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