Mandy Walters 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 124198: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Margaret Shalap on 07.02.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Show authors, comments, and common names
Mammalia | |
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat | |
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer | |
Mustela sp., "Mustela vison" = Neogale vison
Mustela sp. Linnaeus 1758 weasel
"Mustela vison" = Neogale vison Schreber 1777 mink | |
Mephitis mephitis Schreber 1776 striped skunk | |
Urocyon cinereoargenteus Schreber 1775 gray fox | |
Parascalops breweri Bachman 1842 hairly-tailed vole | |
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew
Blarina brevicauda Say 1823 northern short-tailed shrew | |
Sylvilagus spp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit | |
Glaucomys sabrinus, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, Tamias striatus, Marmota monax, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
Glaucomys sabrinus Shaw 1801 northern flying squirrel
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Erxleben 1777 American red squirrel
Tamias striatus Linnaeus 1758 eastern chipmunk
Marmota monax Linnaeus 1758 groundhog
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus Mitchell 1821 thirteen-lined ground squirrel | |
Erethizon dorsatum Linnaeus 1758 North American porcupine | |
Peromyscus sp., Peromyscus cf. maniculatus, "Synaptomys borealis" = Synaptomys (Mictomys) borealis, Clethrionomys gapperi, Ondatra zibethicus, Microtus sp., Microtus pinetorum, Microtus chrotorrhinus, Microtus pennsylvanicus, Phenacomys intermedius, Neotoma floridana, Synaptomys cooperi
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse
Peromyscus cf. maniculatus Wagner 1843 deer mouse
"Synaptomys borealis" = Synaptomys (Mictomys) borealis Richardson 1828 northern bog lemming
Clethrionomys gapperi Vigors 1830 southern red-backed vole
Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus 1766 muskrat
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole
Microtus pinetorum Le Conte 1830 woodland vole
Microtus chrotorrhinus Miller 1894 rock vole
Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole
Phenacomys intermedius Merriam 1889 western heather vole
Neotoma floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat
Synaptomys cooperi Baird 1858 southern bog lemming |