Hoffman School Cave (Pleistocene of the United States)
Where: Franklin County, West Virginia (38.6° N, 79.4° W: paleocoordinates 38.6° N, 79.4° 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 124199: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Margaret Shalap on 07.02.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Eptesicus fuscus Beauvois 1796 big brown bat
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat
Pipistrellus subflavus Cuvier 1832 eastern pipistrelle bat | |
Sciurus cf. carolinensis, Glaucomys sabrinus, Glaucomys cf. volans, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, Marmota monax, Tamias striatus, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
Sciurus cf. carolinensis Gmelin 1788 eastern gray squirrel
Glaucomys sabrinus Shaw 1801 northern flying squirrel
Glaucomys cf. volans Linnaeus 1758 southern flying squirrel
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Erxleben 1777 American red squirrel
Marmota monax Linnaeus 1758 groundhog
Tamias striatus Linnaeus 1758 eastern chipmunk
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus Mitchell 1821 thirteen-lined ground squirrel | |
Synaptomys cooperi, Neotoma floridana, Peromyscus sp., Microtus pinetorum, Microtus pennsylvanicus, Microtus chrotorrhinus, Clethrionomys gapperi, Ondatra zibethicus, Phenacomys intermedius, "Synaptomys borealis" = Synaptomys (Mictomys) borealis
Synaptomys cooperi Baird 1858 southern bog lemming
Neotoma floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse
Microtus pinetorum Le Conte 1830 woodland vole
Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole
Microtus chrotorrhinus Miller 1894 rock vole
Clethrionomys gapperi Vigors 1830 southern red-backed vole
Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus 1766 muskrat
Phenacomys intermedius Merriam 1889 western heather vole
"Synaptomys borealis" = Synaptomys (Mictomys) borealis Richardson 1828 northern bog lemming | |
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Erethizon dorsatum Linnaeus 1758 North American porcupine | |
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Sylvilagus spp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit | |
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Parascalops breweri Bachman 1842 hairly-tailed vole | |
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Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew
Blarina brevicauda Say 1823 northern short-tailed shrew | |
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Mustela sp. Linnaeus 1758 weasel | |
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Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
cf. Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer | |