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

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Theropoda
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Theropoda - Picidae
Picidae indet. Vigors 1825
Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus 1758)
cf. Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus 1758)
Dendrocopos villosus (Linnaeus 1766)
Reptilia - Theropoda - Columbidae
Ectopistes migratorius (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Theropoda - Strigidae
Strigidae indet. Vigors 1825
Aegolius acadicus (Gmelin 1788)
Otus asio (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Theropoda
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Theropoda - Parulidae
Vermivora chrysoptera (Linnaeus 1766)
Reptilia - Theropoda - Corvidae
Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Theropoda - Phasianidae
Lagopus sp. Brisson 1760
Lagopus cf. mutus (Montin 1781)
Bonasa umbellus (Linnaeus 1766)
cf. Dendragapus canadensis (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Theropoda - Tetraonidae
Pediocetes phasianellus
Reptilia - Theropoda - Odontophoridae
Colinus virginianus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Lepus americanus Erxleben 1777
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Synaptomys borealis (Richardson 1828)
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841
Peromyscus leucopus (Rafinesque 1818)
Peromyscus maniculatus (Wagner 1843)
Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825
Neotoma floridana (Ord 1818)
Phenacomys intermedius Merriam 1889
Clethrionomys gapperi (Vigors 1830)
Microtus zanthognathus
Microtus chrotorrhinus (Miller 1894)
Microtus pennsylvanicus (Ord 1815)
Microtus pinetorum (Le Conte 1830)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Glaucomys cf. volans (Linnaeus 1758)
Glaucomys cf. sabrinus (Shaw 1801)
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (Erxleben 1777)
Eutamias sp. Trouessart 1880
Tamias striatus (Linnaeus 1758)
Marmota monax (Linnaeus 1758)
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus (Mitchell 1821)
Mammalia - Soricidae
Sorex arcticus Kerr 1792
Sorex dispar Batchelder 1896
Sorex cinereus Kerr 1792
Sorex fumeus Miller 1895
Mammalia - Talpidae
Scalopus aquaticus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustela rixosa (Bangs 1896)
Martes pennanti (Erxleben 1777)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann 1780)
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Pipistrellus sp. Kaup 1829
Plecotus sp. Geoffroy 1818
Eptesicus fuscus (Beauvois 1796)
Myotis keeni
Myotis griscens
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829
Myotis lucifugus (Le Conte 1831)
Myotis leibii (Audubon and Bachman 1842)
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]