PBDB Collection

Eagle Cave (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Franklin County, West Virginia (38.8° N, 79.3° W: paleocoordinates 38.8° N, 79.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; siltstone

• 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.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 123868: 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
Serpentes -	Serpentes indet.² Serpentes indet.² snake
Mammalia
Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae	Myotis sp. Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat
Rodentia - Sciuridae	Marmota monax, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus, Glaucomys sabrinus, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Marmota monax Linnaeus 1758 groundhog Spermophilus tridecemlineatus Mitchell 1821 thirteen-lined ground squirrel Glaucomys sabrinus Shaw 1801 northern flying squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Erxleben 1777 American red squirrel
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Clethrionomys gapperi, Ondatra annectens¹, Ondatra zibethicus, Dicrostonyx hudsonius¹, Microtus sp., Microtus pinetorum, Microtus chrotorrhinus, Microtus pennsylvanicus, Microtus xanthognathus¹, Phenacomys intermedius, "Synaptomys borealis" = Synaptomys (Mictomys) borealis, Neotoma floridana, Peromyscus sp., Synaptomys cooperi Clethrionomys gapperi Vigors 1830 southern red-backed vole Ondatra annectens¹ Brown 1908 muskrat Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus 1766 muskrat Dicrostonyx hudsonius¹ Pallas 1778 Ungava collared lemming Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole M. pennsylvanicus or chrotorrhinus Microtus pinetorum Le Conte 1830 woodland vole Microtus chrotorrhinus Miller 1894 rock vole Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole Microtus xanthognathus¹ Leach 1815 taiga vole Phenacomys intermedius Merriam 1889 western heather vole "Synaptomys borealis" = Synaptomys (Mictomys) borealis Richardson 1828 northern bog lemming Neotoma floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse Synaptomys cooperi Baird 1858 southern bog lemming
Rodentia - Castoridae	Castor canadensis Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820 American beaver
Rodentia - Erethizontidae	Erethizon dorsatum Erethizon dorsatum Linnaeus 1758 North American porcupine
Rodentia - Zapodidae	Zapus hudsonius Zapus hudsonius Zimmermann 1780 meadow jumping mouse
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Sylvilagus spp. Sylvilagus spp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit or Lepus spp.
Soricomorpha - Talpidae	Parascalops breweri Parascalops breweri Bachman 1842 hairly-tailed vole
Soricomorpha - Soricidae	"Sorex sp." = Sorex, "Microsorex sp." = Sorex², Sorex arcticus, Sorex cf. fumeus, Cryptotis parva, Blarina brevicauda "Sorex sp." = Sorex Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew "Microsorex sp." = Sorex² Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew Sorex arcticus Kerr 1792 arctic shrew Sorex cf. fumeus Miller 1895 smoky shrew Cryptotis parva Say 1823 North American least shrew Blarina brevicauda Say 1823 northern short-tailed shrew
Carnivora - Mustelidae	Martes americana Martes americana Kerr 1792 American marten
Carnivora - Procyonidae	Procyon lotor Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon

¹Guilday and Hamilton 1973; ²Swezey and Dulong 2010