Hamilton Cave (Pleistocene of the United States)
Where: Pendleton County, West Virginia (38.6° N, 79.4° W: paleocoordinates 38.6° N, 79.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: cave; claystone
• "Many fossils of terrestrial vertebrates have been excavated from the cave’s clay floor. The fossils are found in the top 75 cm of this clay."
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: F. Grady. 1991. Fossil Chiroptera From Two West Virginia Caves. The National Speleological Society Bulletin 53(2):122 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Shalap]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 123875: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Margaret Shalap on 01.02.2012, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
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Allophaiomys pliocaenicus2, Microtus pennsylvanicus2, "Pitymys hibbardi" = Microtus hibbardi2, Microtus paroperarius2, Microtus xanthognathus2, Phenacomys brachyodus2, Mimomys virginianus2, "Clethrionomys sp." = Myodes2, Clethrionomys gapperi2, Lasiopodomys deceitensis2, Ondatra annectens5, Ondatra annectens2, Synaptomys sp.2, Synaptomys cooperi2, "Neotoma magister" = Neotoma floridana2, Neotoma spelaea2, Peromyscus sp.2, Peromyscus cumberlandensis2, "Atopomys salvelinus" = Atopomys texensis2
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Tadarida cf. brasiliensis Geoffroy 1824 Mexican free-tailed bat | |
Eptesicus fuscus Beauvois 1796 big brown bat
Plecotus sp. Geoffroy 1818 vesper bat
Pipistrellus subflavus Cuvier 1832 eastern pipistrelle bat
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat
Lasiurus borealis Muller 1776 hairy-tailed bat | |
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Storeria sp.4, Lampropeltis triangulum4, Elaphe sp.4, Coluber constrictor4, Nerodia sipedon4, Carphophis amoenus4, Thamnophis sp.4
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Gyrinophilus sp.4, Gyrinophilus porphyriticus4, Desmognathus fuscus4, Desmognathus ochrophaeus4, Desmognathus monticola4, Cryptobranchus sp.4, "Ambystoma jeffersonianum" = Amblystoma4, Ambystoma opacum4, "Ambystoma maculatum" = Amblystoma maculatum4, Ambystoma tigrinum4, Notophthalmus viridescens4
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