Mandy Walters Cave (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Franklin County, West Virginia (38.8° N, 79.3° W: paleocoordinates 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 124198: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Margaret Shalap on 07.02.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Myotis sp.
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
"Mustela vison" = Neogale vison, Mustela sp.
"Mustela vison" = Neogale vison Schreber 1777 mink
Mustela sp. Linnaeus 1758 weasel
 Carnivora - Mephitidae
Mephitis mephitis
Mephitis mephitis Schreber 1776 striped skunk
 Carnivora - Canidae
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Urocyon cinereoargenteus Schreber 1775 gray fox
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Blarina brevicauda, Sorex sp.
Blarina brevicauda Say 1823 northern short-tailed shrew
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Parascalops breweri
Parascalops breweri Bachman 1842 hairly-tailed vole
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus spp.
Sylvilagus spp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Tamias striatus, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus, Marmota monax, Glaucomys sabrinus, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Tamias striatus Linnaeus 1758 eastern chipmunk
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus Mitchell 1821 thirteen-lined ground squirrel
Marmota monax Linnaeus 1758 groundhog
Glaucomys sabrinus Shaw 1801 northern flying squirrel
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Erxleben 1777 American red squirrel
 Rodentia - Erethizontidae
Erethizon dorsatum
Erethizon dorsatum Linnaeus 1758 North American porcupine
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Neotoma floridana, Peromyscus sp., Peromyscus cf. maniculatus, Ondatra zibethicus, Phenacomys intermedius, Clethrionomys gapperi, Microtus sp., Microtus chrotorrhinus, Microtus pennsylvanicus, Microtus pinetorum, Synaptomys cooperi, "Synaptomys borealis" = Synaptomys (Mictomys) borealis
Neotoma floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse
Peromyscus cf. maniculatus Wagner 1843 deer mouse
Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus 1766 muskrat
Phenacomys intermedius Merriam 1889 western heather vole
Clethrionomys gapperi Vigors 1830 southern red-backed vole
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole
Microtus chrotorrhinus Miller 1894 rock vole
Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole
Microtus pinetorum Le Conte 1830 woodland vole
Synaptomys cooperi Baird 1858 southern bog lemming
"Synaptomys borealis" = Synaptomys (Mictomys) borealis Richardson 1828 northern bog lemming