Back Creek Cave #2: Late Pleistocene - Holocene, Virginia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Pipistrellus sp. Kaup 1829
Myotis keeni
Myotis griscens
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829
Myotis leibii (Audubon and Bachman 1842)
Myotis lucifugus (Le Conte 1831)
Eptesicus fuscus (Beauvois 1796)
Plecotus sp. Geoffroy 1818
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Lepus americanus Erxleben 1777
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Synaptomys borealis (Richardson 1828)
Clethrionomys gapperi (Vigors 1830)
Phenacomys intermedius Merriam 1889
Microtus zanthognathus
Microtus pinetorum (Le Conte 1830)
Microtus pennsylvanicus (Ord 1815)
Microtus chrotorrhinus (Miller 1894)
Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825
Neotoma floridana (Ord 1818)
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841
Peromyscus leucopus (Rafinesque 1818)
Peromyscus maniculatus (Wagner 1843)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (Erxleben 1777)
Eutamias sp. Trouessart 1880
Tamias striatus (Linnaeus 1758)
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus (Mitchell 1821)
Marmota monax (Linnaeus 1758)
Glaucomys cf. sabrinus (Shaw 1801)
Glaucomys cf. volans (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann 1780)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustela rixosa (Bangs 1896)
Martes pennanti (Erxleben 1777)
Mammalia - Talpidae
Scalopus aquaticus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Soricidae
Sorex cinereus Kerr 1792
Sorex dispar Batchelder 1896
Sorex arcticus Kerr 1792
Sorex fumeus Miller 1895
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Strigiformes - Strigidae
Strigidae indet. Vigors 1825
Otus asio (Linnaeus 1758)
Aegolius acadicus (Gmelin 1788)
Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Ectopistes migratorius (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Piciformes - Picidae
Picidae indet. Vigors 1825
Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus 1758)
cf. Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus 1758)
Dendrocopos villosus (Linnaeus 1766)
Reptilia - Passeriformes
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Corvidae
Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Parulidae
Vermivora chrysoptera (Linnaeus 1766)
Reptilia - Tetraonidae
Pediocetes phasianellus
Reptilia - Phasianidae
cf. Dendragapus canadensis (Linnaeus 1758)
Lagopus sp. Brisson 1760
Lagopus cf. mutus (Montin 1781)
Bonasa umbellus (Linnaeus 1766)
Reptilia - Odontophoridae
Colinus virginianus (Linnaeus 1758)
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: rockshelter
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,bone collector
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Sheets Cave
Database number:104035
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-02-05 07:24:49 Last modified:2011-02-04 14:24:49
Access level:the public Released:2011-02-05 07:24:49
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]