Trout Cave No. 2: Irvingtonian, West Virginia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor (Linnaeus 1758)
Grady and Garton 2000
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustela cf. frenata Lichtenstein 1831
Grady and Garton 2000
Mustela nivalis Linnaeus 1766
Grady and Garton 2000
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Mylohyus sp. Cope 1869
Grady and Garton 2000
Platygonus indet. Leconte 1848
Grady and Garton 2000
Mammalia - Cervidae
cf. Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832
Grady and Garton 2000
Mammalia - Soricidae
Cryptotis pava
Grady and Garton 2000
Blarina brevicauda (Say 1823)
Grady and Garton 2000
unclassified
Parascalopis breweri
Grady and Garton 2000
Mammalia - Soricidae
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758
Grady and Garton 2000
Sorex cf. fumeus Miller 1895
Grady and Garton 2000
Sorex cinereus Kerr 1792
Grady and Garton 2000
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciurus carolinensus
Grady and Garton 2000
Glaucomys cf. volans (Linnaeus 1758)
Grady and Garton 2000
Tamias striatus (Linnaeus 1758)
Grady and Garton 2000
Marmota monax (Linnaeus 1758)
Grady and Garton 2000
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus (Mitchell 1821)
Grady and Garton 2000
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Zapus hudsonius (Zimmermann 1780)
Grady and Garton 2000
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Synaptomys cooperi Baird 1858
Grady and Garton 2000
Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825
Grady and Garton 2000
Neotoma magister Baird 1858
Grady and Garton 2000
Neotoma spelaea (Gidley and Gazin 1933)
Grady and Garton 2000
Atopomys salvelinus Zakrzewski 1975
Grady and Garton 2000
Neofiber leonardi Hibbard 1943
Grady and Garton 2000
Peromyscus cumberlandensis Guilday and Handley 1967
Grady and Garton 2000
Microtus paroperarius Hibbard 1944
Pedomys llanensis (Hibbard 1944)
Pitymys cumberlandensis van der Meulen 1978
Phenacomys sp. Merriam 1889
Grady and Garton 2000
Ondatra sp. Link 1795
Grady and Garton 2000
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor sp. Linnaeus 1758
Grady and Garton 2000
unclassified
Cenis latrans
Grady and Garton 2000
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys (Plesiothomomys) sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839
Grady and Garton 2000
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Eptesicus fuscus (Beauvois 1796)
Grady and Garton 2000
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829
Grady and Garton 2000
Plecotus sp. Geoffroy 1818
Grady and Garton 2000
unclassified
Ochotone sp.
Grady and Garton 2000
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Pipistrellus cf. subflavus (Cuvier 1832)
Grady and Garton 2000
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:West Virginia County:Pendleton
Coordinates: 38.7° North, 79.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.7° North, 79.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Irvingtonian
Age range of interval: 1.4 - 0.21 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Metadata
Database number:20555
Authorizer:J. Alroy, M. Uhen Enterer:J. Alroy, M. Shalap
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1995-03-26 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:44
Access level:the public Released:1995-03-26 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
2774. K. S. Pfaff. 1990. Irvingtonian Microtus, Pedomys, and Pitymys (Mammalia, Rodenlia, Cri- cetidae) from Trout Cave No. 2, West Virginia. Annals of Carnegie Museum 59(2):105-134 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

40654 F. Grady and E. R. Garton. 2000. Paleontology and historic field trip of the John Guilday Cave Preserve (Trout Rock). Bulletin - West Virginia Speleological Survey 14:241-244 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Shalap]