New Trout Cave: Late/Upper Pleistocene, West Virginia
collected by F. Grady 1979-1982

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx sp. Harlan 1825
Garton and Grady 1980
Megalonyx cf. jeffersonii (Desmarest 1822)
Grady and Garton 2000
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Pipistrellus subflavus (Cuvier 1832)
Grady 1991
Plecotus sp. Geoffroy 1818
Grady 1991
Eptesicus fuscus (Beauvois 1796)
Grady 1991
Lasiurus borealis (Muller 1776)
Grady 1991
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829
Grady 1991
Myotis leibii (Audubon and Bachman 1842)
Grady and Garton 2000
Myotis ? grisescens Howell 1909
Grady 1991
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae
Desmodus sp. Wied-Neuwied 1826
Grady 1991
Desmodus cf. stocki Jones 1958
Grady and Garton 2000
Desmodus stocki Jones 1958
Grady et al. 2002
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustela vison (Schreber 1777)
Grady and Garton 2000
recombined as Neogale vison
Mustela armines
Grady and Garton 2000
Mustela cf. fenata
Grady and Garton 2000
Mustela nivalis Linnaeus 1766
Grady and Garton 2000
Taxidea taxus (Schreber 1778)
Martes pennanti (Erxleben 1777)
Grady and Garton 2000
recombined as Pekania pennanti
Martes americana (Kerr 1792)
Grady and Garton 2000
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Brachyprotoma obtusata (Cope 1899)
Grady and Garton 2000
[entered as Brachyprotoma obtusate]
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor (Linnaeus 1758)
Grady and Garton 2000
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus americanus Pallas 1780
Grady and Garton 2000
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis dirus Leidy 1858
Garton and Grady 1980
recombined as Aenocyon dirus
Canis cf. latrans Say 1823
Garton and Grady 1980
Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775
Grady and Garton 2000
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Garton and Grady 1980
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Platygonus compressus Leconte 1848
Garton and Grady 1980
[entered as Platygonus compresus]
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann 1780)
Grady and Garton 2000
Rangifer tarandus (Linnaeus 1758)
Garton and Grady 1980
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bootherium bombifrons (Harlan 1825)
Grady and Garton 2000
Mammalia - Soricidae
Blarina brevicauda (Say 1823)
Grady and Garton 2000
Sorex hoyi Baird 1858
Grady and Garton 2000
Sorex palustris Richardson 1828
Grady and Garton 2000
Sorex arcticus Kerr 1792
Sorex dispar Batchelder 1896
Grady and Garton 2000
Sorex cinereus Kerr 1792
Grady and Garton 2000
Sorex fumeus Miller 1895
Grady and Garton 2000
Mammalia - Talpidae
Parascalops breweri (Bachman 1842)
Grady and Garton 2000
Condylura cristata (Linnaeus 1758)
Grady and Garton 2000
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (Erxleben 1777)
Grady and Garton 2000
Marmota monax (Linnaeus 1758)
Grady and Garton 2000
Eutamias cf. minimus (Bachman 1839)
Garton and Grady 1980
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus (Mitchell 1821)
Tamias striatus (Linnaeus 1758)
Grady and Garton 2000
Sciurus corolinensis
Grady and Garton 2000
Glaucomys cf. volans (Linnaeus 1758)
Grady and Garton 2000
Glaucomys sabrinus (Shaw 1801)
Grady and Garton 2000
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820
Grady and Garton 2000
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys sp. Rafinesque 1817
Geomys cf. bursarius (Shaw 1800)
Grady and Garton 2000
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Neofiber cf. alleni True 1884
Grady and Garton 2000
Phenacomys intermedius Merriam 1889
Grady and Garton 2000
Ondatra ziebethicus
Grady and Garton 2000
Clethrionomys gaperi
Grady and Garton 2000
synonym of Myodes
Microtus pennsylvanicus (Ord 1815)
Grady and Garton 2000
Microtus xanthognathus (Leach 1815)
Microtus pinetorum (Le Conte 1830)
Grady and Garton 2000
Microtus cf. ochrogaster (Wagner 1842)
Grady and Garton 2000
Microtus chrotorrhinus (Miller 1894)
Grady and Garton 2000
Dicrostonyx hudsonius (Pallas 1778)
Neotoma magister Baird 1858
Grady and Garton 2000
synonym of Neotoma floridana
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841
Grady and Garton 2000
Synaptomys cooperi Baird 1858
Grady and Garton 2000
Synaptomys borealis (Richardson 1828)
Garton and Grady 1980
recombined as Synaptomys (Mictomys) borealis
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Zapus hudsonius (Zimmermann 1780)
Grady and Garton 2000
Napaeozapus insignis (Miller 1891)
Grady and Garton 2000
Mammalia - Rodentia - Erethizontidae
Erethizon dorsatum (Linnaeus 1758)
Grady and Garton 2000
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Ochotona sp. Link 1795
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus americanus Erxleben 1777
Grady and Garton 2000
cf. Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867
Grady and Garton 2000
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:West Virginia County:Pendleton
Coordinates: 38.6° North, 79.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.6° North, 79.4° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:549 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12600 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Age estimate:29400 ± 1700 YBP (14C)
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "The upper 90 cm... contain a fairly typical late Pleistocene fauna" but there is at least some material at multiple points "from 120-21 cm"; there is a date of "29,400 +/- 1,700 B.P." apparently around the 60 cm level and "it seems likely that the lower levels... are early to middle Rancholabrean in age"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Lithology description: "bone-rich matrix"
Environment:cave
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:bulk,selective quarrying,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Collectors:F. Grady Collection dates:1979-1982
Collection method comments: "The deposit... was collected in 30 cm intervals to a depth of 220 cm and wet-screened through 5 mm and 1.5 mm mesh"
Taxonomic list comments:"fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and at least 60 species of mammals" are present but only key ones are mentioned
Metadata
Database number:93332
Authorizer:J. Alroy, M. Uhen Enterer:J. Alroy, M. Uhen, M. Shalap
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-01-14 14:22:40 Last modified:2011-01-24 16:01:58
Access level:the public Released:2010-01-14 14:22:40
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

31578. F. Grady. 1984. A Pleistocene occurrence of Geomys (Rodentia: Geomyidae) in West Virginia. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 8:161-163 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

40141 E. R. Garton and F. V. Grady. 1980. The late Pleistocene fauna of New Trout Cave, Pendleton County, West Virginia. Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science 52(1):14 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Shalap]
39873 F. Grady. 1991. Fossil Chiroptera From Two West Virginia Caves. The National Speleological Society Bulletin 53(2):122 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Shalap]
41246 F. Grady, J. Arroyo-Cabrales, and E. R. Garton. 2002. The northernmost occurrence of the Pleistocene vampire bat Desmodus stocki Jones (Chiroptera, Phyllostomatidae, Desmodontinae) in eastern North America. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 93:73-75 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap]
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]
40912 F. Grady and D. A. Hubbard. 2001. The extinct Muskox Bootherium bombifrons from caves in West Virginia and Virginia. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 63(3):117 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Uhen]