Hamilton Cave (Pleistocene of the United States)
Where: Pendleton County, West Virginia (38.6° N, 79.4° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 38.8° N, 78.9° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: cave; claystone
• "Many fossils of terrestrial vertebrates have been excavated from the cave’s clay floor. The fossils are found in the top 75 cm of this clay."
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: F. Grady. 1991. Fossil Chiroptera From Two West Virginia Caves. The National Speleological Society Bulletin 53(2):122 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Shalap]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 123875: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Margaret Shalap on 01.02.2012, edited by Mark Uhen
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Taxonomic list
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Reptilia | |
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Lampropeltis triangulum4, Coluber constrictor4, Elaphe sp.4, Storeria sp.4, Carphophis amoenus4, Thamnophis sp.4, Nerodia sipedon4
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Tadarida cf. brasiliensis Geoffroy 1824 Mexican free-tailed bat | |
Plecotus sp., Lasiurus borealis, "Pipistrellus subflavus" = Perimyotis subflavus, Myotis sp., Eptesicus fuscus
Plecotus sp. Geoffroy 1818 vesper bat
Lasiurus borealis Muller 1776 hairy-tailed bat
"Pipistrellus subflavus" = Perimyotis subflavus Cuvier 1832 eastern pipistrelle bat
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat
Eptesicus fuscus Beauvois 1796 big brown bat | |
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Peromyscus sp.2, Peromyscus cumberlandensis2, "Clethrionomys sp." = Myodes2, Clethrionomys gapperi2, Phenacomys brachyodus2, Lasiopodomys deceitensis2, Microtus pennsylvanicus2, "Pitymys hibbardi" = Microtus hibbardi2, Microtus paroperarius2, Microtus xanthognathus2, "Atopomys salvelinus" = Atopomys texensis2, Allophaiomys pliocaenicus2, Mimomys virginianus2, Ondatra annectens5, Ondatra annectens2, "Neotoma magister" = Neotoma floridana2, Neotoma spelaea2, Synaptomys sp.2, Synaptomys cooperi2
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Notophthalmus viridescens4, Gyrinophilus sp.4, Gyrinophilus porphyriticus4, Desmognathus fuscus4, Desmognathus ochrophaeus4, Desmognathus monticola4, Cryptobranchus sp.4, "Ambystoma jeffersonianum" = Amblystoma4, "Ambystoma maculatum" = Amblystoma maculatum4, Ambystoma opacum4, Ambystoma tigrinum4
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