Trout Cave (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Pendleton County, West Virginia (38.7° N, 79.3° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 38.9° N, 78.8° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• "...considered by John Guilday (personal communication) to be late Kansan or Yarmouthian in age based upon recent study of the Arvicolinae."

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

• "The Trout Cave specimens were collected between 9 and 10 ft below the surface of the cave"

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: M. K. Frazier. 1977. New Records of Neofiber leonardi (Rodentia: Cricetidae) and the Paleoecology of the Genus. Journal of Mammalogy 58(3):368-373 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 124319: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Margaret Shalap on 11.02.2012

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Iguanidae
Sceloporus undulatus2 Bosc 1802 eastern fence lizard
 Squamata - Scincidae
Eumeces fasciatus2 Linnaeus 1758 five-lined skink
 Squamata - Crotalidae
Crotalus horridus2 Linnaeus 1758 timber rattlesnake
Sistrurus catenatus2 Rafinesque 1818 pigmy rattlesnake
 Squamata - Colubridae
Coluber constrictor2 Linnaeus 1758 black racer
Elaphe vulpina2 Baird and Girard 1853 fox snake
Lampropeltis triangulum2 Lacépède 1788 milk snake
Heterodon platyrhinos2 Latreille 1801 eastern hognosed snake
Thamnophis sp.2 Fitzinger 1843 garter snake
Nerodia sipedon2 Linnaeus 1758 northern water snake
Aves
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Ectopistes migratorius1 Linnaeus 1758 passenger pigeon
Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Pipistrellus subflavus1 Cuvier 1832 eastern pipistrelle bat
"Myotis leibi" = Myotis leibii1 Audubon and Bachman 1842 vesper bat
Plecotus sp.1 Geoffroy 1818 vesper bat
Eptesicus fuscus1 Beauvois 1796 big brown bat
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor canadensis1 Kuhl 1820 American beaver
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Glaucomys volans1 Linnaeus 1758 southern flying squirrel
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus1 Mitchell 1821 thirteen-lined ground squirrel
Marmota monax1 Linnaeus 1758 groundhog
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus1 Erxleben 1777 American red squirrel
 Rodentia - Erethizontidae
Erethizon dorsatum1 Linnaeus 1758 North American porcupine
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Phenacomys sp.1 Merriam 1889 vole
Clethrionomys gapperi1 Vigors 1830 southern red-backed vole
Microtus pennsylvanicus1 Ord 1815 meadow vole
Microtus pinetorum1 Le Conte 1830 woodland vole
Microtus chrotorrhinus1 Miller 1894 rock vole
Ondatra annectens1 Brown 1908 muskrat
Ondatra zibethicus1 Linnaeus 1766 muskrat
Synaptomys cooperi1 Baird 1858 southern bog lemming
Neofiber leonardi Hibbard 1943 rodent
"Parahodomys sp." = Neotoma1 Say and Ord 1825 pack rat
"Neotoma magister" = Neotoma floridana1 Ord 1818 eastern woodrat
Peromyscus sp.1 Gloger 1841 deer mouse
Peromyscus cumberlandensis1 Guilday and Handley 1967 deer mouse
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Ochotona sp.1 Link 1795 pika
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustela sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 weasel
 Carnivora - Mephitidae
Spilogale cf. putorius1 Linnaeus 1758 eastern spotted skunk
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus americanus1 Pallas 1780 black bear
 Carnivora - Felidae
Lynx rufus1 Schreber 1777 bobcat
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus1 Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Platygonus compressus1 Leconte 1848 peccary
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Blarina bravicauda1 American short-tailed shrew
Sorex sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew
Sorex arcticus1 Kerr 1792 arctic shrew
 Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Condylura cristata1 Linnaeus 1758 star-nosed mole
Parascalops breweri1 Bachman 1842 hairly-tailed vole
Amphibia
 Caudata - Urodela
Ambystoma opacum2 Gravenhorst 1807 Marbled salamander
Cryptobranchus alleganiensis1 Daudin 1803 hellbender
Cryptobranchus guildayi2 Holman 1977 hellbender
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo americanus2 Holbrook 1836 American toad
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana cf. pipiens2 Schreber 1782 Northern leopard frog
Actinopteri
 Siluriformes - Ictaluridae
Ictalurus sp.1 Rafinesque 1820 catfish