Dolphin Cave (Holocene of Cayman Islands)

Where: Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (19.4° N, 81.1° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 81.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: karst; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. S. Morgan. 1994. Late Quaternary fossil vertebrates from the Cayman Islands. In M.A. Brunt, J.E. Davies (eds.), The Cayman Islands: Natural History and Biogeography 465-508 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 186637: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.06.2017

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Taxonomic list

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Aves
 Falconiformes - Falconidae
"Polyborus creightoni" = Caracara creightoni
"Polyborus creightoni" = Caracara creightoni Brodkorb 1959 Creighton's caracara
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Zenaida aurita
Zenaida aurita Temminck 1809 zenaida dove
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
Athene cunicularia
Athene cunicularia Molina 1782 burrowing owl
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
"Porphyrula martinica" = Porphyrio martinica
"Porphyrula martinica" = Porphyrio martinica Linnaeus 1766 purple gallinule
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Corvus nasicus
Corvus nasicus Temminck 1826 Cuban crow
Reptilia
 Squamata - Iguanidae
Cyclura nubila
Cyclura nubila Gray 1831 rock iguana
 Squamata - Polychrotidae
Anolis conspersus
Anolis conspersus Garman 1887 anole
Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae
Macrotus waterhousii
Macrotus waterhousii Gray 1843 leaf-nosed bat
 Theriamorpha - Nesophontidae
Nesophontes sp.
Nesophontes sp. Anthony 1916 placental
 Rodentia - Capromyidae
Geocapromys sp., Capromys sp.
Geocapromys sp. Chapman 1901 hutia
Capromys sp. Desmarest 1822 hutia