Cueva de Paredones, Ceiba del Agua (Pleistocene to of Cuba)

Where: Artemisa, Cuba (22.9° N, 82.6° W: paleocoordinates 22.9° N, 82.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene to Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. Arredondo. 1972. Nueva especie de ave fósil (Strigiformes: Tytonidae) del Pleistoceno superior de Cuba. Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales 29:415-431 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 195083: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.07.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
"Miocnus antillensis" = Acratocnus antillensis, "Microcnus gliriformis" = Neocnus gliriformis, "Mesocnus browni" = Parocnus browni, Megalocnus rodens, Mesocnus torrei
"Miocnus antillensis" = Acratocnus antillensis Matthew 1931 edentate
"Microcnus gliriformis" = Neocnus gliriformis Matthew 1931 edentate
"Mesocnus browni" = Parocnus browni Matthew 1931 edentate
Megalocnus rodens Matthew and Paula Couto 1959 edentate
Mesocnus torrei Matthew 1931 edentate
 Theriamorpha - Nesophontidae
 Theriamorpha - Solenodontidae
Solenodon cubanus Peters 1861 Cuban solenodon
 Rodentia - Echimyidae
Boromys ofella spiny rat
Boromys torrei spiny rat
 Rodentia - Capromyidae
Capromys sp. Desmarest 1822 hutia
Capromys pilorides Say 1822 Cuban hutia
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile
Aves
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
Margarobyas sp. Olson and Suárez 2008 true owl
Ornimegalonyx oteroi Arredondo 1958 Cuban giant owl
 Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto noeli Arredondo 1972 Noel's giant barn owl
Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl
 Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
Cathartidae indet. Lafresnaye 1839 New World vulture
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae