Patton Cave: Pleistocene, West Virginia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Zapodidae
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Zapus hudsonius
(Zimmermann 1780)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Neotoma floridana
(Ord 1818)
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Microtus pennsylvanicus
(Ord 1815)
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Microtus xanthognathus
(Leach 1815)
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Clethrionomys gapperi
(Vigors 1830)
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Phenacomys intermedis
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Peromyscus sp.
Gloger 1841
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Synaptomys borealis
(Richardson 1828)
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| recombined as Synaptomys (Mictomys) borealis | |||||||
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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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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Erethizontidae
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Erethizon dorsatum
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Vulpes vulpes
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Taxidea taxus
(Schreber 1778)
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Martes americana
(Kerr 1792)
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Platygonus compressus
Leconte 1848
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Parascalops breweri
(Bachman 1842)
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Condylura cristata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Microsorex hoyi
(Baird 1858)
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Blarina brevicauda
(Say 1823)
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Sorex arcticus
Kerr 1792
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Sorex cinereus
Kerr 1792
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Vespertilionidae
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Pipistrellus subflavus
(Cuvier 1832)
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Myotis keeni
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Myotis sp.
Kaup 1829
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Lasiurus borealis
(Muller 1776)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | West Virginia | County: | Monroe |
| Coordinates: | 37.5° North, 80.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.6° North, 80.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | silty claystone |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 125941 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Shalap |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | ||
| Created: | 2012-03-27 04:50:57 | Last modified: | 2012-03-27 13:46:07 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-03-27 04:50:57 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 40888. | F. Grady. 1988. A preliminary account of the Pleistocene mammals from Patton Cave, Monroe County, West Virginia. The National Speleological Society Bulletin 50(1):9-16 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Shalap] |