Cliff Cave #2 (Holocene of the United States)

Also known as Station B

Where: Giles County, Virginia (37.2° N, 80.7° W: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 80.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: bone collector

Primary reference: R. Eshelman and F. Grady. 1986. Quaternary vertebrate localities of Virginia and their avian and mammalian fauna. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, Publication 75:43-70 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 104040: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 05.02.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Tamias cf. striatus Linnaeus 1758 eastern chipmunk
Marmota sp. Frisch 1775 marmot
Glaucomys sp. Thomas 1908 flying squirrel
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Erxleben 1777 American red squirrel
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse
"Synaptomys borealis" = Synaptomys (Mictomys) borealis Richardson 1828 northern bog lemming
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole
Clethrionomys gapperi Vigors 1830 southern red-backed vole
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
cf. Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew
 Placentalia -
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Eptesicus sp. Rafinesque 1820 house bat
Aves
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anatidae indet. Vigors 1825 waterfowl