Back Creek Cave #1: Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene, Virginia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Tetraonidae
Pediocetes phasianellus
Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Accipiter cooperii (Bonaparte 1828)
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Fringillidae
cf. Carpodacus purpureus (Gmelin 1789)
recombined as Haemorhous purpureus
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Corvidae
cf. Corvus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Ectopistes migratorius (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Talpidae
Scalopus aquaticus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Soricidae
Sorex fumeus Miller 1895
Sorex cinereus Kerr 1792
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Mylohyus sp. Cope 1869
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus americanus Pallas 1780
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustela rixosa (Bangs 1896)
synonym of Mustela nivalis
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (Erxleben 1777)
Glaucomys sp. Thomas 1908
Glaucomys cf. volans (Linnaeus 1758)
Glaucomys cf. sabrinus (Shaw 1801)
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus (Mitchell 1821)
Marmota monax (Linnaeus 1758)
Tamias striatus (Linnaeus 1758)
Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Synaptomys borealis (Richardson 1828)
recombined as Synaptomys (Mictomys) borealis
Synaptomys cooperi Baird 1858
Neotoma floridana (Ord 1818)
Microtus zanthognathus
Microtus pinetorum (Le Conte 1830)
Microtus chrotorrhinus (Miller 1894)
Microtus pennsylvanicus (Ord 1815)
Phenacomys intermedius Merriam 1889
Ondatra zibethicus (Linnaeus 1766)
Clethrionomys gapperi (Vigors 1830)
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841
Peromyscus leucopus (Rafinesque 1818)
Peromyscus maniculatus (Wagner 1843)
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Eptesicus fuscus (Beauvois 1796)
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Virginia County:Bath
Coordinates: 38.0° North, 79.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.0° North, 79.8° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Quaternary
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:cave
Geology comments: rock shelter
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:bone collector
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Cook Cave
Database number:104034
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-02-05 07:22:55 Last modified:2011-02-04 14:22:55
Access level:the public Released:2011-02-05 07:22:55
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
1461. R. Eshelman and F. Grady. 1986. Quaternary vertebrate localities of Virginia and their avian and mammalian fauna. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, Publication 75:43-70 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]