Hoffman School Cave: Late/Upper Pleistocene, West Virginia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Pipistrellus subflavus (Cuvier 1832)
Eptesicus fuscus (Beauvois 1796)
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustela sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Cervidae
cf. Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758
Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann 1780)
Mammalia - Soricidae
Blarina brevicauda (Say 1823)
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Talpidae
Parascalops breweri (Bachman 1842)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (Erxleben 1777)
Marmota monax (Linnaeus 1758)
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus (Mitchell 1821)
Tamias striatus (Linnaeus 1758)
Sciurus cf. carolinensis Gmelin 1788
Glaucomys cf. volans (Linnaeus 1758)
Glaucomys sabrinus (Shaw 1801)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Phenacomys intermedius Merriam 1889
Ondatra zibethicus (Linnaeus 1766)
Clethrionomys gapperi (Vigors 1830)
Microtus pennsylvanicus (Ord 1815)
Microtus pinetorum (Le Conte 1830)
Microtus chrotorrhinus (Miller 1894)
Neotoma floridana (Ord 1818)
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841
Synaptomys cooperi Baird 1858
Synaptomys borealis (Richardson 1828)
recombined as Synaptomys (Mictomys) borealis
Mammalia - Rodentia - Erethizontidae
Erethizon dorsatum (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus spp.
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:West Virginia County:Franklin
Coordinates: 38.6° North, 79.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.6° North, 79.4° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12600 - 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:124199
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Shalap
Created:2012-02-07 16:31:00 Last modified:2012-02-06 23:31:00
Access level:the public Released:2012-02-07 16:31:00
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]