Back Creek Cave #1: Late Pleistocene - Holocene, Virginia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829
Eptesicus fuscus (Beauvois 1796)
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Synaptomys borealis (Richardson 1828)
Synaptomys cooperi Baird 1858
Clethrionomys gapperi (Vigors 1830)
Phenacomys intermedius Merriam 1889
Ondatra zibethicus (Linnaeus 1766)
Microtus zanthognathus
Microtus pinetorum (Le Conte 1830)
Microtus pennsylvanicus (Ord 1815)
Microtus chrotorrhinus (Miller 1894)
Neotoma floridana (Ord 1818)
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841
Peromyscus leucopus (Rafinesque 1818)
Peromyscus maniculatus (Wagner 1843)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (Erxleben 1777)
Tamias striatus (Linnaeus 1758)
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus (Mitchell 1821)
Marmota monax (Linnaeus 1758)
Glaucomys sp. Thomas 1908
Glaucomys cf. sabrinus (Shaw 1801)
Glaucomys cf. volans (Linnaeus 1758)
Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Mylohyus sp. Cope 1869
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus americanus Pallas 1780
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustela rixosa (Bangs 1896)
Mammalia - Talpidae
Scalopus aquaticus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Soricidae
Sorex cinereus Kerr 1792
Sorex fumeus Miller 1895
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Ectopistes migratorius (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Corvidae
cf. Corvus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Fringillidae
cf. Carpodacus purpureus (Gmelin 1789)
Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Accipiter cooperii (Bonaparte 1828)
Reptilia - Tetraonidae
Pediocetes phasianellus
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Virginia County:Bath
Coordinates: 38.0° North, 79.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.0° North, 79.8° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene - Holocene
Stage: Late Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Late Pleistocene - Holocene
Age range of interval: 0.129 - 0 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:cave
Geology comments: rock shelter
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:bone collector
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Cook Cave
Database number:104034
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-02-05 07:22:55 Last modified:2011-02-04 14:22:55
Access level:the public Released:2011-02-05 07:22:55
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
1461. 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]