Eagle Cave: Late/Upper Pleistocene, West Virginia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Serpentes
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Serpentes indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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Procyon lotor
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Martes americana
(Kerr 1792)
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Parascalops breweri
(Bachman 1842)
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Sorex sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Sorex arcticus
Kerr 1792
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Sorex cf. fumeus
Miller 1895
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Blarina brevicauda
(Say 1823)
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Cryptotis parva
(Say 1823)
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Microsorex sp.
Preble 1910
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Erethizontidae
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Erethizon dorsatum
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Synaptomys cooperi
Baird 1858
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Neotoma floridana
(Ord 1818)
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Synaptomys borealis
(Richardson 1828)
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Peromyscus sp.
Gloger 1841
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Microtus sp.
Schrank 1798
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| M. pennsylvanicus or chrotorrhinus | ||||||||||
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Microtus pennsylvanicus
(Ord 1815)
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Microtus chrotorrhinus
(Miller 1894)
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Microtus xanthognathus
(Leach 1815)
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Microtus pinetorum
(Le Conte 1830)
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Dicrostonyx hudsonius
(Pallas 1778)
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Clethrionomys gapperi
(Vigors 1830)
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Phenacomys intermedius
Merriam 1889
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Ondatra zibethicus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Ondatra annectens
(Brown 1908)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Zapodidae
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Zapus hudsonius
(Zimmermann 1780)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor canadensis
Kuhl 1820
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
(Erxleben 1777)
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Glaucomys sabrinus
(Shaw 1801)
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Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
(Mitchell 1821)
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Marmota monax
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Sylvilagus spp.
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Vespertilionidae
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Myotis sp.
Kaup 1829
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | West Virginia | County: | Franklin |
| Coordinates: | 38.8° North, 79.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.8° North, 79.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: 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. | |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 123868 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Shalap, M. Uhen |
| Created: | 2012-02-01 07:50:32 | Last modified: | 2012-01-31 14:50:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-02-01 07:50:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 39856. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 41176 | J. E. Guilday and H. W. Hamilton. 1973. The Late Pleistocene small mammals of Eagle Cave, Pendleton County, West Virginia. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 44(5):45-58 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap] | |
| 40407 | C. S. Swezey and F. T. Dulong. 2010. Some Notes on the Geology of Cave Mountain Cave. The West Virginia Caver 28(2):5-10 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap] |