius Merriam 1889 western heather vole
Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus 1766 muskrat
Clethrionomys gapperi Vigors 1830 southern red-backed vole
Microtus pinetorum Le Conte 1830 woodland vole
Microtus chrotorrhinus Miller 1894 rock vole
Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole
Neotoma floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat | |
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Zapus hudsonius Zimmermann 1780 meadow jumping mouse | |
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Erethizon dorsatum Linnaeus 1758 North American porcupine | |
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